LaurinJan 3, 2023
Have been playing around with home assistant to control my KNX-based place. Pretty cool what it is able to do without being cloud-dependent or internet-accessible. However, while all the functions are enjoyable and great to play around with, my standard use case is turning things on and off from my phone sometimes besides having 2-3 automations based on sunrise/sunset…
Show threadNicholas-ITSuluJan 3, 2023

@Lbw

#KNX is interesting software. What are your thoughts on #openHAB ?

https://www.openhab.org/

openHAB

a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for your home

Show threadLaurinJan 3, 2023
@nicholas I test drove both for a very (!) short while. OpenHAB has the nicer app imho, and functionality is also far beyond what I am doing with Home Assistant. When I have time, I’ll try OpenHAB in more depth as well, it’s still there and waiting. For some reason, Home Assistant was the first one I tried out in more detail…
Show threadNicholas-ITSulu
@Lbw thanks for the feedback. It was quite helpful. I am considering using openHAB locally. I will also let you know my experiences with it once I get one up and running. I have some #Pi like devices I can test with...
Jan 3, 2023 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadLaurinJan 3, 2023
@nicholas I did the same thing for testing. One pi runs OpenHAB, one runs Home Assistant. It’s all non-final, so really don’t know what I’ll be using in the end. Both support so much more than what I currently have in terms of wants and needs.