kaasweAfter 15+ years of #Domiticz home automation software I figured it’s time to try Home Assistant, not really because I need it, more because I can.
My environment is quite large and complex so it’s going to be a long transition, bare with me
I’m using MQTT, a lot of Node-red logic, IKEA with gateway, a huge 1-wire network, several bash scripts, several Blocky scripts, Rfxcom with a lot of devices. Many scenarios and time events, ambient controls, and much more.
For now I have a Docker running HA and a ESPHome connected to the IKEA Gateway and realized that it can’t see the events from IR sensors and that I probably need a Zigbee gateway. Happy to get a nodeMCU showing the temp values from a DS18B20 Dallas on the GPIO pins but sadly realized that to configure each device it needs to be available as a pre built device. Hmmm and a lot of my devices are not yet integrated, this means I will need a 1-wire master for the HA, because I like to leave the Raspberry 1-wire setup as today. Why? Because I have to put too much work into it at every upgrade and the Rpi stability considering SD-cards are not the best. (Even though my last installation has run 4+ years on the same card)
Well, the slow journey has at least started towards a new environment, let’s see how it progresses