Wyze $5 Door/Motion Wireless Sensors - No Cloud or Camera Required - How To with Home Assistant

[@btutor]

Ordered the camera/sensor kit from Amazon Sat. morning. Got it by noon same day. Had the PIR and 2 contact sensors integrated in HA in about 30 minutes. Excellent distances and instantaneous responses. Will use these throughout the house. Thanks,

[@spagamoto]

Hi, thanks for the fantastic video. For those who are just seeing this now - know that these Wyze sensors are no longer being sold and the Home Assistant integration is now unmaintained.

[@digiblurDIY]

Definitely the better way to go now for the ones sporting these - github.com/raetha/wyzesense2mqtt Keep the batteries swapped and above 80% and they will work great for quite some time. I've been seeing folks sell them on eBay. They were/are some pretty cool sensors for the price but for new folks I'd probably recommend getting into the Zigbee game.

[@roystervi]

Great idea to use the door contact as a doorbell

[@cecastil]

So, 1 year after you published it I finally got to implement it on my new Hassio system. Thanks for the great tutorials!

[@digiblurDIY]

Still depend on mine every day. Only had one go out but that was my fault. Stuck it in the mailbox as a joke, but then the wife loved it. Left it out there and the ants decided to make the reed sensor their home after a big rain and shorted it out.

[@cecastil]

@@digiblurDIY Also, as you mentioned, range has not been an issue at all. Going through 2 floors and concrete walls without problems.

[@paulkindell2074]

I had terrible range issues when using the receiver on a camera. I moved it to H.A. following the video and now I can go all over the house with them. Works MUCH better using them on HA. Thanks!

[@bobgodd]

Can you still get the sensors in the Wyze app after taking it off of the camera?

[@neilbrookins8428]

Thanks for the great information. I just got my Wyze sense in the mail yesterday and set it up today following your instructions. The one thing that confused me was that I saw in the badge on the overview that the states are open and closed. So I tried to create an automation with the states using open and closed. But it didn’t trigger. That’s when I looked at developer states and saw the actual names are on and off. Once I updated my trigger the automation now works. I can turn on a light when the door opens. Yeah!!!

[@digiblurDIY]

Been there and done that before. The states pages always tells the raw value though for you.

[@JasonParthum]

Excellent instructions; I installed 4 PIRs and 5 door sensors, and setup was smooth and relatively simple. Thank you!

[@trevsweb]

omg after almost giving up it finally worked for my Neos Smartcam bridge and motion/door sensors. Amazing!!!

[@tlutrick956]

You're Awesome Brother! Use these to indicate garage door open/closed and love the size/price point. Now if I can just get my EnvisaLink talking to Home Assistant, then life will be great. Keep up the great work, I love the channel.

[@digiblurDIY]

Right on!

[@stang70man]

I love these sensors. I'm pulling signal strength and battery remaining percentage from them. They are really fast now that there's no cloud or IFTTT. They seem to work well at 30 to 40 feet, even through multiple walls.

[@digiblurDIY]

Did some measurements on Google maps and got 100 ft without issue through many walls, with just one exterior wall I got over 100 ft. Plenty for me. Definitely changes things for automated lighting that I was going to do with a full blown ESP8266 and PIR.

[@smithincanton]

Came for the Wyze info, stayed for the bike riding :-) Thumbs up!

[@caseyweininger6041]

Best Home Assistant tutorial ever! Thanks so much!

[@meanunclebob1819]

Thanks, now maybe I can get some use out of these sensors. Camera gave up the ghost a while back.

[@bigbin1070]

this is awesome, hands down the best setup with quick sensors and budget friendly devices. Thanks!

[@desparky]

Thanks for another informative video. I could listen to your accent all day! I managed to get the Wyze sensors up and running on my RPi, with a bit of fiddling around. Note that in the current iteration of HA (June 2020), to get to the HACS Custom Repositories, you have to click on the menu dots (top right). Also, when I had the sensor hub previously connected to a camera, I had selected LED OFF. Now when I first ran HA with the hub plugged in, the LED was orange (as per the video). However, instead of turning Blue when it synced up, the LED on mine turned off. It took me a while to realise it was actually working. Once again, thanks for your video... great work as always. I've learned heaps off you. Cheers from Australia.

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! They definitely have changed up the HACS layout lately (covered the new install in my latest). That does make sense about the LED being cut off, I'll have to remember that if someone else has that issue. Thanks for the tip!

[@constantringingtech2230]

Thank you for this! This was my first big step in getting something cool in HA. Was able to pass the USB dongle into HA docker and followed your steps and worked like dream!

[@abineshadhikari5973]

i am running HA docker on Ubuntu server do i need to do any steps to pass the USB dongle to HA docker? Sorry i am newbie , thanks for your help

[@constantringingtech2230]

@@abineshadhikari5973 I'm unsure. I use HA on Unraid which gives me the option to pick which devices to pass into the docker. Depends if your docker container is "privileged"

[@abineshadhikari5973]

@@constantringingtech2230 Thanks

[@peejayw]

Excellent! I have only been learning HA the last two days and got this set up with no hassles, a tribute to your clear explanations. Thanks.

[@digiblurDIY]

Great to hear!

[@mikeblackwood5444]

Great Video ! Just ordered 6 door sensors , 4 pir and wyze cam for 100.00 NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER INTEGRATION TO HA THAT GIVES THAT MANY RELIABLE QUICK SENSORS + CAM FOR THAT PRICE. THANK YOU SIR!

[@VAKUL-DC]

alixexp - Sonoff RF Bridge $11, 3 RF (Open/Close/LowBatt) Code OpenClose Sensors $6 (AAA batt) & Found PIRs for $5 . and the range has not been an issue for 433MHz. These do look nice, small and compact.

[@randylust4220]

Well done! Excited you tested unraid. Using HASSIO in an unraid VM and love it. Going to give this a try!

[@noz3m]

Since Wyze is US only take a look at Xiaiomi Aqara, i couldn't get these Wyze here in Europe so i went with the Xiaiomi Aqara switches and a Conbee II zigbee stick. Very responsive and local!

[@digiblurDIY]

Sucks they don't ship to other countries as they are missing a big market.

[@santosalberto]

FYI, The Wyze Sense Component was updated to allow auto discovery of the usb bridge. It is no longer required to specify the path, Making it a little easier to configure.

[@digiblurDIY]

Yep! That is an awesome change!

[@patrickneitzel2048]

@@digiblurDIY no pass through of that particular sys folder required either.

[@JesseG2573]

Great video... Integrated Wyze with HA - i've installed the motion sensor in the back of my metal mailbox. Tried it a couple of times last night and it worked. Created an automation to flash a light when motion is detected - AKA "you've got mail". Working on setting up a text alert to replace the light flash. Because i'm a noob, there's gonna be a ton of research to figure out which HA automation or script to use.

[@digiblurDIY]

I have a voice notification going out over my Google Home speakers. There are a ton of options for notifications though from various sources.

[@MihirPatel_mihir2787]

Even before going through the whole video, in reading the description I loved the part....Toilet Seats (We know who...)... Justin!

[@karlknoedler8957]

Worked flawlessly. Perfect video and amazing little sensors for the cheap.

[@digiblurDIY]

Great little sensors! Love them.

[@DefElDean]

You crushed it in this video. Thank you!

[@digiblurDIY]

Glad you liked it!

[@nhsgad]

Thanks, I'll look in to WYZE. love the dad time - thanks for the smile during my home bound time.

[@rhygarth6764]

My first time here, Great video and very clear instructions, keep up the good work

[@ForwardEngineering]

Awesome stuff! It looks like the wyze sensor kit is non existent. They say some new version is supposed to come out... Anyone have a update on that?

[@nickrowlett]

loved it, great video my man. I've been holding onto these for months, and it worked perfectly the first time through.

[@elesjuan]

Okay-- This was spectacular!!!! I'm legit surprised this stuff is so cheap and works so damn well! Even more surprised it works outside of the Wyze ecosystem, even for pairing!! Now if we could just get good motion detection on RTSP wyze cameras...

[@miker5674]

Thank you so much for this video. I am building a new house, and these are awesome for what I wanted to for automating lights!

[@donniefontaine8018]

So cool! Thank you for this video! Please do a follow-up step-by-step that sends notifications (including battery level) to an iPhone when a door or motion sensor is triggered. Hopefully along with video (or a still that links to video) from a Wyze cam for those who want to DIY a smart doorbell with video.

[@digiblurDIY]

I don't have an iPhone or a Wyze cam to make a video on that material.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Apples to oranges, but I absolutely loved the uniden 900mhz phones when they debuted. Got over 200yds through the woods plus the block/2x4 wall on the house before the call dropped.

[@digiblurDIY]

I remember as a kid we had a 49mhz Uniden with a pull out antenna. It went like half a mile down the road it seemed. The 900mhz spread spectrum ones were pretty decent but of course they moved to 2.4ghz and then for some stupid reason 5ghz which people thought was better. Hence the name of the 1.9ghz DECT phones being called 6.0 for no technical reason.

[@fantasma62]

As usual, great video!! I am happy to say this was my very first “cloud free” project (haven’t used the jig you sent me yet...coming soon). I actually was able to add all three of my sensors using the Wyze Sense Component, then added the Haaska for cloudless Alexa (thanks to Dr Zzs for making an easy to follow video) and now my motion detector actually works with Alexa (I get a message when something triggers it). In regards to my motion sensor, I need to pick your brain a bit. I would like to be able to control the motion detection settings without having to connect to the Wyze cloud. I would like to have the motion sensor only covering a small area. I don’t want for the motion sensor to go off when a tree moves, but instead when a person is near the door that the sensor will be covering.

[@digiblurDIY]

Awesome! Still loving my Wyze sensors even after all this time. Depend on them everyday.

[@anthonycalia1317]

I know this is for the Home Assistant community, but there are some of us out there who do not, for whatever reason, use HA. I would love to see a video on the generic approach to using this technology such as how can I publish the sensor condition using MQTT or similar so that the condition can be used / shared by other devices and systems. Thanks for doing such a nice job on your videos.

[@digiblurDIY]

Actually I am looking at the docker container setup that uses MQTT with these sensors. If it seems solid then I will share something with it.

[@digiblurDIY]

This is the app/docker I was looking at. github.com/dariopb/ha-gosenseapp

[@willdabeast4430]

digiblurDIY I’m interested in this as well! It would be great to push this right into MQTT. Can HACS be used with a docker install? I’ve been on the hunt for some motion sensors. Would like to turn lights on at night for example. I have an rf bridge and was thinking about 433mhz sensors. What’s your thoughts on this and how does Waze compare? I like the idea of 12 month Battey life. What about outdoors in cold weather? Would the battery hold up?

[@digiblurDIY]

I had put this to the side recently but want to mess around with it this weekend to separate things. There's a docker container for a component that connects with the Wyze "bridge" and pushes right to MQTT. github.com/dariopb/ha-gosenseapp Don't think they want you using them outdoors in cold weather given the specs say 32°F-104°F (0°C-40°C). I have a couple door sensors for the RF Bridge but I will say the Wyze stuff is smaller and easier to setup but then again the RF bridge for 433 does more things than the little USB receiver so it's really a toss up. Both are pretty quick in speed.

[@vita-girl4345]

great tutorial, thanks! For those of us using Node Red for our UI/Dashboard, is there a way to add these to use within Node Red?

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes, there is a Wyze sensor to MQTT container - github.com/raetha/wyzesense2mqtt

[@billschatzow9919]

Easy to follow directions and the switches seem to work great. All show in overview and on the new entity cards. I have a problem using them to trigger automations. i.e put one on mailbox and when state changes from closed to open send notification. I see the state of the switch change, but notification never sent. Is the trigger just off / on?

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes, look in the states page of Home Assistant and you'll see that binary sensors use off and on.

[@billschatzow9919]

On my garage door which is also binary it uses open / closed

[@digiblurDIY]

Very true. Looks like that is valid as well. www.home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor/

[@billschatzow9919]

From your link I only see off / on in the write up below. In the first paragraph it looks like that you can use 0/off/low/closed/false for off and 1/on/high/open/true for on, but to me it is not clear. As a relatively new user it is confusing. No where in the documentation for the trigger does it reference switch type and what is allowed. I think if a user has only two choices it is much easier to understand.

[@DesertGardenPrepper]

just got mine today and had it all setup on hassio running on proxmox in less than 20 minutes. i did have to do a simple proxmox usb passthrough command to get it to show up in home assistant, but the range is amazing and the simplicity of the setup and the community addon are awesome, and so are you travis ;-) thanks for keeping up on the latest for us!

[@digiblurDIY]

Someone in the comments was needing help with the Proxmox pass through just a bit ago. Would you mind replying to them? Much appreciated!

[@ianrobertson912]

Hi Mate Please help me as I not sure how to issue the command. I read the article pve.proxmox.com/wiki/USB_Devices_in_Virtual_Machines (came up when I google simple proxmox usb passthrough) when i issued the command "lsusb" from proxmox consol. I got the following response BUS 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. BUS 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub BUS 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. BUS 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub BUS 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub BUS 003 Device 003: ID 1cf1:0030 Dresden Elktronik BUS 003 Device 002: ID 1a86:e024 QinHeng Electronics BUS 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Where I am sure Dresden Elktronik respresnt ConBee 2 Zigbee stick that I have already configured so QinHeng Electronics could be for the Wyze What is next. in Hass.io Hardware I only see serial: /dev/ttyS3 /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyACM0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS2 /dev/serial/by-id/usb-dresden_elektronik_ingenieurtechnik_GmbH_ConBee_II_DE1995703-if00 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard PC Speaker QEMU QEMU USB Tablet Power Button VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse disk: gpio: audio: Thanks in advance for the help

[@haxorcomputerservices]

Thanks so much for this. I bought these sensors and then the camera went end of life so had them sitting here brand new no way of using them and I have been waiting for this and finally stumbled onto this, very late lol. I have the usb sensor working, light goes blue but in the current build of HA i can find services like you do so held the button on the sensor and it blinked then put pin in PIR and it blinked and the blue light then stopped but i dont see anything in HA. Im kinda stuck right now but its progress. Anyone still using these on the latest HA? Im a complete novice with HA but this and some sonoff switches are my starting point!

[@digiblurDIY]

Many of us have moved on from these as they kept bricking during battery changes.

[@remcoverhagen192]

great video travis!

[@DesertGardenPrepper]

word to the wyze 😀... 1 year and a 1 month later, I realized one of my doors was reporting closed all the time, even when opened. discovered the battery was dead. also discovered that if the battery dies, the device is probably bricked. called wyze and they are sending a free replacement. I still have 2 other working sensors, so I put the new CR1632 battery in the other still working contact sensor and need to buy a CR2450 battery for the motion sensor. I am considering buying some more of these sensors, but will need to set a calendar reminder to replace batteries every 8-10 months to be safe. bottom line... still impressed! update: motion sensor is dead too 😢

[@digiblurDIY]

Nice reminder to check those batteries indeed! I've had all mine kicking for over a year now. I have heard of some draining off the bricking but then I've heard folks saying the LED will be blinking over and over.

[@JohnHumbert]

I have had three contact sensors "bricked" because because the batteries died. I don't know if it's true, but some are saying the devices lose their MAC address if the battery dies. Wyze recently sent me two replacement contact sensors under warranty. I noticed one of the sensors was displaying the low battery warning (3 quick flashes of red LED) when I opened the package. I inserted a new battery, but that device would not pair with the bridge (even with the new battery). Wyze is aware of the issue. The contact sensor LED should flash 3-times when the pairing button is pressed with the pin. If the LED flashes 5-times when the button is pressed, the device is probably "bricked" and will not pair with the bridge.

[@marksmith2276]

As always a great video. I would love to get hold of these and the cameras also but they are not sold outside of the USA.

[@tylerpischl4698]

This is simply AWESOME!

[@DIYtechie]

I like your videos and your attitude. Good work. To me it’s simpler using zigbee as much as possible, since there is no different configuration for different brands, once your z2m, z2t, ZHA or deConz is set up and running.

[@digiblurDIY]

The big take away on these is the range combined with cost of the sensor here. No mesh to worry about. I do have the Zigbee bridge going now so the range covers the house without any mesh requirements but I still like these sensors. Now if only they came out with a good humidity and temperature sensor.

[@bigbin1070]

Hey thanks a lot for this video. I see you stopped working on this and there's issue regarding the sensor not working after one year of the battery dies. I have a question though, if I add battery and readd all the sensors, will they work for another year or will the sensor just plainly die and not usable even by the wyze cam?

[@ronm6585]

Great video Travis. Thank you.

[@irelandshane1984]

Great video, love it! Subscribed

[@guybrushthreepwood1090]

Subscibed as soon as you said "no cloud".

[@digiblurDIY]

Should be the channel name... digiblurNoCloud

[@AndrewHoeveler]

digiblurDIY it's your native American name. No Cloud

[@atomicdetailsoc]

I have a wyze motion sensor but the rest switch fell off the pcb of the device, wyze is sending me a new one but it would be cool to try and get this one back up and running. 85 looks like the switch for rest was attached by 2 solder point or plastic points or glue possibly. I will post again if I can figure it out...

[@jqzIII]

Could you just make contact between the two solder points to "push the button"? Using something conductive of course.

[@vadentek]

Great video! Super helpful. Thanks man!

[@digiblurDIY]

Glad you liked it!

[@sonny1977]

WOW superb. Now if only the UK could get these cheap & if only i was running Home Assistant and not Hubitat...lol I would have a few of these and the cameras. Few months ago i swapped from ST to HE (LOVE IT) HA looked too complicated for my little brain, maybe it will be my next upgrade

[@user-zr7kz4vs7c]

Great video. Cloud you make a video on Xiaomi gateway with home assistant?

[@digiblurDIY]

I'll have to check into that one.

[@ianrobertson912]

Thanks for this video. I managed to install it in proxmox vE. I do not use a USB extension code for the hub so connected directly to USB port of my Proxmox box. This is inside an old TV cabinet (now converted to my network and IT gear rack) where I have the doors closed. I am happy to report not having a USB extention and keeping it inside the cabinet signal is strong enough to works within 140sqm single story house (it is not large). I have two sets and extra motion sensors in my set up (so 3 motion + 4 door sensors). I think this will outperform my Broadlink security kit S1C Only question I am having is whether there is a a way to reduce the state change time from detected to clear. I think it remain detected for about 30sec before state change back to clear. I have couple of other motion centers I made following Ben's tutorials and they send the state change immediately (MQTT)

[@digiblurDIY]

Not that I have found. The motion detector seems to be hard-coded for a 30 second trigger.

[@ianrobertson912]

@@digiblurDIY Thanks

[@hbosch5223]

Does anyone know how you might alert on a sensor low battery threshold ? Any by the way, thanks for this video, it is why I bought a pi and installed HA.

[@hbosch5223]

I see this data in the HA log in debug made, so I could log scrape it, but that seems not ideal.

[@TylerFalwell]

I'm sold, just bought some. Any ideas on how to get a chime or maybe even an event announcement pushed out through Google Home or another way when a door opens? Great video, subscribing now as I'm new to HA and need to learn more.

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks for the comments and sub! I use some nodered flows to trigger my voice notifications when my mailbox is opened/closed with these sensors. You can also use the HA automation stuff but I found NodeRed to be easier.

[@santosalberto]

Yes, I use node red that’s running on the same raspberry pi that my home assistant is running on. There is a cast node you can use. I have mine configured with an events state node/change node/cast node.

[@mediacowboy9245]

Thanks for this great video.

[@chrispeterson6941]

Thanks for the great video! I already bought these and installed the using the Wyze app and IFTT in to HA but this is so much better! The install went well on the HA side but can't get the receiver to work it blinks amber and blue. I'm using Oracle VM. I have tried both hidraw0 and hidrwa1. What else can I try?

[@chrispeterson6941]

I got it working. I had to give permission for HA or my VM to the USB device in Oracle.

[@ryan355]

I'm having this same problem, but I have it installed using HASS.io, not a seperate VM. Any other ideas of what could be causing this?

[@GarysTechLab]

Do these sensors periodically transmit their status? I see where there is signal strength and everything indicated but its hard to tell if it only transmits on state change. My only concern would be if it lost connection and the sensor was tripped that I wouldnt be notified. Also, I appreciate both live streams and condensed format videos. Shorter, to the point videos are helpful for getting just the need-to-know info and then the live stream if it looks interesting enough. Thanks!

[@mikeblackwood5444]

Wow , didn't think about that , surely there pollable for status! Any idea Digiblur?

[@digiblurDIY]

I don't see any service right now to poll them, nor do I know even if they are designed for 2 way communications or 1 way. I'll have to do some digging to see if the design allows for that.

[@mikeblackwood5444]

@@digiblurDIY Ok thanks, that would be a bummer if not able to poll open/close position outside of last known position, dangit, new it was 2 good 2 b true. lol

[@GarysTechLab]

@@digiblurDIY Lack of polling wouldnt be too bad if they at the very least sent updates every few minutes. Thanks for the response.

[@kevinvincent512]

Hi, Im the creator of the component. Unfortunately no, the sensors are 1 way and don't support polling. However it does seem like there are periodic updates, just based on some loose testing. I will have to confirm if thats true and what the period between reports is.

[@Efunch]

Your videos are always well explained, highly useful and educating! Great work! Do you have a background in electrical engineering?

[@digiblurDIY]

Not really, just been an electrical tinkerer with things since I was a kid. I did a bit of instrumentation work in the oilfield at one time that taught me a LOT about electrical sensors and such and fueled my desire for this stuff.

[@jerryaycock]

Easy !! Slick.. Love your Clip

[@quasimodo1427]

Great video 👍. Is there any way to use the sensors in itfff? I have a light switch that is not supported by Home Assistant

[@digiblurDIY]

What kind of light switch? You could send an event with HA according to this. www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ifttt/#sending-events-to-ifttt

[@quasimodo1427]

@@digiblurDIY Leviton switch. I'm not sure witch service to call for the Wyze senors

[@digiblurDIY]

Not sure myself as I haven't use IFTTT with HA. You could do an automation to call it based on the Wyze sensor being triggered.

[@M-Tec]

Great video! However 8 of the 18 sensors I bought have failed in less than 6 months. Wyze no longer sells these and the HA integration developer no longer maintains it. I hope Wyze comes out with a 2.0 version of this and we can all try again, but until then I'd make alternate plans

[@digiblurDIY]

I went ahead and switched all my batteries after a little over a year so I wouldn't lose any. I know they have been replacing them for folks. Their 2.0 version is a shift to a security panel style unfortunately. Zigbee seems to be coming down in price and with items such as the Zigbee Bridge it does make it easier. For Wyze I did switch to Wyze2mqtt as this removes the dependency on HA and works great.

[@MrKroy2008]

Great vid - can you clarify what log to check for the hidraw0 vs. hidraw1 vs. Auto please? I'm running HASSOS on an Oracle VM. I had this working but had to rebuild my system after come other issues...and can't get this to work again for some reason.

[@digiblurDIY]

dmesg | grep hidraw

[@jlgibbs3823]

How do your sensors behave after a loss of power to the receiver/bridge? Might be difficult to pair all the mounted devices every time there's a power outage...

[@digiblurDIY]

All fine after a power outage... 1985 is long and gone fortunately for this and unfortunately for many other things.

[@chrisjohnson583]

Just curious... I live in a larger house, and let's just say there left side of my house is geographically diverse from the right... Can I run multiple receivers? Maybe split my house between two receivers in HA?

[@digiblurDIY]

I don't see why it would be an issue, just pair them up. You might need two copies of HA or use one with wyze2mqtt

[@jqzIII]

Sweet. Thanks for this video. Watched it about 5 times now for about 9 (failed) HA setups on my new Pi4-64. I good one so far. I'm pretty new with HA but have been eventghosting on PC for years. One question how do I get the dynamic icons for a Wyze contact sensor. I have one so far. For garage door btw. But want the opened/closed look with 2 icons. Know what I mean? Thanks again for all great videos.

[@digiblurDIY]

I know I've heard issues with using the 64bit on various things. In the GUI, I just pick the entity then hit the gear icon, in the icon override you can put any mdi icon in there. Like mdi:mailbox to get that one.

[@meierthomas]

Love the vid and the no nonsense presentation 🤣. Running Home Assistant on VirtualBox sitting on a Fedora host. How do you find the device name to connect to?

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks!! Try dmesg | grep hidraw On the host box.

[@meierthomas]

​@@digiblurDIY Txs. Found the device /dev/hidraw2 (0 and 1 is used for keyboard and mouse), plugged it in after the install and restarted after updating configuration.yaml. Device doesn't turn blue. Note: I have made the receiver available to VirtualBox through config | USB and when I plug/unplug the receiver the VirtualBox log captures these operations. Home Assistant built via the official .OVA appliance file available on the Home Assistant website. So I'm not sure what else to do here

[@meierthomas]

Found the issue plugged in the Wyze receiver while at the console and it popped up as /dev/hidraw0! I ran dmesg | grep hidraw outside the VM and of course the OS sees all three devices (keyboard, mouse and Wyze receiver) whereas I setup a filter in VirtualBox for the Wyze receiver only. Dumb mistake but ok now. txs again for the great video. Will likely be getting some more door sensors. Also just found out that the Wyze cam has an alternative firmware to support RTSP and so can be integrated into Home Assistant via motionEye (credit to DrZzs). And at $20 these cams are not expensive.

[@digiblurDIY]

Glad you got it! It can be weird at times with various systems to pass in usb devices. I found those RTSP feeds to be kind of buggy myself so I ended up sticking with my little Reolink cams I have been using.

[@tlutrick956]

@@meierthomas Left digiblurDIY a message on discord on this very issue, and found your comment. I'm 1 day new to VirtualBox running on a MacBook Pro 2010 model, and not sure I know how to do what you indicated, so would love it if you could point me towards where I could learn. Thanks

[@ameggs]

Any progress on the Wyze light bulbs and wyze plugs? can they be controlled with HASSIO instead of the app?

[@digiblurDIY]

Looks like it does have an ESP8266. I haven't seen anyone pop the difuser top off yet to see if pins are exposed.

[@trinitech8660]

Excellent as always..

[@mischatf]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@easwaran83]

Great Tutorial @travis. I did it like a cakewalk for all my sensors. Question : A hub can support how many sensors?

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! Wyze states 100 per bridge.

[@easwaran83]

@@digiblurDIY Thanks

[@MihirPatel_mihir2787]

Awesome video, Travis! Do you know how many of these sensors can be paired to a single Bridge?

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! Wyze states a 100 sensors per bridge.

[@MihirPatel_mihir2787]

@@digiblurDIY I found the same on Wyze's forum. I was about to post it. It is 100 sensors/bridge and if you have more, you could buy a new bridge (which they don't sell standalone, so I guess you'd have to buy another kit) support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360030677072-Is-there-a-limit-to-the-number-of-sensors-I-can-connect-to-a-Bridge-

[@robertpoynton9923]

Thanks for the info mate. I did a quick search for what batteries they use and if they are hard to get. Is it a CR16332? I can't find replacement one of these. That might put me off buying them

[@digiblurDIY]

They are readily available in the US. support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360030802671-Battery-Replacement

[@harrym3115]

After watching your video about WYZE Sense, I had to order the kit. Just got it today and going to setup. I must say design wise Wyze sensors are way cooler than other sensors, very sleek design. I do have one question though, I'm running HA docker on RPi 4 and also setup HA docker in OMV. What would you recommend RPi4 or different Linux server for HA?

[@digiblurDIY]

If you have a Linux box running already I would definitely run on that. If not roll with the Rpi4.

[@patsjoholm]

Awesome stuff! Thanks for the share♥️

[@basem99h]

Excellent video dude

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks!

[@bryan34wable]

Great video , thanks. Maybe a stupid question but the antenna does not need to be plugged into my raspberry pi right? Will it work plugged into a usb cell phone type wall charger? New to all this and want to use a sensor to turn on my ws2812 strip under kitchen cab led’s

[@digiblurDIY]

The receiver needs to be plugged into the Home Assistant device.

[@bryan34wable]

digiblurDIY thanks allot. Great video and simple for a new guy to understand. I ordered the kit plus another sensor from the link you provided. Can’t wait to get it installed.

[@gonzalolaplata]

Love the final!!!! TY!

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! I need to do more!

[@jqzIII]

DAMN. I wish I watched this 3 hours BEFORE I ordered a 2nd Rasp Pi 3b+ to use as a Hassio device and not 4 hours AFTER. Asking ebay seller to cancel the Pi 3 and sell me one of thier Pi4s instead. Fingers crossed.

[@digiblurDIY]

Pi4 has USB SSD boot in beta test right now too.

[@drreality1]

Thanks for the amazing work man. Please add some UK affiliate links so we can support u from the UK 😄

[@digiblurDIY]

Will have to look into that, one of the many things on my list to setup eventually. Only have the Patreon and BuyMeACoffee thing right now. Liking and or sharing the videos works as well!

[@digiblurDIY]

Looks like I was able to make one link after signup, I don't see the Wyze Sense stuff over there. amzn.to/33qBNJ7 and will build this as I go with stuff that is available there. Thanks! www.amazon.co.uk/shop/digiblurdiy

[@drreality1]

@@digiblurDIY great. I don't think that wyze sells products in the UK officially yet. Waiting patiently

[@digiblurDIY]

@@drreality1 they are definitely leaving money on the table. Wonder if it is some regulations and such?

[@neilbrookins8428]

On the pi4 (and probably other models too) this usb connection blocks two ports. So, the usb extension cable is a good idea.

[@silviocaltabiano5981]

Nice video! Keep up the good work and thank you very much. Do you know how long it takes for the pir to go back in the 'off / no motion status' after no motion is detected? I have some aqara's and they take more than 1 min. In some cases this is a pain ;-)

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! Wyze motion sensors trigger for 30 seconds.

[@PierreScerri]

Hi. Awesome tutorial. Got my Wyze starter pack running without much hassle. My Pi is not in the best location in my house (can't change it). I used a USB extension cable (1m) as you suggested, but although the range is impressive, like you said, our 9" stone walls and 7" concrete floors are very unforgiving. I tried a 3m USB cable I had lying around to put the Wyze hub in a better location but it does not work and the LED remains Amber. Do you have any suggestions as to how I could make this work? Thanks. PS I learned a lot from guys like yourself and others. Thank you.

[@digiblurDIY]

Did you ever get a blue light with a short cable?

[@PierreScerri]

digiblurDIY worked perfectly with the short cable

[@gregbrissey5675]

Travis, how would you add the individual wyze sensors to the configuration.yaml directly (i.e. text editor) rather than the UI method you showed?

[@digiblurDIY]

You don't add the sensors to the yaml, the UI actually pairs it with the USB receiver itself.

[@donniefontaine8018]

Kind of a stupid question, maybe, but could I use a 2nd USB receiver plugged into a Wyze Cam (to expand the range) if I already have one plugged into the Pi?

[@digiblurDIY]

Probably have to do like another Pi with the sensor and bring the data across.

[@enahernandez9700]

Thanks! Great video! I've using motion sensor for three months aprox, but it suddenly stopped working. The last battery level report was 82%. It is possible that it ran out of batteries? Im going to change it today, hoping this solves the inconvenient. Any similar issue? Thanks!

[@digiblurDIY]

Possible.. I have one in a somewhat busy area since before the video posted and it is still at 95%. It is a user replaceable coin cell size battery luckily.

[@santosalberto]

Mine stopped working when I updated the component. I changed the device path in the configuration to auto I had to literally unplug power from the raspberry pi and reconnect it. A simple reboot didn’t seem to work.

[@MinhPhamGators]

I have my dongled plugged into the raspi4 and configured as you instructed, with the dongle showing blue light. However, the wyzesense.scan is NOT available in the HomeAssistant service. What could be wrong?

[@MinhPhamGators]

Nevermind. I figured it out. I'm using Hassio, and needed to forward the device /dev/hidraw0 to the docker container.

[@chadk4548]

Your videos are awesome can you do one setting up aromic calander with Google im stuck one getting it to work and can't find much help online

[@digiblurDIY]

Google keeps correcting this to atomic? So what is this?

[@chadk4548]

@@digiblurDIY it is atomic my bad typo on my end but it's a calander card with your Google account... I plan on having a wall mounted tablet for control of the house and some reminders for the wife 😂

[@chadk4548]

github.com/atomic7777/atomic_calendar

[@digiblurDIY]

Here I am thinking there was some method to the madness of aromic oils per day on some schedule. Wheew!! Have you looked into any Home Assistant Lovelace cards out there that might show calendar topics/days?

[@chadk4548]

github.com/ljmerza/calendar-card this one as well but I'm just new at this and never done a card before so I'm guessing I'm doing it wrong

[@iainparsons9788]

This all makes perfect sense...unless your Wyze receiver is not showing up as a connected device in hassio hardware. the receiver is directly plugged into a an Rpi3 running hassio. Anyone got a suggestion?

[@digiblurDIY]

github.com/kevinvincent/ha-wyzesense#troubleshooting

[@mikeblackwood5444]

These are working on the same 915 mhz band that insteon uses but are 10 times more reliable and fast. I wonder if there would be any way to use wyze to control insteon. I am replacing my insteon door sensors with these because the insteon are not dependable.

[@digiblurDIY]

Haven't had issues with mine even though I have interference issues with Zwave on the same band. Great little sensors.

[@mikeblackwood5444]

I have a large two hub network of insteon and have had nothing but trouble if using anything except there app to control. As long as i control with there proprietary app it works ok. There was a time when that was enough , but not anymore.lol

[@skyworms]

how long does the motion sensor redetection. For example, there is motion and how long does motion show no motion. For aqara motion it take 2 mins which too long.

[@digiblurDIY]

30 seconds it stays triggered.

[@theLEFTY15]

does the bridge have to be connected at all times or only for linking/pairing? it'd be sweet to have it all internal, I hate connect a bunch of things to my usbs on my rsbp4

[@digiblurDIY]

Your raspberry Pi doesn't have the necessary radio chipset to talk to these devices.

[@theLEFTY15]

digiblurDIY thanks for the reply

[@cheynespc]

I’ve done a push button with xiaomi Aqaba door sensor I removed the reed switch and stuck it inside an acade button

[@CarltonDodd]

I'm working through this on a fresh HA installation. I don't get the blue light (stays solid amber). Do I need to bind a sensor to the "hub" using the camera/app interface first?

[@digiblurDIY]

No. You need to get the blue light issue fixed first. The camera app is never used.

[@CarltonDodd]

@@digiblurDIY It took a re-image of my SD, but I got it going. THANKS SO MUCH for this info! Now I have to learn HA!

[@2bagsOfChips2k2]

I cannot get the blue LED. I get yellow, restart, and then I have no LED. Any Suggestions?

[@maximegauthier8452]

Could the same be done for the hubitat hub with wyze sense

[@digiblurDIY]

I bet so. They made the reverse engineering open source.

[@bigbin1070]

have you tried to setup it using freenas jail? I am running this in a pi 3 which works like charm, but having trouble setting it up in my freenas server. in the freenas itself I don't even see the hidraw item, when I plugin I saw only /dev/uhid0 in the console message so I tried that and doesn't work.

[@digiblurDIY]

No. I have only used it on the Pi and unRaid with docker.

[@easwaran83]

Hi Travis Any specific tutorial link to add these to HA running on ubuntu docker? Please help

[@digiblurDIY]

Should be the same install except possibly passing on the hidraw device to your container if needed.

[@ronwilliams2616]

So I’ve just got this all set up kind a new to this I’m running it on a virtual machine on a Mac and when I go to pair the blue light flashes and I never get it to pair and then I end up having to reboot home assistant several times and plug the bridge back in and reboot again and then I can get the light to change the solid blue got two sensors added have one more door sensor to add and I cannot seem to get it to add for anything

[@digiblurDIY]

You might try this thread to see if anyone has seen this - community.home-assistant.io/t/wyze-sense-sensor-integrations/108012

[@gregbrissey5675]

Last I looked the HASSIO image doesn't work on a RPi-4 , How did you get your HA working on your RPi-4 ?

[@digiblurDIY]

It was listed here but also a regular docker install of hassio works on the Pi4 www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/