You have hue bulbs but don’t have zigbee? Does hue make wifi only bulbs? Or do you simply only have a hue hub?

My go-to for light switches is hands-down inovelli. I have the zigbee version, but they are coming out with a matter/thread one. Functions without a neutral wire too!

Can’t wait till I get mine (eta early February tho).

Hoping I can get it to handle my core use cases without needing to connect to a cloud based llm. Two use cases I thinki care about asking about weather (referencing pirate weather api in HA), and converting units (tbsp into cups, etc)

I would love it if the homeassistant iOS app could resolve the frame misalignment bug for the frigate addon.

Below link provides context - main contributor seems confident this is caused by the homeassistant app and cannot be fixed on frigates end.

github.com/blakeblacksh...

Another option worth considering is a used intel nuc off eBay (or new if you have the $$). Run homeassistant OS directly on it.

I bought a 7th gen i5 nuc for $100. Muuuuuch more powerful and reliable than my old pi 3b.

I would personally avoid Eufy because they lied about camera stream information being kept local and/or fully end-to-end encrypted. Further, they refused to ever apologize for lying. If you care about keeping your cameras private, stick with one of the other options listed here!

Dahua *** (dang iOS autocorrect).

Just noticed your HomeKit requirement - youll need a home assistant instance to bridge into HomeKit, at that point, UniFi and Reolink are fine (idk if they can work with HomeKit tho)

Dahlia cameras with a frigate NVR (and a Reolink doorbell) is what I went with. If you have the patience to work through setting up a config I think it’s worth it (night vision on the dahuas>>>>>reolink).

If you want plug and play, I honestly would either do UniFi ($$$), Reolink ($) or amcrest

Finally a use for my old pi3b! Been looking for a wall-mounted home assistant control center. Has anyone designed wall mounts for this yet?

Thank you!! The default weather integration in home assistant is notoriously inaccurate. I’ve been using pirate weather with good success. Will give this one a try later to compare

Favorite zigbee: my IR transmitter. Bought it to control a tv in my bedroom via a hue tap dial, but now use it to control a fan via a different tap dial.

Favorite mqtt: some esp8266’s I flashed with Mitsubishi2mqtt. Makes my mini splits completely compatible with home assistant.

You got this! It was pretty much plug and play for me. Download on phone, and download on home assistant.

So nice to have when the SO texts me when I’m at work that something in smart home stopped working!

I stopped using the home assistant app a while back on desktop - the browser experience is so much more reliable IME. My assumption is they the developers intended to focus on browser-based access.

I’ve been using Foreca. I think it’s European based, but has been every bit as accurate as anything else I’ve tried so far.

Reason i originally switched is it’s the only app I’ve seen that shows rainfall/temperatures in the past. No idea why no one else seems to offer this metric.

Is that a peachadew stripey on the left? Very cool!

Thanks for explaining! My use case won’t benefit from this now, but I appreciate your work putting this info out there in case my situation changes one day!

What are the pros/cons of using this vs a (much simpler IMO) vpn like Tailscale?

If someone changes the setpoint on the IR controller, you will see the changes in home assistant.

If you make a change to the heat pump from home assistant, you will NOT see the change on the IR remote - but IMO you won’t need that controller except for the occasional guest.

Correct - you can use either an esp32 or esp8266 IIRC.

You can monitor state (off, heat, cool, fan, dehumidify), temperature setpoint (can set min/max limits too), current measured temperature, fan speed (including quiet and auto modes), and fan vane directions (including auto and swing).

Never heard of thermterm but looks interesting!

Curious- have you looked at Mitsubishi2mqtt yet? I use it to integrate 5 Mitsubishi mini split heat pumps into HomeAssistant. Wasn’t sure if this could help with your application.