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@chrisbenefield98899 ай бұрын
Mine works perfectly. Using HA gets round one issue that Aqara may wish to address for those using the Aqara hub and the App. That is that there are, as far as I can see, no options for the number of daily feeds, it's 3 and that's it. Control via HA gives you flexibility on the number of feeds.
@Byteofgeek9 ай бұрын
Ah ok, as I don't use the app so that's not something I'm aware of so HA is definitely the better choice for control then.
@ChrisNorulak6 ай бұрын
Glad to see the bowl can be removed - thinking of getting this to drop the food onto a snuffle mat to help with separation anxiety... For the barrel connector, that's probably to keep the connection secure and reduce the complexity of the charging circuit.
@Byteofgeek6 ай бұрын
Great idea and your thoughts on the power connection seem reasonable. I can highly recommend it, it's worked perfectly since I got it all set up and the cat loves it 😂
@simonsayshomeassistant9 ай бұрын
Great video mate, thinking of getting a cat :)
@Byteofgeek9 ай бұрын
Haha thanks 👍
@eldaria4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the review, I agree that it should also have some way to detect if anything is left. One could probably get a load cell to detect the weight of the whole unit, and use a separate sensor for that. Interesting with the Batteries. Does it act as a ZigBee Router or end device? Would be nice if it was a battery backed ZigBee Router.
@Byteofgeek4 ай бұрын
It acts as a router, which is quite nice to have.
@brianjking2 ай бұрын
Zigbee2mqtt doesn’t seem to acknowledge the binding the c1, unfortunately.
@ByteofgeekАй бұрын
Oh really? That's disappointing - I hadn't noticed that.
@StupidusАй бұрын
Are you still happy with it? 🙂
@ByteofgeekАй бұрын
Absolutely, and the cat is too 😀
@ozricus6 ай бұрын
If I want to use this with Home Assistant, do I need to purchase anything more?
@Byteofgeek6 ай бұрын
You need to have either an Aqara hub or a ZigBee dongle like the Sonoff one I've done a video on.