Switchbot S20 Lidar + AI Vacuum and Wet Cleaner by Peter Scargill: Wow. I just saw the sale, but then I am in Spain… sorry – it seems you are getting ripped.. 599 Euros with voucher on Amazon.es I’m in the UK tomorrow – I’ll check… Sep 21, 19:51
Switchbot S20 Lidar + AI Vacuum and Wet Cleaner by : It’s currently £800 gbp (UK pounds sterling) on switchbot website. Sep 21, 15:50- Switchbot S20 Lidar + AI Vacuum and Wet Cleaner by : First things first – 800 Euros not £800 and in reality with sales more like 600 and I think they’ll likely adjust prices in time – our original Xiaomi dropped a lot in 4 years. I’m retired so no… but when running businesses – sure. We got the Xiaomi in 2021 and it is as new even now.. apart from a few scuffs thanks to banging into walls and furniture. I look after the brushes etc and spares if needed (we didn’t thanks to regular maintenance). I’ve no reason to believe the Switchbot unit will be any different. I’ve lots of Switchbot stuff and what I have is high quality. Sep 21, 11:55
- Switchbot S20 Lidar + AI Vacuum and Wet Cleaner by : Question is, at £800, would you have paid your own money for it? Time will tell if it lasts longer than a couple years. Sep 21, 11:26
Switchbot S20 Lidar + AI Vacuum and Wet Cleaner by : Good review. Thank you. However, there are a couple spelling mistakes. “Car scratching post”? 🤣 Sep 19, 13:15
- Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Ok, more updates – that last writing when I had to charge the battery was September 9 – I left the battery on charge ALL DAY… just looked now, the display stopped on September 11. I’ve just checked now… Obviously the display is still on – but reset and boot separately failed to provoke an update so I guess the battery is flat again. Plug into power – the display refreshed at January 1 – just under a minute later updated correctly to September 14 – i.e. today – SO – all works well but forget about long battery charge life with refreshes every minute. That’s a shame. Sep 14, 15:33
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : There are not many Zigbee temperature sensors with a cable probe, so this is quite useful. However I cannot access my Home Assistant system via WireGuard from my employer’s network for security reasons. So I went for Shellys for switching the heating and pump on. Shellys just tunnel through most firewalls I know, so I could access the my office desk lamp from everywhere. Or any device connected to my Shelly plug. I wish Shelly would make a temperature sensor like the SNZB-02LD. Sep 12, 20:02
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : Oh, see that nice right justified text in the orange display – well that’s Home Assistant Mushroom template card – guess what – as of the latest update they had the bright idea of no longer supporting that part of card-mod – am I the only person in the world that wants their text right-justified? Thankfully for now the mushroom-card author(s) are supporting a legacy version… claiming that standard Home Assistant card features are all you need – sorry guy(s) – standard HA tiles don’t do right-justified text properly either. Sep 11, 23:58
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : My sensor on the side of the water tank here in Spain has proven very useful – and no matter where we are I can quickly check if the hot water is working – no problem. I need one of those on the tank back in the UK as I can currently turn on the power to the HW tank via a Sonoff phone-home eWeLink smartplugs when we go back in winter – great but can’t actually tell if the oil water heater is on for sure… makes the difference between getting there after a long flight to a nice hot bath – or freezing to death with a cold water wash…:-) Sep 11, 23:54
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : I have an SNZB-02LD sitting on the edge of my swimming pool. After a few rainfalls it showed water drops on the inside of the display glass. I took it apart, dried it and reassembled it with a layer of (poorly attached) clear tape around the edge. This helped for some longer time, but now water is back inside. Maybe this is caused by the “breathing” from the temperature difference when it rains. I will build a proper vertical mount for it, because I like this display. Sep 11, 20:30
- Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Update guys – battery voltage not included as standard. Adding a little YAML to the file puts it that facility in but you also have to add a pair of resistors…(bit messy unless you’re good with a soldering iron) See here.. https://forum.seeedstudio.com/t/seeed-studio-xiao-7-5-epaper-panel-battery-status/292932/2 Sep 9, 10:59
- Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : See above – the answer is going to take some time – I’ve just put the unit on USB charge right now after realising it stopped updating on September 5 and a reset made no difference – I’ll leave it on charge for the rest of the morning/afternoon then put it back on the wall. Hmm, I wonder if there is a way to see battery charge state – I’ll go look. Sep 9, 10:56
- Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Ok, some initial answers for you perhaps. I last updated this display on September 4 and left it on the wall in our hallway displaying various data. I’ve been busy and not noticed that although the display is still white and looks good – it’s not actuallyt doing anything. Whether this is down to a Home Assistant update or flat battery… anyway the date is stuck on September 5. I hot reset and nothing happened.. So now for USB. Ok, 01:00 Jan 01… OH… it is now up to date. I guess I’ll leave it on USB charge for several hours – I never did give it a full charge so the definitive answer will have to wait I’m afraid. Sep 9, 10:54
Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Really interesting to see how the Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display combines clarity with low power consumption, making it ideal for modern IoT projects. Displays like these show how hardware is getting smarter and more efficient. On the software side, the gcmob apk 2025 update continues the trend by offering smoother performance and new features for Android users. Together, they represent the balance between efficient hardware and powerful apps. Sep 9, 06:10
- Sonoff Zigbee Smart Water Valve (SWV) by : It has little impact on the water flow rate but then our water flow rate is very low – not at all typical. I have the unit permanently attached to the outside hose (well to the metal tap on the wall that feeds the hosepipe) and we’ve not had a dope of leakage. The Sonoff unit gets exposed to vicious summer sun in the mornings – doesn’t seem to be doing any damage. It has been in place since last winter. Sep 4, 18:21
Sonoff Zigbee Smart Water Valve (SWV) by : Does it slow the flow rate down at all or no impact on flow rate? Wanted to put it onto my incoming main feed to monitor water usage and allow a remote shutoff if ever I’m away and there is a leak – think that would work ok? Sep 4, 16:27
- Sonoff Dongle Plus MG24 and Dongle Max by : Fixed thanks. I don’t know what happened to that sentence originally 🙂 Sep 4, 13:24
Sonoff Dongle Plus MG24 and Dongle Max by : ” I was fortunate enough to get xxx” placeholder for ?? Sep 4, 12:35
- Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Not yet, had to make room for a life after spending hours getting this far – but I will do a full charge and long term test – it’s on the wall already but I’ve a few more sensors to add in tiny print. However, as the claim is 3 months max in deep sleep – it’s clearly going to be well below 3 months between charges – and I’m doing the default refresh around 30 seconds.. right now I’m doing regular updates as I think of more things to add (plenty of RAM and storage left). Sep 3, 16:14
Seeed 7.5″ ePaper Display – Learn with Peter 🙂 by : Can you already see how much energy is consumed with a 30s update interval? And how long this display would last before a recharge is in order? Sep 3, 14:24
BigTimer by : I found a way that works for me. I want the lights on at 06:30 and off at 22:30 and had the same problem that when sunrise is befor 06:30 or sunset is afte 22:30 the lights stay on all day and night. While thinking, trying and reading it suddenly clicked: I can use boolean logic. I want the light on when both of these conditions are true: – the sun is below horizon (or between dusk and dawn) – it is between 06:30 and 22:30 So that is what I made and it works. My configuration looks like this: Sun rise /set (node-red-node-suncalc): outputs o for night and 1 for day change: change 1 to false and o to true to output true for night Big Timer: On at 6:30 and Off at 22:30 (for both sets) Gate (node-red-contrib-boolean-logic-ultimate): inputs count: 2. This will now output true when light should be on and false when lights should be off. Switch: When input is true send to output 1. When input is false send to output 2 Aug 28, 07:19
Cheap AliExpress Zigbee SmartPlugs by : I’ve got quite a lot of cheap AliExpress Zigbee devices (I come out in a sweat when I see the price of Innr, Philips, even Aqara…) and on the whole they do work but sometimes don’t and sometimes they fail after a while. I’m currently waiting for a replacement for a plug – not your orange band one, but similar – which stopped connecting to Zigbee2MQTT after about a year’s use. The mechanical switch still works but no ‘smarts’. You also have to look out for Zigbee spamming, where the device reports its status much too often and unnecessarily, thereby flooding the network. You can sometimes look up the exact model number for reviews, although Ali often doesn’t include that useful piece of information (!) or you can just cross your fingers and test it once it arrives and put it down to experience if reporting more than, for example, once a second. On the whole they’ve made my smart home possible by being 4 times cheaper! Aug 25, 12:37
ESPresence for Home Assistant Presence Monitoring by : Im a little late to this conversation, but are you still using these USB Dongles? And if so, are you using them for presence detection or zigbee repeaters? Im curious what everyone is using now for their presence detection as I have started setting mine up in my home Aug 23, 21:47
Cheap AliExpress Zigbee SmartPlugs by : Thank you for giving me the courage to buy “Cheap AliExpress Zigbee Smart Plugs” on Aliexpress for Australian mains outlets. Thanks to your post I found exactly the Zigbee Smart Plug I was looking for. The Aliexpress seller was very wise to prove on his Aliexpress listing that this “Tuya Zigbee Device” would also work with Home Assistant by including a video clip demonstration proving that his “Tuya Zigbee Device” works with Home Assistant. So it was a “no brainer” and so I ordered 8 of them. Here is the link for anyone from Australia, New Zealand, Argentinia, etc who is interested. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009214185222.html Like I said in the beginning… your post pointed me in the right direction and gave me the courage to buy 8 of these Zigbee Smart Plugs. Thanks !!! Aug 12, 02:10
Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : Yep i am from Hungary, and Allegro is a Poland based marketplace like Aliexpress. I guess there are some HP Thin Clients on ebay also. HP T520 has similar performance as a Raspberry Pi 4, but with an x86 architecture, not ARM. Not so powerful as a Pi5, but for this price it is unbeateable. 🙂 The Turewall you wrote is a nice one, but i prefer low budget solutions. I’ve got the idea from reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1c4auw3/thoughts_on_this_hp_thin_client_as_a_ha_server/ https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lscz7t/psa_cheap_thin_clients_for_a_ha_box/ Aug 7, 17:02
- Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : I’m assuming from your email HUNGARY? No way you can get anything like a thin client even second hand at 12Euros in Spain or UK I generally compare solutions to Raspberry Pi which is where I started befire trying other solutions mentioned in the blog post. The Turewell I ended up with is silent, low power and up to now reliable, just like the RPI5 but considerably more powerful. I actually started my Home Automation journey with RPi2, then RPi3, then RPi4 but for Home Assistant HASS I first used RPi5. Aug 7, 14:49
- Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : I went down the Synology NAS route – all blogged – not good. I think you meant 120 Euros? I got a new mini-PC for less than that and finally went down that route. Just over-wrote Windows with HAOS. Been working reliably for months now. See the blog update here.. https://tech.scargill.net/home-assistant-to-nas-to-mini-pc-the-sequel/ Aug 6, 21:51
- Reolink Elite WiFi Dual-Lens Camera by : For my purposes I prefer the look of the Elite. By comparison, the previous model looks a little cumbersome – but they are both great cameras. Aug 6, 21:04
Reolink Elite WiFi Dual-Lens Camera by : How does this compare to the Duo wifi 3? I know that the Duo 3 wifi has 2 8MP cameras, but did you like the elite wifi better? Aug 6, 19:55
Beryl-AX (GL-MT3000) WiFi 6 Router and MORE by : The latest firmware has a Camouflage mode which I haven’t tried yet. But some instructions for using on a cruise are are here at : https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/using-glinet-opal-on-msc-cruise/39814/51 But I agree the Beryl needs to have a simple portal or easier a simple pass thru so that On a switch setting all port 80 is transferred to anther Port to get past login needs. Jul 2, 00:10
- Beryl-AX (GL-MT3000) WiFi 6 Router and MORE by : I believe glinet stopped the captive portal sone time ago. I griped at the time to no avail. Jul 1, 20:09
Beryl-AX (GL-MT3000) WiFi 6 Router and MORE by : Thanks John, just bought the MT3000 for the same reason, captive portals in hotels and cruise ships. Getting ready to venture out with it for the first time. I also have the OpenSpot 4 Pro and now the M1KE. Any further info on how you needed to finesse the captive portal to provide the additional login information? Jul 1, 17:35
ESP8266, Tasmota and a Cautionary Tale about AI by : Hi Antonio, this is odd. My original attempt looked rather like your script & didn’t work. As you suggest, and as I indicated in my post, I sought advice. I was advised that the comparison was a string & not a 24 bit number which my RF device provides. Tasmota likes this for me: on rfreceived#data=0x0000000000DBE012 do power1 toggle endon It does NOT like: on rfreceived#data=0xDBE012 do power1 toggle endon How does this work for you but not me? Why is my data 64 bit? Tasmota tells me it’s 24 bit but reports it as a 64 bit number in string format. Thanks for your input. Jun 19, 16:05
ESP8266, Tasmota and a Cautionary Tale about AI by : it’s perfectly working on a daily basis on my rfbridge, directly copied from there… if you don’t believe me, I suggest you address any issue you’re having to tasmota discord servers, where well proven tasmota experts will help you solve them… Jun 19, 11:16Surface Pro 4 – Windows 11 or NOT? by : Well, I tried upgrading my Surface Pro 4 to Win 11 24H2. Everything works perfectly, and fast, except the type cover keyboard and touchpad. There are no issues in the device manager, and both worked fine when I was running Windows 10. Uninstalling keyboard and mouse drivers completely, and reinstalling, didn’t help. Detaching and reattaching the keyboard didn’t fix it. Now I’m going to look for firmware updates… Just trying to keep this perfectly fine tablet running past September of 2025… Jun 3, 23:16
- ESP8266, Tasmota and a Cautionary Tale about AI by : try something like this (and learn how to use raw rf data on tasmota, if you want better results): rule1 on RfReceived#Data=86CE92 do publish cmnd/comodino/power1 toggle endon on RfReceived#Data=86CE94 do publish zigbee/3tasti/porta toggle endon on RfReceived#Data=86CE91 do websend [192.168.1.114] power2 toggle endon it uses mqtt publish to send data elsewhere, and power toggle the second relay of an other tasmota device, by ip Jun 3, 21:50
- ESP8266, Tasmota and a Cautionary Tale about AI by : TRy sending me an email and I can get the code into a block for you. I use Wordpress…. Github isn’t the easiest place to get accurate code either. the email I got from you shows on rfreceived#data do endon -ie nothing between do and endon – which incidentally is not case sensitive – I’ve done a lot of rules in the past week 🙂 Jun 3, 15:33
Super Mini ESP32-S3, Broadband Testing and more by : Yeah, now you’ve got me going! I started with an ESP8266 that already had an SSD1306 attached, then moved on to an ESP32-C3/SSD1306. I want to experiment with a color display as well, add some flashy visuals (especially since I can’t find my jumbo NeoPixels or NeoPixel ring…) To save some rule space, use an ESP8266 w/ 4MB of flash (the ESP32 should be good to go) and use the filesystem to store the display info (file: display.ini) May 31, 22:47
Easy Home Assistant Random Timer by : There is a very nice Home Assistant integration that makes this very simple (in HACS): Presence Simulation. https://github.com/slashback100/presence_simulation May 29, 01:21
UGREEN USB3.0 to Giganet Ethernet Adaptor and GL-iNET by : I had this adapter too and the chip was ASIX AX88179A. These are very unreliable (https://forum.openwrt.org/t/need-help-openwrt-usb-lan-asix-ax88179-ugreen-50922-crashes-continuously-has-to-reboot-constantly/113668/16). Would not recommend. May 22, 18:18
- TOMLOV HDMI Digital Microscope Model DM9 MAX by : Suggest you contact Tomlov… This is the contact info in their email to me… Branding Email: Branding@tomlov.com Support Email: Support@tomlov.com Facebook: @Tomlov | Facebook group: TOMLOV Microscope Users Group Instagram: @tomlov_official Tiktok: @tomlovmicroscope Websites: tomlov.com | tomlovmicroscope.com WhatsApp: +86 181 2371 6479 May 14, 17:32
TOMLOV HDMI Digital Microscope Model DM9 MAX by : I am trying to charge the Tomlov model DM9 Max using the cable and an adapter but I see no indication it is charging? May 14, 15:35
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : You’re right. Well, as they’ve yet yet fully upddated the Zigbee2MQTT version, probably as well to wait. May 13, 14:31
- New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers by : S60ZBTPF – it SEEMS that AliExpress have them at 12.79 Euros – at least from here in Spain – all inclusive inc post.. just tried that link and it works. https://shorturl.at/ugHLN May 13, 13:49
- Compact PowerVision S1 Gimbal for Smartphones – Update by : The blog is now updated – thanks for the feedback – way back in 2023 I commented in my video that the product had an “end of days” feel. The website is now completely defunct – something I’ve clarified in the blog and associated videos. May 8, 07:35
Compact PowerVision S1 Gimbal for Smartphones – Update by : You can buy this PowerVision S1 for cheaper everywhere. I didn’t know why till I tried to get the App for Android phones. Forget about it… you’ll just be on wild goose chases forever. I’ve bought two from different sellers. Both telling app was available for it. But where? Not in Play Store and the 3rd Party App Stores give you junk wear that’s not for the PowerVision S1! Most likely the company is out of business. DON’T BUY IT… as you’ll regret it. Buy a Hohem instead…. at least they have Apps available on Google Play Store! May 8, 03:18
An Orange Pi Week by : Awesome write up. Waiting for my RV2 to arrive this afternoon. Going to use the Ubuntu server image on a 256 NVME. I’ve also been playing around with the RV, but no official Ubuntu release for that board yet that i know of. According to the RV2 manual, only the NVME on the backside is bootable. I did order these standoffs, and this fan and heatsink kit to try to get temps down under 50c. With a heatsink only my RV is running at around 54c with room temps at a normal 73f. Just found your blog and hope to read more!!! Have a great day! May 6, 22:53
- An Orange Pi Week by : Well, I grabbed the OpenWrt image, put it on SD – nothing – just booted Ubuntu off the eMMC – I was sure it would prefer SD if available… I’ve asked… Apr 29, 16:49
- An Orange Pi Week by : Hadn’t thought of it but if I can put it on SD and not interfere with my eMMC setup – sure, why not. That’s if the power holds out – you may be aware that spain’s been in a blackout for the past day or so. Apr 29, 13:00
An Orange Pi Week by : Hi, could you test Openwrt image for rv2? It’s located RV2 downloads page. Apr 28, 18:29
- Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition vs Google by : Not gotten that far. Once I realised it wasn’t as good as Google at listening – I put it on the back burner. Yes having local voice control is the future – but being impatient wife-proof is more important. I only use voice as a convenience. Virtually all my home automation has alternatives… Rotating light would be nice, though 🙂 Apr 27, 00:39
Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition vs Google by : Have you figured out how to control the voice preview LED ring? I can get node-red to change the color, but I can’t simulate any kind of LED effects yet (flashing, pulsing, rotating, etc). Apr 25, 16:28
- Seeed Studio 60Ghz mmWave Sensor by : The link I provided for updating under paragraph entitled DAY 3 is how I updated mine. Section in that Seeed page – Module firmware upgrade: MR60BHA2 Firmware upgrade tool: MR60BHA2_OTA.zip MR60BHA2 Firmware v1.6.5: MR60BHA2_eeprom_1.6.5.bin Looking at the board in Home Assistant… I can see that it continues to run perfectly.. Apr 22, 11:44
Automatic DHCP and Home Automation by : Thanks, Pete. As you say, obvious once you realise it, but so irritating when you’ve forgotten from long ago!! Apr 22, 08:48
Seeed Studio 60Ghz mmWave Sensor by : Hi, I have the same problem with this sensor, it works fine, then I leave and when coming back freeze, I reset it and the same, works fine and freeze later. How did your overcome this? My sensor is not recognized by my PC and I do not know hot to upgrade the firmware. Thanks Apr 21, 21:05
Automatic DHCP and Home Automation by : Another good practice is, if your router supports it, to provide DNS entries for your devices so you can access them by names. That way if you do have to change the IP address at some point, you don’t have to go dig through every configuration that references the device. You just update the DNS entry at the router. Apr 21, 17:03
- Sonoff Zigbee Smart Water Valve (SWV) by : Well, I can’t really help on either front except to say that I’ve had mine up and running permanently on he garden tap since mid-2024 with a hose on the other end – and the battery is still pretty full according to the sensor – it’s been sitting there all over the winter 24/7 and if my wife wants to water plants or hose the path etc, she has the manual override button on the side to use – the real tap is permanently on… not a single failure. If and when the batteries fail, I’ll update this blog – of course, I get low battery warnings from Home Assistant so I SHOULD know about it long before the batteries become useless. Apr 14, 15:41
Sonoff Zigbee Smart Water Valve (SWV) by : I’m very curious to know if the time limit is implemented in the device, or only via the app. I would suspect the device, but can you confirm? If for some reason connection to the hub and/or controlling application is lost, will the device close after the set amount of time? As a fail-safe of sorts. I have the same question on battery power. If the power fails, will the valve auto-close or stay open indefinitely? Apr 14, 14:46
Zigbee2MQTT Lights – A Quick One by : The other side of AliExpress. A delivery arrived today, but an item had been damaged. I went to online help, and a refund was quickly arranged, and I have just had an email with a postage paid label to return the item to a uk address. Cannot fault that Apr 11, 20:32
Reolink RLC-823S2 IP Camera – it’s a MONSTER by : Curious if I can mount this upside down to get a full sky view? Would camera servos would suffer from inversion or if there would be a breach of moisture into the unit at that angle? Apr 8, 03:41
- Zigbee2MQTT Lights – A Quick One by : Sorry you’re having issues – I’ve not had issues with Ali either in the UK (Northeast) or in Spain (east)… Evri on the other hand – not perfect… and SEUR delivery company – the worst I’ve come across in rural Spain – their drivers don’t know the area at all. Apr 7, 14:04
Zigbee2MQTT Lights – A Quick One by : I don’t know. They wanted a video of another item that was power dead (a video shows it is more dead than a photo). The item that clearly says seller pays return postage, which they they say I must, the seller doesn’t even answer and they close the complaint due to my lack of activity … This week they sent one order (of many) so no way to isolate with certainty which… stuck in Customs (a big issue with them messing up paperwork according to Reddit Finland) and their two codes do not work. Customer service claim the parcel is at the post office (well technically it is, but at Customs post office) and seem to think I just walk along to fetch it. Reading even the screenshot from the Post Office is too much of a challenge for them… then they say they will file a claim for me anyway and even within the time on chat I get an email saying claim denied/go to the post office to fetch my item blah blah. For a small saving, the hassle factor is far too much… Oh well… Apr 3, 18:27
- HamGeek Zigbee Gateway V1.5 by : Thats helpful Rob. I only have one so I’ll take your word for it. Apr 3, 08:31
- Zigbee2MQTT Lights – A Quick One by : Well, in Spain – where I am, I have no problem with Ali – though why they want a photo of a returning smartbulb (which powers up to ON) is beyond me. Anyway I got my refund and they’re paying the postage to send it back via tracked Correos (our national mail system here)… so I can’t complain – hardly seems worth it for 2 bulbs. I guess I buy from Ali at least once a month so maybe that’s why I seem to get good service. If only I could say the same for the local courier (Seur) who are utterly useless. The driver couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag (or can’t be bothered to drive up the hill). Assuming you’re in Finland? Until 3 years ago, Spain was part time and I lived in the UK – used Ali for several years – OK there too. At least in Spain (I think also UK) VAT is included on all orders. I only buy small stuff from them so maybe that’s why I have no customs issues. Apr 3, 08:30
HamGeek Zigbee Gateway V1.5 by : Hi, I have a HamGeek HMG-01 coordinator and got another to use as a router. However, I found that all HamGeek HMG-01s are manufactured with the one IEEE address which means that you can only ever have one on a network. The address is not configurable (although it appears configurable in the UI). So saying the HMG-01 can be used as a coordinator is fine, as there can only be one on a network. However it cannot practically be used as a router unless you take care that there is only one. Mar 28, 07:36
- M5Stack Goodness by : 13.99 euros for the first link here in Spain – no idea why UK is cheaper – normally not the case. Oh, no USB adaptor – I thought that was standard – I stand corrected. Mar 22, 22:52
- M5Stack Goodness by : 13.99 euros here in Spain for the special – Looks like UK has the better deal for once. That also included taxes and post etc. But no USB adaptor. Mar 22, 22:49
M5Stack Goodness by : Aliexpress are offering 1 piece per buyer at £7.57 inc tax:- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007189383346.html Otherwise they are offering them at £14.99:- https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007517983654.html Mar 22, 17:42
Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : Just my thoughts, but it mostly depends on your skill level and how much tolerance you have for learning. Reasonably confident with your Linux skills and want the maximum level of flexibility and value? Build something yourself with Proxmox and/or TrueNAS. Not so confident? Look at Synology/QNAP/many of the other vendors. Both are good options, but you pay a steep premium for ease of use on the Synology-type options. Building the hardware yourself is drastically cheaper, but software like TrueNAS and Proxmox are also targeting people who know what they’re doing, so it can be daunting at first. BOTH options give you a very solid platform to build on with Home Assistant and many other tools out there like self hosted media servers, storage and backups, etc. Mar 17, 17:33
Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : Peter, I am heading down the ‘switch to HAS’ process. Thank you for posting positive thoughts on this process. Should I just tear it all down and start fresh, or build a new HAS and slowly migrate? Nobody is dependent on any operation but myself. I have followed your work for years. This past week my home network (honestly a technology hoarding example) crashed after years of node-red/alexa/HAS operations. This was all originally crafted to help my wheelchair bound wife (RIP). Your big timer keeps working but the Alexa voice controls are done…. Proxmox, portainer, PIs, NUCs, recycled terminal servers, VPNs, PiHoles, Cameras, Tasmota, etc etc.. Thanks for any thoughts!! Mar 15, 16:20
- Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far by : My friend Antonio is using Proxmox. My Synology NAS seems to be working fine now I’ve removed the Simba shares (backing up to folders on the NAS). I am now auto-and-manually backing up to my GL-iNET Flint router – USB storage and that’s working with Samba 1.0 but with 2 different device having problems with lata samba protocols my initial thought is that this MUST be an issue with HAOS (fully up to date HAOS). However, it works. Glad you seem to be a step ahead of me. Other than this, my NAS has worked flawlessly for years. Just yesterday I fitted the 26 Euros Amazon Samsung RAM so I now have 5Gig for HAOS and 3Gig or 5Gig left depending – can’t tell – Synology say you can only use 6Gig total, Intel say you can use 8Gig, reported memory on the NAS says 10Gig (2Gig original and my new 8Gig module). Mar 11, 13:08
Argon40 Argon NEO5 + Poly+5 RPi5 Cases by : Just for fun – and a side bet with Eben – I now have one of my Replica AstroPi cases equipped with a Pi 5 & NVME SSD. It looks a little rough because my hand filing skills are decidedly rusty, but so what? Feb 17, 18:53
- The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch by : no templates available on blakadder site, so probably not… but why? it’s matter, and you can enable lan mode, so fully local in both cases… Feb 16, 10:56
A New Year’s AI Treat by : https://chatgpt.com/share/67aac3f9-5b64-800b-94c2-21e127a85848 Feb 11, 05:33
The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch by : Can it be tasmotised? Should be an easy way to add automation to a garage door / gate opener by the looks of it. Feb 8, 02:42
The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch by : Maybe, a mismatch Rating : it is the power consomption of the product itself (240V or 12-48V) Load : it is the switch capability It looks like it is designed as a low power switch, more info : https://sonoff.tech/product/diy-smart-switches/mini-d/ Feb 6, 18:34
- The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch by : You would THINK it would say 10a or even 1a.. But look at the box, it absolutely says 0.1a. followed that up with Sonoff – see updated blog. Feb 6, 12:12
The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch by : Current is current surely that should still say 1amp @230vac. Doesn’t make sense unless there isn’t a truly isolated set of clean contacts. And potential for crossover at the higher voltage. The whole point of using one of these would be to avoid using a SPCO or DCPO which what we are all doing in practice with Sonoff. But at such low amperage we would only end up driving a coil so back to square one! Feb 6, 02:10
- Shelly H&T Generation 3 and Much More by : I must admit – I like the Sonoff product – which brings me to my next article – I’m back from my winter break in the UK to get my eyes fixed and I’ve come back to my new sample of the Sonoff MINI DRY – more on that in the forthcoming article of the same name… Feb 5, 23:43
Shelly H&T Generation 3 and Much More by : But you can’t really compare Shelly 1 Mini (Gen 3) with Sonoff ZBmini Extreme that does not need neutral wire for operation, I agree Shelly is smaller, but if you are retrofitting an older house, when there is only phase available behind the switch, Sonoff takes the cake 🙂 Feb 5, 19:29
- EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device by : HA is fine with just 2gb ram and even a low end celeron cpu, so the zima board should be good and we already installed it… your 2 minipc are way overkill for the task, if you want to go that route, i suggest installing proxmox as i did, and having HAOS as a virtual machine… this simplifies backups and lets you use your minipc for other vms, too Jan 23, 17:59
- EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device by : Well, there’s some thought needed there – If I’m doing that, could be worth using my 2nd mini PC there as it isn’t doing much…. OR as that is Ryzen 9 I could bring the new Ryzen 7 from the UK, set up the Ryzen 9 for UK operation and put HAOS on the Ryzen 7. That HAS to be many times faster than the RPI? Choices…. Jan 23, 17:48
- EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device by : when you’re back 1st thing to do, migrate your HA setup to HAOS… Jan 23, 17:31
- EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device by : When I get back I’ll have lots of time on my own so can do it justice then… Jan 23, 17:13
- EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device by : video is more than 1 year old, so just go check both the changelog.md and the device.md files on the github repo, and btw, video shows how to add by yourself whatever new device if not supported, by extracting the needed infos and creating the device yaml file, which then could be shared with the author himself Jan 22, 17:05
