I Turned My Airbnb Into A Smart Home!

[@markprice1734]

Just want to add, I have a lot of Aqara kit, reasonably priced and I've not had any issues with it yet. One thing that would be good is a zigbee electrical outlet with power monitoring and being a repeater (please Aqara) :-)

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Awesome, glad to hear it! And UK plug would be amazing

[@SmartLifeEnthusiast]

I mainly use Shelly (WiFi) but if I'm not mistaken Blitzwolf has Zigbee outlets that do power monitoring as well?

[@markprice1734]

@@SmartLifeEnthusiast Thanks, I'll take a look.

[@markprice1734]

@@SmartLifeEnthusiast sadly no. Not what I'm looking for. What I want is a double UK wall socket. I've found a Click Smart+ CMA30036, but it doesn't have power monitoring. Not sure if it acts as a repeater either. Might buy one to test and find out

[@whitewidowja]

You finally got the aqara sponsor. They heard you in the FP1 video 😂 great job 👏 👍

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha must have! Thanks man!

[@Yama_1291]

I recommend Blu Tack (or any other removable sticky putty) to attach sensors around the house. It leaves no mess, comes off easily and is reusable.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Great idea, thanks!

[@jefele]

That, or nano tape : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_tape

[@espressomatic]

Framing nails is what I use. 10-20 per sensor. Tight.

[@uSlackr]

I think 3m command strips would work too

[@JamesMyatt1]

I use nano tape too. Works well

[@SBinVancouver]

Clever. How do you account for all the devices you've installed, so you don't leave any behind?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

I did almost leave one door sensor behind actually 😂 luckily I noticed it on my last check before leaving

[@AndrewJonesMcGuire]

@@EverythingSmartHome Leave the yellow until last. Create a script - that when run issues a notification about anything that is NOT in the "unavailable" state.

[@AaronPowellDev]

This is how I started my smart home journey, we were renting while we built. Pop a few devices around to play with, work out what worked/didn't work for us, so by the time we moved in, I was armed with knowledge (and a credit card 🤣). One of my favourite portable devices is the RM4 (Pro if needed), so you can control IR/RF. We had IR remotes for the AC/heater, so I combined it with a temperature sensor to automate the climate control without having to touch the unit.

[@patrickpaganini]

"Having to turn lights on like a heathen ..." - great phrase!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

😂😂

[@tedev]

nice video man. a lot to show in 16 minutes. quick question.... can i use Aqara G3 as a zigbee coordinator.... then connect an aqara curtain zigbee device to the G3 and then connect the G3 to HA...... will i see the curtain through HA? so that i won't have to connect the curtain device to HA directly...

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! Yes that should work no problem

[@patrickomalley5536]

Hi. New to setting up a smart home. Well try yellow out. But looking for a 3gang switch. And 1 switch but to be able to have a wireless switch off it aswell. Can you help me thanks. Pat. Love your videos.

[@teatimeadventure5661]

Which zigbee bulbs did you use? This is an ideal and easy set up though 😊

[@jeepdog5]

Curious as well

[@TheKeirsunishi]

This is fantastic for me, I live in military accomodation so cant do much with my room really. Your arms are looking great btw

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Nice one, this should hopefully help with that! 🙌

[@BradClarke]

We rent our place, so zigbee smart bulbs and plugs are our main methods for automation. ThirdReality and Ikea motion sensors, and ikea buttons for extra control.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Nice, those are essentials for sure!

[@ShaneCreates]

Great video!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks Shane! 🙏

[@nehajain2974]

Great video... Plz suggest should I buy the "SONOFF ZB Dongle-P Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Wireless Zigbee Gateway Analyzer Zigbee2MQTT USB Interface Capture with Antenna" OR "SONOFF Zigbee Bridge Pro" Kindly guide I need the device to be future proof

[@seobradley]

Great video! Do you need the Aqara hub for these devices to work?

[@danielorneling2831]

Where is this? The views at 13:55 is awesome! (And yeah, great video too 😎)

[@uSlackr]

The trick seems be configuring some of this ahead of time - pairing bulbs and sensors and such. Have you given any thought on how to speed up creation of automations without spending a couple hours on it? I mean, it is vacation, right? Oh - and where is that rental. Gorgeous there

[@EverythingSmartHome]

It's certainly a good idea for sure if you can, although basic automations are fairly quick to do. Maybe blueprints would be useful? This was in Whitby actually if you are familiar!

[@uSlackr]

@@EverythingSmartHome Nope - but I looked it up. I wish I has a year to explore Scotland, Ireland and England

[@theattorney6072]

Why did you need raspberry pi if you for the camera hub ?

[@frankraym]

How do you add aqara G3 to home assistant ? I tried before using virtual home assistant on laptop but i wasn't able to add it. All other aqara products i didn't have any problems

[@EverythingSmartHome]

I have a few of them and they just pop right up inside of Home Assistant for me! If it's not showing you can try pressing the button for 10 seconds to network reset it, join it back to your WiFi and it should show up

[@jayachandranp246]

@Everything Smart Home Any update on ESHSensor ?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Posted one today! 😅

[@jayachandranp246]

When can I place my order ? I still see out of stock in your web page

[@wendallvision]

Great video! Interesting that the G3 streams video within HA via the HomeKit integration - the G2H Pro doesn't! Any idea why? Seems like others have the same issue from searching...

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Hmm I thought it did when I last tested it

[@uSlackr]

Did you actually mount door sensors or light switches?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Door sensors yeah! Not light switches, used wireless remotes for that

[@Sorrentino_Gianni]

Since you’re based in EU, and it seems that there’s no Lutron Caseta for 250V circuits, what smart wall switches do you recommend? Maybe a comparison video sometime in the future?🤞🏻

[@EverythingSmartHome]

I do actually like the Aqara H1 wall switches, those are the ones I personally use in my house!

[@Sorrentino_Gianni]

@@EverythingSmartHome is there not a 3 gang plate in their line? Bummer 😕

[@susanacf90]

@@Sorrentino_Gianni use shelly. You can use any actual switch with them.

[@Sorrentino_Gianni]

@@susanacf90 with a 3 din 506L there is no space left to permanently install two/three Shelly behind the switchs (as I can't find any 3 din switch). Also I'd prefer not to have my 2.4GHz band saturated by tons of IoT devices, so Zigbee would be preferred.

[@susanacf90]

@@Sorrentino_Gianni I've changed the sockets (are they called sockets?) and I can now fit 3/4 Shellys in there. I have 2 at most though. 😂 But yes, can't help with the Zigbee, it's the only thing I don't like about the Shellys either.

[@cexinho]

how do you prevent all that stuff from being stolen though?

[@PersonXes]

I'm 100% sure that if I would propose to my wife to turn our Airbnb into a smartphone she would sent me to a rehab clinic! Wonder when there will be the first rehab clinic for smarthome addicts.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

I'll be the first one there! 😂

[@AndrewJonesMcGuire]

@@EverythingSmartHome You will be running it by the time we get there...... and a surprising amount of it will be automated ;)

[@Bkj0r]

I bought a Aqara temperature and humidity sensor, but that only works for a day before it becomes uavailable in Home Assistant. Resetting does not work. Any idea why?

[@theattorney6072]

Hi, did you solve the issue ?

[@Bkj0r]

@@theattorney6072 No I switched it out with another sensor, I put the Aqara one away and havent used it since. I think it will be working better with Zigbee2MQTT, but I'm not gonna migrate everything from ZHA for a cheap temp sensor.

[@theattorney6072]

@@Bkj0r which sensor.did you get instead ?

[@Bkj0r]

@@theattorney6072 I got "Heimgard temp and humidity sensor", they were abit more expensive, but havent had any issues with it. Had no problem connecting it to HA using ZHA with a Conbee II stick.

[@theattorney6072]

@@Bkj0r Thank you, will have a look at those. How about windows and Doors sensors ?

[@custodiojustino2429]

hello, I'm looking for your videos that compare several scene buttons. can you pass me the link. your videos are exceptional

[@hk-rob]

How did you get the pairing code for the camera?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Printed on the bottom of the device

[@s80keys]

This is a great idea. Maybe get a little tool/tote bag to keep it all ready to go for the next trip. One question though, I haven’t gotten into any zigbee stuff yet. Are there any concerns with zigbee interfering with WiFi? My wifi is rock solid and I’m a little scared to introduce anything that might interfere with it.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

You shouldn't have any issues, but you can make sure they are on separate channels if you wish

[@Weeem]

That's pretty much the bones of my home setup :D I found that if you're sticking things to a door or wall, instead of removing all of the protective tape from the sticky pad, only remove 1/4 and it's enough to hold it, but it's low tac enough to make it easy to remove. If you need to use it, but it's losing some of its tac, then remove more of the protective tape. One thing you didn't mention is that HomeAssitant only connects to 1 server at a time so you can't monitor alerts form your home and Air BnB at the same time. Setting up and enabling SMS from home would help with urgent notifications (flood etc) so you can switch back, but it's a shame HA still can't connect multiple instances at the same time

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha nice, and good tip! I didn't mention that as I guess I wouldn't expect people to take their existing setup with them, that could be a nightmare IMO 😅

[@jezper1000]

Super good video and a really exciting channel to follow. How many zigbee units is it possible to connect to HA yellow ? today i run HA on a pc (wm) with deconz and have many window switches (65 pcs) + other zigbee devices so just want to make sure as i am strongly considering buying a yellow... because HA is just a must have 👍

[@Tntdruid]

max is like 200 whit z-stack firmware on Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle plus (old version)

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks 🙏! I can't remember from the top of my head what the limit is but you won't have any issues with that I don't think!

[@jezper1000]

@@EverythingSmartHome great 😀

[@dretwav]

Where is the magic cube? :-) I use that all the time. I have found the vibration sensor very unreliable for controlling a washer. Maybe mine just runs too smoothly. I have found using an outlet that monitors usage is much better. The vibration sensor seems to work better on a dryer. I agree that Aqara are well made and reliable.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

I actually had the cube with me, completely forgot to use it 😅

[@DaveyIJzermans]

"How hard can it be?" Richard Hammond: Don't say that!!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

😂😂

[@dog_ds]

You could used the Aqara devices linked to camera gateway and it would work with HA

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Said that during the video 😄

[@dog_ds]

@@EverythingSmartHome Oh sorry I didn't notice😅

[@cooperised]

That's Whitby, right? Love that town.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

It was indeed! Good eye! 😅

[@3018744s]

For the wife approval factor: Can you rotate the camera so it faces the wall while person X is home and only point it towards the room when nobody is home?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Not rotate as I don't think HomeKit supports the PTZ function but you could use a smart plug to just disable the camera completely

[@ulrar]

I would dispute the 'reliability' of the door and window sensors, unless they've changed recently but they are absolutely impossible to get working for some people like myself. Going through the forums shows that even with the same setup it works great for some people, and straight up doesn't work for others seemingly at random, I've got three that have just been sitting in their boxes for years because they won't stay connected for more than a few minutes

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Have you checked to see if there is updated firmware for them? I have around 15 of them in my own house and never experienced that personally. I have with the TVOC when it was first released where it would drop off every few days but a firmware update fixed that - might be worth a shot!

[@ulrar]

@@EverythingSmartHome It's possible I suppose, there wasn't when I was using Z2M but it's been a while. AFAIK zha doesn't support updating aqara currently, but even if it did they either don't connect or drop after a couple of minutes so they wouldn't be online long enough to be updated anyway. I'll add that it's not just me, there's a lot of people complaining about these online

[@uSlackr]

"Like a heathen" I feel so dirty!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

😂😂

[@KenGuest_IE]

I use that very phrase myself - both about having to do things manually or about having to run projects on out of date versions of php 😂

[@espressomatic]

A pre-configured HA Yellow with Nabu Casa subscription (next year when anyone can buy one - maybe) and a few sensors and a camera, would be GREAT peace of mind for even short vacations. Just plug it in to the router, quickly put the sensors where you want them, and while you're out enjoying the sights, get instantly notified of any funny business is going on inside your rental room/house. Could be as simple as 1 door sensor and a camera. Maybe one motion sensor or two in addition. Definitely no lights or outlets for vacation use.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

It is cool and it's really not that much work at all!

[@theattorney6072]

Why not just the Aqara Hub ?

[@pctechnic01]

Do you need the Internet of Things to make life easier, to save electricity, or just for pleasure? ??

[@Raymond.Jansen]

I love the Aqara stuf, except for the tvoc monitor, that's bad... Constantly freezing, battery from 100% to 0% and back again. Every other piece works great from Aqara.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Make sure to update the firmware on it if you haven't, mine did that too but was on early firmware, works perfect now!

[@daveclarke5085]

I watched the video whilst away from home in a hotel. Boy do I miss all the automations and realised how lazy I've become 😂

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha it does make you realize that once you don't have it anymore huh 😂

[@tldr365]

Maybe Aqara can also elaborate on why their zigbee devices don't always pair as easily as other manufacturer's devices.

[@AndrewDee]

I think aqara ZigBee 3.0 devices are mostly standardized protocol

[@petertaylor7134]

I would love to see the look on my Mr's face if I brought a load of smart home stuff on holiday with me.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

😂 do it!!

[@petertaylor7134]

@@EverythingSmartHome I get in trouble just for using my laptop on holiday.🤣🤣

[@nimr0d85]

The concept of this video does not really make sense, but congratulation to the sponsoring ;)

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Why not? 😅

[@-vermin-]

Good luck getting that contact sensor double sided tape off the doors and windows. It's incredibly sticky.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Don't worry, I applied enough force 👀😂

[@krislukm]

madlad

[@Fakhrihilmi69]

Your wife is cuteee

[@mayankraichura]

Me first 😀

[@EverythingSmartHome]

🙌🥳

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

Who the FUCK is in an airbnb for months at a time?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

More aimed at renters - saying that I do know a guy from Canada who has been in an Airbnb in Florida for the past 9 months