I want to set up some simple programmable buttons to run scenarios at my house and my (elderly) mother's.
Factors:
Wi-Fi enabled houses
I have a background in IT - but only done vaguely intelligent plug and play for the last 10 years.
No hubs existing.
Trying to stay cost effective.
Recommendations?
I have existing home automation scenarios, so pretty easy.
Mum's will be all new, but the most important one will be one that sends an alert of some sort to me on activation.
@Andrea If I was looking for something with those parameters, plus remote admin, and notifications - I’d be looking at a combination of:
- #HomeAssistant running Open Thread Border Router on a Raspberry Pi;
- and IKEA’s Matter buttons and sensors;
- Tailscale (Wireguard) or another secure remote access solution.
The only problem I can forsee is time taken to get started, and still the lack of maturity with Matter for device onboarding.
@twcau thanks.
I've started looking at the IKEA matter system as an option, but I was concerned it wasn't mature enough.
I might start there, and take the easy first step of using the IKEA hub - which should solve most of the local needs. The solution for the messaging alert button is the tricky one and I expect I'll have some fun exploring that in the next few months.
@twcau @Andrea I have this setup. The only difference is that I'm using Nabu Casa for remote access. Its seamless and directly supports the developers of #homeassistant which I feel is absolutely worthwhile.
Edit: I'm running the thread/matter setup as a test alongside a mature #ZigBee network with 50+ devices.
Andrea
I can’t believe its not @twcau
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