All my Grid Connect devices have failed.

All my Grid Connect devices have failed.

They are Matter over Thread, so they won't run on 2.4GHz Wifi. You need a Thread Border Router that would connect to your 2.4GHz WiFi, and act as a bridge. That said, I believe the iPhone 15 has a Thread radio built in, but I'm not sure if it'll interface directly. If you're looking for smart lightbulbs that explicitly work on 2.4 GHz Wifi, I HIGHLY recommend the LIFX branded lights, but they're a bit pricier, but haven't yet adopted the Matter standard. For a less pricey option, Wiz operate on 2.4GHz and there's now Matter over Wi-Fi bulbs available.

Pretty much the whole reason I got started, there was nobody else in Australia doing Home Assistant stuff for Aussie Audiences.

Hope it helped

@@HiveMindAutomation yes it helped. 👍

Maybe just a simple animated GIF?

Yes, you can pass it through to Homekit from Home Assistant. There wasn't any tricks to making it work either, it's just a standard Climate domain entity.

I'd originally planned to just turn the lights on.... but now that you mention it......

Patrick

Glad I could help

Good Plan, I might check that out.

and how all those people in the commands knew where to find it xD

with SmartIR, the commands have been gathered by contributors to the Repo

The configuration.yaml file is part of every Home Assistant Setup. I have the "Studio Code" Add On installed in Home Asssistant which exposes those files in a VSCode interface right in the browser.

Why not? I work in IT in my Day Job and can do plenty of stuff quicker in CLI than I can using a mouse. And - in my opinion - using the Command Line keeps me "sharp" But Mostly because the copy/paste of the folder is happening on a remote server, not my local computer. Doing a copy/paste of a folder on a remote server over SMB is extremely inefficient.because it copies the folder down to the computer you're working from, then copies it back up to the remote server. Over Wi-fi that would've taken ages to essentially transfer 24GB

Can't say I've had an issue with the Brilliant Smart one, but It sits in a box and only really comes out for the Train & Hobby Show.

You CAN install Home Assistant as a Docker Container, however it's not a great experience. I might visit this topic at some point in the future if there's interest.

Thanks for the sub! Glad you like the videos.

Thank you for the kind words and the message on the website. I've already got someone working on SEO, but thanks for reaching out.

Hey, I really like your profile picture and if you let me, I would make such an amazing mural out of it! If you don’t mind one of your post could be my inspiring muse for an art project i’m working on for a client. You will totally get paid for it as well as a bonus also get credits.

@@EvelynLogan-od7zc Okay Do it

@@nayonkhan-ym2kc cool 😎 Comment

@@nayonkhan-ym2kc okay ✅ comment

For the DisplayCameras project you NEED Raspbian Buster. Anything newer won't work because of issues with the streaming.

so Command not found 'on' pretty much just means there's no such command as "on" in the remote definition. when you're using remote.send_command you need to send the base64 encoded command. i.e. for a Fujitsu Aircon like in my video, to turn on the heater to 22ºC with the fan set to "High", I'd need to send: "JgAEAWQyDAwMDAwlDAwMJQwMDAwMDAwlDCUMDAwMDAwMJQwlDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMJQwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDCUMDAwMDAwMDAwlDCUMJQwlDCUMJQwlDCUMDAwMDCUMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDCUMJQwMDAwMJQwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwlDAwMDAwlDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwlDAwMDAwMDCUMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDCUMDAwMDAwMJQwMDCUMJQwMDAwMDAwADGgNBQ" If you've setup SmartIR, it exposes your target device as a climate or fan or media_player entity depending on the device you setup with it. So then to turn on the AirCon, you call the service with - in my case: service: climate.turn_on target: entity_id: climate.bedroom_ac data: {}

it's only tape. I've been trying to set aside time to work on my own project that includes screw mounts in a 3D Printed enclosure, but time is elusive.

It's certainly not a suitable solution for everyone, but It's still a cool project to play with.

Marcus

Thanks for the heads up. I think I've sorted that now using the clunky KZbin Video Editor.

Interesting. What's the tool you're using now? It can be hard using wireless technology to track devicecs because of overlapping base stations.

@@HiveMindAutomation frigate and double take

Meross LAN should work regardless of them being Homekit or standalone. I've not tried the smart plugs through Meross LAN yet though.

It stopped working but uninstalling and re-installing the custom component brought it back. it's quite frustrating when it happens, but at lease i was able to sort it out.

@@HiveMindAutomation yes Finally I had to do it this way two times to get it working.

There's some more detailed documentation on the espresense.com website for troubleshooting and enrolling devices properly.

Hey 👋

This is why you use the ID not the MAC Address.

You need to have MQTT setup in your Home Assistant

@@HiveMindAutomation I already have MQTT setup and running in my HA. Is there anything else that I need to get it to work?

When I manage to figure out the MQTT hacks for Meross I'll follow up for sure.

I tried to use Enroll to add my devices, but after timing out, it never added them. I thought there would have been a pairing function but didn’t see one.

Click enroll name your Device you want to add and click enroll then open Bluetooth on device and click on espresence to connect when it has disconnected then the device has been added and you can see it in the fingerprints and then you can copy then you can use the name under fingerprints to and to home assistant

Thanks for the Tip, will try that out

Yeah. Links is messed up :/

Thanks for letting me know, I've fixed that up now.

yes, that is a good idea.

Theoretically yes, but I'm not 100% certain, and you might need a more powerful Pi to handle it. Can't hurt to try! You'd obviously need to figure out the start and end pixel numbering for 1/9 of the screen instead of 1/4.

Glad I could help out!

You're missing some important info here: - My Home Assistant Yellow runs off PoE - My PoE switch is powered through a UPS/Battery Backup - My Zigbee Bridge is built into the HA Yellow, so also covered by the UPS While it's not entirely clear from your comment, I'm getting a vibe that you dislike Home Assistant for some reason, but you've not provided any real reasoning as to why you say "Not depending on HA at ALL" Sure, Standalone systems are great with hard-wired sensors etc. but, not everyone is in a position to spend thousands on installing a home alarm system that is going to be: - rigidly defined and impossible to customise - a complete pain to upgrade in the future (add sensors, integrate better "smarts" etc) - potentially in a home they rent I'm not saying this setup is for a High-security fortress. What it is is accessible to anyone with Home Assistant and a handful of sensors. Before writing off anyone else's setup as "useless", I suggest taking a second to consider use-cases that might not be the same as yours instead of alienating the thousands of people in the world that use Home Assistant as an Alarm System.

I'm not super familiar with the HA Green, but there shouldn't be any impediment to you installing HACS on it

Glad I could help! IMHO, the VM method is just a bit nicer, but it will obviously take a few more resources than a basic Docker setup.

@@HiveMindAutomation BTW: it worked perfectly first time. Thanks again.

I've not had a lot of time to investigate further. the phone app allows locking, unlocking, and climate pre-conditioning, but I'm guessing there's a bunch of additional security around that.

Yes, there was an update to the app after I made this video. There's been a few other comments about this. It's disappointing and I'm hoping the feature returns in a future release.

If you've been able to define the group within Home Assistant, the next step is to setup an Automation with your Pico 5 Button Switch as the "Trigger" for the group. Hope that helps

Glad I could help!

Glad it helped.

Glad it helps. Planning a follow up soon. I'm a bit lucky cause I've got the "highly coveted" Double-whammy of ASD and ADHD :)

I think some of the newer devices are making use of a new API which unfortunately means the Local Tuya functions are no longer compatible. I need to do some more digging. That Said, Tuya are part of the CSA working group on Matter, so I'm waiting for them to get a Matter Device out.

The Litter mat and deodoriser was included with ours, but we don't use the deodoriser because there's been reports of it causing respiratory issues for some people's cats, so I don't bother with the extra batteries. The litter box should recognise the cats if you've set their weight in the app, but I think they need to be at least marginally different weights. When the cat enters the box, it weighs the cat, and - based on that weight - determines which cat is in there. I have some suspicion that the weight mightn't be 100% accurate, so check the last-logged weight in the box, and assign that weight to the relevant cat.

in my case, yes. There IS an Ethernet port on my Inverter, so I could/probably should take it off Wifi....

You'll need to contact Kogan for Support with that. I'm just a KZbinr who bought the feeder.

sounds interesting!

yeah I've been happy with it on the 3B+. Only thing I MIGHT do is run an Ethernet cable to it so it's not pulling the streams over Wifi

Can't say I've had that problem, but also can't say I've needed to find out. Reality - at least here in Australia - if they refuse to honour the warranty, they'd likely get hauled over the coals by the ACCC.

@@HiveMindAutomation Unless they say that was LIFX that went bankrupt and we didn't take on their liabilities?