RoyGreenhiltNov 30, 2022

Mission Accomplished.

A week ago we had a power surge that flickered the power five times in a row. Of course this is the signal to many #smarthome light bulbs to reset to factory defaults. Joy.

Last night I got the last set of bulbs back online, finally resetting all our group and room configs.

It did remind me of how many Z-Wave bulbs I have (about 6). If I do end up moving away from #smartthings , I'll definitely need a #zwave enabled server.

#homeautomation #homeassistant

Show threadWesley Oman (he/him)Nov 30, 2022
@RoyGreenhilt I just picked up a Conbee stick to move my #Zigbee devices over to #HomeAssistant and phase out my old #SmartThings Hub. Is there something similar for #Zwave ?
Show threadTristanNov 30, 2022
@djweso @RoyGreenhilt I have a Zooz #Zwave plus stick that I use on #HomeAssistant
Show threadDerekNov 30, 2022

@reemi @djweso @RoyGreenhilt

I second the choice of the Zooz stick. I have the 700 series and it's been rock solid. #ZWave #HomeAssistant

Show threadRoyGreenhiltNov 30, 2022

@Colone1Sanders7 @reemi @djweso Are ya'll using a dedicated small PC to run your HA stuff, or a Pi or or or? I recently picked up an IBM Thinkstation (really small formfactor PC) that has been super-good running Plex. I could just get another one to run HA.

#plex #homeassistant #raspberrypi #homeautomation #zwave #ibm

Show threadDerek

@RoyGreenhilt @reemi @djweso

I've got a dedicated Intel NUC with a NVME drive running HA myself. It's probably a little overkill but it sure is nice not having slowdowns from an SD card or crashing when the SD card dies.

#HomeAssistant

Nov 30, 2022 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadzaddymagicNov 30, 2022
@Colone1Sanders7 @RoyGreenhilt @reemi @djweso me too. I don't think it's overkill (I have another system running on a pi). VM or dedicated x86 hardware are the way to go.