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I'm running my VM in proxmox, but I assume that VirtualBox would be just as good.

I didn't mean to sound like I was criticizing your choice to run in docker - I did that for literally years before deciding that not using HAOS was adding more aggravation than it's worth. Some integrations just run better on HAOS or (at least for some 3rd party ones) aren't even tested on anything else.

That said, there are a lot of third party things you can run outside HAOS - I run Node Red, Frigate, zigbee2mqtt, zwaveJS and mosquitto in independent docker containers on other hosts and have HAOS connect to them.

It sounds like you have a lot of interesting hardware in your existing automation system that may or may not have integrations already.

One way to work around that would be to run an MQTT server like mosquitto in a docker container, then update your existing bash scripts write data to MQTT entities so HA can read the entities.

If you format the MQTT entities right, HA will automatically discover them as devices or sensors without you having to create custom MQTT sensors. That auto-discoverability format is a little finicky, but if you're comfortable with python I wrote (with a lot of recent improvement by Steffan Pankratz) a library that makes writing automatically discoverable entities easier.

https://github.com/unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable

#homeassistant #haos #zigbee #zwave #proxmox #virtualbox

GitHub - unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable: Python module to create MQTT entities that are automatically discovered by Home Assistant

Python module to create MQTT entities that are automatically discovered by Home Assistant - unixorn/ha-mqtt-discoverable

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Unixorn - 90% Snark by weight 1d ago

@digitalkrampus #homeassistant #zigbee

I forgot to mention, but if you're in the US, Thirdreality has some really nice zigbee smart plugs you can use as repeaters. You can usually find a four pack for $40,

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Unixorn - 90% Snark by weight 1d ago

@digitalkrampus

My home assistant server is in my basement. My zwave and zigbee meshes were both having weird intermittent issues until I put the dongles on 10 foot long extension cables and attached them to the rafters above the server rack.

I made sure to place them so they were each almost directly underneath a powered device so that the first hop would only be about 3 feet.

Once I did that, the meshes stopped having any more weird issues.

#homeassistant #zigbee #zwave #zigbee2mqtt

Habr 3d ago

От беспроводных экспериментов к стабильной системе: год с умным домом

Сергей давно интересуется домашней автоматизацией и любит разбираться в технологиях глубже, чем даже продвинутый пользователь. Несколько лет назад он собрал умный дом в предыдущей квартире на беспроводных устройствах: Zigbee-датчики, кнопки, один из популярных шлюзов. Он пробовал разные сценарии, экспериментировал с mesh-сетью. На практике система работала, но не всегда предсказуемо. Устройства периодически «отваливались», свет включался с задержкой, а работа сценариев зависела от интернета. Этот опыт закрепил мысль: надежную автоматизацию без проводов не построишь. Когда семья купила новую трехкомнатную квартиру площадью 102 м², Сергей решил реализовать эту идею на практике. Он основательно переделал планировку: изменил геометрию комнат, выделил прачечную, оптимизировал два санузла, добавил зоны хранения. Параллельно он прорабатывал архитектуру умного дома. После неудачного опыта с беспроводными решениями он сделал упор на надежности и локальной логике, которая не зависит от интернета и облачных платформ. Интегратор «Демос», к которому он обратился, предложил собрать систему на базе программируемого контроллера и модулей расширения. В статье разберем, как устроена автоматика в этой квартире, какие сценарии заложил интегратор и какие со временем добавил сам Сергей, когда начал жить в умном доме каждый день.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/wirenboard/articles/975486/

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От беспроводных экспериментов к стабильной системе: год с умным домом

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Ryan Walmsley 5d ago

I've been having a few issues with my ZigBee network.

Previously I was just using the cheap Lidl coordinator but decided to upgrade.

At only £30ish picked up this Sonoff Dongle Max, it's POE (but also USB C pwr + WiFi capable) and showed up instantly on my home assistant.

Everything migrated over within minutes, so far I think it seems a lot snappier.

#zigbee #HomeAssistant

Mika Dec 8

Bruh I love #Zigbee smart switches, with #HomeAssistant. Just installed one yest for our water pump, and now I could set up a schedule for when the water pump should be running or not. If these switches were cheaper, I could've get a lot more of em switches i.e. for lights and such, so that I could configure it so that e.g. turning on the lights in the bathroom would also turn the water pump on, and whatnot.

Daniel Durrans Dec 7

Has anyone seen a panel of physical buttons that can be used with Home Assistant?

I now have an array of individual zigbee buttons on my desk to control lamps, blinds, and alike in my home office.

What I am looking for is something like the Elgato Stream Deck but doesn't require a host computer to be turned on all the time. Wifi, Bluetooth, or Zigbee would be ok as long as it works with Home Assistant. I haven't gone down the Thread/Matter route yet but that would also be ok.

#HomeAssistant #Zigbee #HomeAutomation

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myHome.zone Dec 6

Home Assistant – Ein weiteres Jahr ist vergangen

Ein weiteres Jahr ist vergangen, seit ich meinen letzten Beitrag über meine Erfahrungen mit Home Assistant hier auf myhome.zone veröffentlicht habe. Wer den Beitrag gelesen hat, weiß, dass ich bereits damals von der Stabilität und den Möglichkeiten, die mir Home Assistant bietet, begeistert war. Diese Begeisterung hat sich in den letzten 12 Monaten nicht nur gehalten, sondern ist sogar noch gewachsen. In meinem Smart-Home hat sich seit dem letzten Beitrag so einiges getan, sowohl bei der Hardware als auch bei der Software. Neue Geräte sind eingezogen, bestehende wurden optimiert und auch die Art und Weise, wie ich mein Smart-Home steuere und automatisiere, hat sich weiterentwickelt. […]

https://www.myhome.zone/home-assistant-ein-weiteres-jahr-ist-vergangen/

olli.dev ✅Dec 6

Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Z-Wave und Thermomix: wir können uns wahrlich nicht über zu wenige Standards für unsere Smart Homes beschweren und ich habe zu diesen (fast) allen mal eine Art Übersicht erstellt:

https://youtu.be/jRwbHUyu2Zs?si=WyKcZLrrYOYiTx3D

#smarthome #zigbee #z-wave #matter #thread #homeassistant

Hast du den Durchblick? Matter, Thread, Zigbee und Z-Wave fürs Smart Home

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