@DarthAloha you’ve sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole with Gaggiuino, definitely making sure my next machine is compatible if I ever replace my current one.

@DarthAloha Mine is a DeLonghi, but all I really want is to heat it up before my alarm goes off. One of those button pushing switch bots would be all I really need.

@ln 🤦‍♂️ Sorry, that's on me for not reading better. Traditional doorbell to an ESP or something like that? My first go to would have been an Ikea Zigbee button as well.

@spatula @abraxas3d I feel kinda lucky, our repeater traffic around here is mostly just complaining about various physical ailments. I will say the digital repeater networks tend to be a lot better in my experience.

@szeis4cookie I've tried a few different bike cam setups over the years, and I've come down to the 360 cam being the best option. I like having it helmet mounted though so it's very obvious to drivers that they're on camera. Makes them behave better.

@jmw I can definitely get the confusion. I don’t know if this is the way the HA devs think of it, but in my mind “Device” actions are for device specific things. Changing config, custom stuff not common to other devices of the type. Services are for generic “actions”. Set the thermostat, turn on lights, start the vacuum. I’m guessing under the hood there’s more “smarts” to services that smooth out some cross device comparability issues.

@jmw Does using the “Lights: Turn On” service with a brightness not work for you? I have a few automations that use that to set lights to a certain value. All done in the UI.