@jomo I'm using plenty of sonoff devices with #zigbee2mqtt and #homeassistant.

Yu will need either zigbee2mqtt or #ZHA to connect with the devices.

@nickmcg @jomo any reason why you've gone for zigbee2mqtt over ZHA?

I've thought about switching but not sure I can face having to repair everything.

@ccnethercott @jomo Historic reasons - I first started out using #nodered with #tasmota devices, then extended that to use #zigbee sensors, so I went the #zigbee2mqtt route.

I then decided that the front-end on nodered wasn't what I needed, so I switched (mostly) to #homeassistant.

I now have one RPi4 running #haos, and another running ancilliaries such as zigbee2mqtt, #mosquitto, nodered, #tasmoadmin in docker containers.

@stooovie I did start with a docker #homeassistant installation and then found that HACS and Supervisor could make things easier for me (IIRC) and, as I had a spare RPi4 and SSD to hand, I installed #HAOS.

I'm sure that if I wasn't a lazy bugger, I could have worked round it but ... 😂

As it is, I like the separation especially as I have a habit of tinkering with working systems and breaking them.

@nickmcg @stooovie if it was more than just than me in my household. I’d like to setup a primary and replica system so I can play around with Home Assistant and not worry if anything breaks because my lights will still turn on.

Currently it feels a bit like playing with the mains supply…

@SMLP @ccnethercott @stooovie ah, yes, backups, that is my weak point.

Or one of them. 😂

@ccnethercott @nickmcg @stooovie tell me about… only just got my head around using the Template Card in Mushroom.

I think to main reason people love talking about great add-on in the #homeassistant community is not because they are actually great is just if you have managed to get it working it’s like getting to the top of a mountain so you just want to tell everybody about it.