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1. IKEA plug (zigbee) 2. Swartwings blinds (zigbee or zwave) 3. Everything presence lite (esphome) 4. First alert makes zwave ones? For zigbee coordinator get an smlight or tubeszb. For zwave get the ZWA2 from nabu casa.

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EverythingPresence Lite offers far more for a fraction of the price. Supplied by a great contributor to the Home Assistant community (I am not affiliated).

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2. Forget motion sensors. Get an Aqara FP2 or Lewis Everything Presence One. The radar will actually pinpoint people in the room, even without movement. 3. Seeed Studio reTerminal E ePaper with ESPHome: Not cheap or colorful, but it has good contrast and is very power-efficient. You can have no worries about leaving it on. Android TVs may also make decent HA displays.

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Definitely 😂. The zooz switches all work that way and have built in relays. She normally loves everything I do, until it stops working! It took me a Everything Presence 1 to get the kitchen auto lights to her liking. Motion alone wasn't cutting it.

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I'd still much rather use the Everything Presence Pro. Offers wifi, but also PoE Ethernet, and has triple sensors (stationary, tracking and fast IR). Also, you get a Home Assistant addon to help you draw the zones out, with no cloud connectivity of any kind required.

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I’ve tried 4 different Presence sensors with HA, and here’s how I rate them. I spent years in a Hue Motion sensor apartment for years, but finally dabbled in Presence Sensors these last six months as we moved into our forever home, as well as moving to Home Assistant. Given the price tags and availabilities I ended up trying out 4 different brands of sensors: * Lafaer * SwitchBot Presence * Aqara FP300 * Everything Presence Pro (EP Pro) TLDR: Aqara for most people, EP Pro for people who wants the ultimate control within HA. # Lafaer (LWR01) (Rating: 4/5) …

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I use everything presence ones and lites. Great to have 1 sensor for almost everything. I’m able to tuck always all power cables easily through the ceiling since my home is a downstairs only. Upstairs is a full attic.

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Check the Satellite 1. I found they have a much better mic pickup than the HAVPE and you can either create your own cabinet for them, use their designs already created, or purchase a pre-fab enclosure, or buy the entire thing pre-built. The output is good with the 3" Dayton driver, even better with the 2-way enclosure. The setup process is very easy either using the companion app or if you have bluetooth on your HA installation to adopt it. I have a couple of GH Max speakers with the mic disabled. Using a Satellite 1 I split the output (L & R) to the input of each speaker (the GH Max was the …

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… glucose meter (I am diabetic) integrated into HA. From their I built a complete six month history complete with statics and tends analysis. Then I added 11 Guition Esp32s3 480x480 touch panels that are scattered around our entire house so I can always see where I am anywhere in the house. These show graphs from the last 6 hours, 24 hours, week, month, 90 days and 180 days for all of the entire system as well as all the short and long term statistics and trends. In total, one can access 15 pages of data on these little displays. The system also generates an Ambulatory Glucose Profile report …

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… announcing a message on an Atom Echo, the pre announcement sound is not played back. Neither the "internal" sound nor when specifying a custom media id. Esphome is version 2025.3.3 Playing back the specified custom ID as a ``play_media`` action does work as intended. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2025.4.0 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Esphome ### Link to integration documentation on our website _No response_ ### …

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I bought a cheaper one from Ikea (Förnuftig) and modified it with an ESP to be HA compatible (someone else already made all the work and figured it out, I just followed their instructions: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-fornuftig-in-home-assistant/318341). It doesn't filter a lot but I only need it for Pollen and for that it works fine

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I have seen a few different approaches to modifying the Vindriktning but I really like this one, as it disrupts none of the functionality of the Vindriktning, it merely adds functionality and compatibility with Home Assistant. It is very inexpensive (approx. $25 total), and doesn’t require Ikea’s hub to operate.I wanted to add it to this sub in case someone was looking for simple instructions, as I had to piece together my approach from a few different ones.Instructions: 1. Supplies needed: Vindriktning, 1 ESP D1 Mini, wire and solder 2. Initialize the board by plugging it into your computer, …

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I use an esp32 with esphome and CenturyVSPump module to control my jandy pump from homeassistant for less than $20

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I've been using Kauf bulbs. They're pretty much the same as every other generic wifi bulb, but they're completely committed to local control, and they're only a little more expensive.

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I've got 4 kauf bulbs that come pre-flashed with ESPHome. Great price and so far working perfectly https://kaufha.com/blf10/

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I use and really like Kauf bulbs. They come preflashed with Esphome so they're ready to go right out of the box. The other thing I like about this product is that they're made by a guy who is one of us HA enthusiasts and when he first started this small business, there weren't very good options at the time. kauf smart home

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… Konnected Pro that might save many of you a lot of money. For those looking to integrate wired security sensors with Home Assistant, I discovered the Kincony KC868-A16 which has been an absolute game-changer when paired with ESPHome. At around €20 on AliExpress (compared to €200+ for Konnected), the price difference is substantial. # What you get with KC868-A16 * 8 relay outputs * 16 contact sensor inputs * RJ45 port * ESP32 based * Solid build quality (i bought mine with a shell) * It comes with its own firmware, which is pretty okay, but not as convenient as ESPHome (which you need to …

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Yoo Nate, I am getting GDO blaQ. Guys, this is a pretty good deal of true 20% off from the original price of $89 for a product that just got released this Summer, I think. I have been using the alarm panel pro since Aug 2022 and it is a solid product. Going to install this on my gdo.

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Konnected.io has ESP32 with ESPHome boards that are specifically made for HA and traditional wired alarms sensors/sirens/glass breaks as well as new wireless wifi/zwave/zigbee sensors. That coupled with HA and Alarmo seems to be beast of all worlds I came across IMO. (I actually have some extra pro boards brand new I will not be using if interested)

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Also consider Konnected's version of the ratgdo. I went with their offering because it was a cleaner presentation for similar $$. Setup was super easy and it works the same as the ratgdo. https://konnected.io/products/smart-garage-door-opener-blaq-myq-alternative

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All Konnected products are on sale! The Alarm Panel Pro, GDO blaQ and GDO White are built with ESPhome pre-installled!

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I was very happy with the PoE pro unit. EDIT: Here's my ESPHome config for anyone who needs it: Note: I have `delayed_on` on most because my old door sensors would "flicker" when being opened. ``` `substitutions: name: konnected12 friendly_name: Konnected Pro location: "" esphome: name: ${name} platform: ESP32 board: wesp32 comment: ${location} wifi: ssid: !secret wifi_ssid password: !secret wifi_password ap: {} use_address: 10.20.31.58 captive_portal: # ethernet: # type: LAN8720 # mdc_pin: GPIO16 # mdio_pin: GPIO17 # clk_mode: GPIO0_IN # phy_addr: 0 # Enable logging logger: # Enable Web …

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Multi keypad with relay - Lanbon L9. I've always wanted a smart controller with multi keypad with a relay that is made for USA socket. Finally found this at $49.99 (Amazon) and added buttons to amazing template provided by lylavoie by uploading esphome to replace the Tuya firmware. The step by step guide by lylavoie can be found here. The only made revisions I made was the new hardware pin out for v3.3 20250319 board, adding multiple buttons and changing the color scheme to be less obtrusive (removing white background and making buttons gray). I am very happy at how this turned out! Here's my …

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LD2410b, across all house because they are so cheap

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Made my first ESP Home sensor!. https://preview.redd.it/5xkcymli81fe1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e85ae9335924a9ca4375bd23d878115a70d902db Hey everyone, I wanted to share my first ever self made ESP Home sensor! It’s a motion, light, temp, and humidity sensor. Here’s the parts I used: * LD2420 mmwave sensor * DHT22 temp & humidity sensor * Photoresistor and a 1k ohm resistor * D1 Mini ESP32 In total it cost me about $20 to build and works really well. Definitely a good deal considering other similar devices cost around twice as much. It’s not the prettiest build ever but it won’t …

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Personally, I’d spend a bit more and get the LD2450’s for multi-tracking.

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presence detection to control light for example. specifically ld6002 is heartbeat and breath rate sensor and got just one for testing. also using them to turn on home assistant screen when im in office, turn off amp when vacant for a while, ac and so on

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Is there a garage door opener that is feature equivalent to a Myq + ratgdo?. Currently moving from a house I'm renting to one I just bought. The rental has a Liftmaster 81640, and a barebones Genie. I've connected RATGDOs on the ESPHome firmware to both, and far prefer the HA experience with the Liftmaster - I fairly often open the door partially and it's really nice being able to just drag the slider in HA to 10%, 30%, etc and it just opens that much. I also like the ability to control the light on the opener, etc. The new house has a pretty recent Chamberlain with security 3.0 / white learn …

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The problem When announcing a message on an Atom Echo, the pre announcement sound is not played back. Neither the "internal" sound nor when specifying a custom media id. Esphome is version 2025.3.3 Playing back the specified custom ID as a ``play_media`` action does work as intended. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2025.4.0 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Esphome ### Link to integration documentation on our website _No …

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Martin Jerry SS02 smart switch with temp and humidity sensor can be flashed with ESPHome or used as is (Tasmota). I tested it some time ago and added a sample config here https://devices.esphome.io/devices/Martin-Jerry-US-SS02

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This right here. I found a USB dongle on Tindie. Works better and doesn’t need the cloud.

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Daikin and Gree are fully local. Midea based units also work great either via Midea Smart AC (HACS) or integrated via ESPhome.

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If local control and Home Assistant integration are a priority, Mitsubishi Electric with CN105 is one of the safest bets. A lot of people in the HA community use it with ESPHome or Intesis adapters. Just make sure the indoor units support the CN105 port, most do, but check the spec sheets or ask your installer to confirm. Daikin is another solid option. Look for models that support the BRP069B41 or BRP069B45 Wi-Fi modules. These are known to work locally (via MQTT or ESPHome with some tweaks) and integrate reliably with HA. Avoid Samsung WindFree if you're trying to stay cloud-free. Their …

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There is ESPHome integration for many Mitsubishi heat pumps. https://github.com/geoffdavis/esphome-mitsubishiheatpump

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For me the reason was Mitsubishi's heat pumps. OEM thermostat is overpriced and gives you fairly basic thermostat functionality, smart controller is even more expensive and goes through their servers (which reportedly have reliability issues). And ESP-based DIY solution is rather straightforward and gives me full local control.

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I do Mitsubishi with ESPHome & Mitsubishi heat pump library to skip MELCloud

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Got Mitsubishi heat pump. Official controls are overpriced trash, but you can put together an esphome one easily and cheaply to get local control with excellent home assistant integration.

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I’ve got a handful of mitsubishi mini-splits set up in HA using https://github.com/geoffdavis/esphome-mitsubishiheatpump and ESP32s. Other than a bit of soldering on the ESP32, it was just a few minutes of HA setup with ESPHome

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Success: ESPHome, > dumb Mitsubishi mini split heat pump now smart!. I recently renovated my garage into a finished office & den, and didn’t pay much attention to what the contractor used for heating/cooling. It’s a (very good, quiet, efficient) Mitsubishi mini split/heat pump, but I quickly realized I absolutely hate the last century nature of its controls. TLDR: got it working great in HA and HomeKit using an ESP32 board with ESPHome, links to help you through the process below. It can only be controlled with an IR remote. You can select a mode (heat, cool, dehumidify, off) and a target …

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Side note, Mitsubishi mini splits suck at native integration But, an esp32, 5 soldered wires, a plug off of Amazon, and an esphome flash and boom, full integration and sensor data. It jumps into a diagnostic port, so tons of information, even compressor frequency.

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Reverse engineered the $35 Costco OmniBreeze fan for full local control with ESPHome, no cloud, no app, no Tuya. TL;DR: The OmniBreeze DC2313R tower fan from Costco uses a proprietary Wi-Fi module that doesn't work with any existing smart home tools. After a full day of reverse engineering, I got complete local control through ESPHome + Home Assistant using a $5 ESP32-S3 and a single 1KΩ resistor. GitHub repo with full instructions : https://github.com/phdindota/Omnibreeze-esphome # The Problem The newer OmniBreeze fans from Costco (Item #4333021) don't use the Tuya/Smart Life app anymore. …

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I flashed my Petlibro water fountain to ESPHome using this: https://github.com/taylorfinnell/petlibro-esphome Works great, fully local, no complaints!

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I have a Mitsubishi electric and a Mitsubishi heavy industries. Both installed with a aftermarket WiFi module. Climacontrol by protoart. The WiFi module being like 50/60 bugs is way cheaper than a regular WiFi module from Mitsubishi and you can opt for an external sensor which you place somewhere else in the room so it doesn’t rely on the internal temperature sensor which is affected by heat bubbles etc. You can loop it with a melcloud or standaard module if you want. But using the protoart one you can be fully local. I have home assistant cloud however and now control it via that. Some …

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QuinLED analogue controllers running ESPHome and AliExpress Auxmer 24V RGBCCT strips

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Deleting my MyQ account, removing the app from my phone and removing the opener from my wifi was pretty satisfying! RATGDO (Rage Against The Garage Door Opener) is amazing and works with (was designed for) security+ 2.0.

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A) It's cheap B) It's by far the best solution for any security+ 2.0 devices. To my knowledge, nobody else has been able to reverse engineer the protocol for direct control. OpenGarage seems to use a button in the middle in their adapter kit. C) No external sensors needed. It reads open/close state directly from the motor. You can get control for the lights on the opener. It exposes the obstruction sensors and also the motion sensor on the wall button.

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If you're on the fence about replacing myQ with a Ratgdo, get off the fence!. My Ratgdo 2.5 arrived yesterday, and I was a little confused about (and slightly daunted by) the options for wiring it at first. I figured I'd fire up the soldering iron and tackle it over the weekend. But to my great surprise, the 2.5 board with a Security 2.0+ opener is able to control the door, control the light, read the status of the door (open, closed, opening, closing), open the door to a specific %, read the obstruction sensors, and read the motion sensor, all with only 3 wires (and a USB brick for power) …

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I'll 2nd ratgdo. Best ESP project I've ever done

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UPDATE: Garage door auto open/close. Some folks asked for an update to my garage auto open/close project that I was doing with a bluetooth beacon and ratgdo so here it is. After about a week of testing and dialing everything in I can now with 100% success rate have my garage open when we are on the way home and close after we leave without us having to do anything. What I used to make this happen: ratgdo (Rage Against The Garage Door Opener) - I installed this esp32 based piece of hardware in-line with my garage door opener. I bought it from ratcloud llc and it was extremely straight forward …

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I'd go RatGDO. It's really designed for Home Assistant first, so it will have the most features and the best possible integration. It's also important to mention that a lot of the devices out there for automating garage doors do not support Security + 1.0/2.0 out of the box, which the RatGDO does

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Ratgdo is flawless

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… whole new motor unit or something to connect your existing motor to home assistant? If the latter and you have a chamberlain/liftmaster, I’d recommend the RATGDO. It will work with most other units as well but the chamberlain integration allows for open/closed status and other features

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Older openers do that. Newer ones with Security+ require a code sent along those terminals; that's where RatGDO shines. But if you're going to use a remote, and take it out of its original case, why not just short the terminals that the button press would do with a relay (like the Shelly 1) and save the mechanical delay and wear?

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i actually respectfully disagree with this. you want to pick a garage door opener that is good. most of them suck with integration that isn’t locked in but you can fix that with a ratgdo which is easy to install. pick a garage door with the best hardware that works the best as a garage door (chamberlain, liftmaster, etc). use ratgdo to make it home assistant compatible. https://ratcloud.llc

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… devices are those that will potect my home from major issues: zoos titan water valve actuator automatically closing when a leak sensor detects a leak, ratgo garage door closing at night incase I forget to close it, zoos zen55 co2/smoke detector and an automation to send me an email incase it detects something. Probably my biggest ones.

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I got RatGDO devices for both my Chamberlain MyQ opener and an ancient opener that doesn't even have a remote (neither were my choice, they were installed by the previous owner). The RatGDO devices work perfectly in both configurations ("smart" and dry contact, respectively). The only thing I'm missing is the ability to control the ancient opener from the programmable garage door buttons in my car but I'm considering getting a separate receiver that I can plug into my HA server to fix that. Bottom line is that you can get a fairly cheap GDO and use the RatGDO in dry contact configuration to …

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The ones I'm actively using at the moment are: * ratgdo is really widely used and very awesome for taking over your garage door with 100% local control and almost every feature of the various proprietary cloud-based solutions. * esphome-econet is a project I work on which lets you control a variety of Rheem appliances with a very easy hardware setup - this is a very good 1st ESPHome project while still feeling like you DIY'd. * upsky-desky let's you control your standing desk with an ESPHome controller. If that sounds totally unnecessary...it absolutely is!

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The RatGDO has been absolutely solid for me. Haven't had to touch it since I installed it on my Crafstman unit. You're also able to tell the garage to open to a certain percentage, see stats like the number of motor cycles, lock out the remotes from Home Assistant, and use the opener light and the motion sensor on your button as a light/sensor in HA for automations. This household is (except for me) an Apple one, so we have the opener exposed via homekit and the iOS users can ask siri or use CarPlay to open it from outside the home thanks to a homepod mini bridge. I believe there are tunnels …

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Garage door opener. Ratgdo if you have a Chamberlain. Or diy with dry contact switch (I use Sonoff MiniD) and a door/window sensor. Once you have it set up as a cover template in ha, you can open and close from the ha app in Carplay or Android Auto. If you have an iPhone, push it to homekit with the ha homekit bridge. Then carplay will automatically show the button when you are within about 1km of your house.

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RATGDO + Home Assistant + CarPlay is a dream come true. I don't have to deal with my extremely unreliable RF remote anymore and I can see on my radio if the door is closed or let someone in from anywhere.

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… Assistant compatible, but Inovelli are my absolute favorite. I have probably 30 Blue Series switches in my home and they're fantastic. Another would be my RatGDOs

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My garage door broke last winter and that's exactly what I did when Chamberlain broke the HA integration. Installed a RatGDO, blacklisted the MyQ controller from my network, and haven't had a problem since.

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I expose it through the HomeKit integration so I get a Garage Door icon on my dash in Carplay.

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If you’re on the fence about the ratgdo device, let me put your mind at ease!. I have a MyQ garage door opener in my rented condo. Because it’s a rent, the landlords do not want me to tie the garage to my own account. I presume this is for security reasons when/if I move out. So I have been trying to figure out how to automate my garage for about a year now. I tried hooking up a Shelly relay to the garage door opener switch on the wall. That ended up being finicky at best, but ultimately didn’t work well. I was tempted to give up after a while and just get a switchbot, but something in the …

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Ratgdo is compatible with Security 1.0 and 2.0+, which the Shelly relay isn’t (without soldering to the contacts on a Chamberlain switch or remote). In addition to that, Ratgdo provides feedback about the door status. Which a Shelly can’t do without an additional sensor. And then on top of all that, it exposes a bunch of other stuff the Shelly doesn’t (light control, partial door opening, obstruction and motion sensors). By the time you bought a Shelly and a sensor, you could have just gotten a Ratgdo. Totally worth it to me.

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Half the conversations in this sub over the last month have been about myq replacements. Ratgdo is probably the most popular

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Ratdgo garage door opener. I’d seen people rave about it on here whenever Chamberlain’s (awful) MyQ app was brought up and finally bought the hardware after spending several hours trying to get the opener back in “learn mode” and realizing it was just some sort of hardware failure. It was either take the stupid thing apart and try to find the point of failure or bypass it entirely… After getting everything set up and being able to open and close the garage door with Siri and set my garage door to open via automation if we drive up and no one is home, I was hooked. (I guess you could call it …

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Smart outlet with power monitoring to turn off tool battery chargers and my 3d printer when wattage goes under 10. RATGDO opener passed into HomeKit is super nice for family to all have garage door access. I have a Kasa power strip that does power monitoring and switching per port. So that’s nice to remotely recycle an outlet if needed and to graph out power use of individual things in my home lab.

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Craftsman openers are rebranded Chamberlain. Pretty much the only options are Chamberlain and Genie. Unfortunately, the ratgdo is much more fully featured with the Chamberlain Security+ openers. I have ratgdo on both a liftmaster (Chamberlain) and a non-chamberlain (connected via dry contacts with reed sensors to detect open/closed states). Ratgdo works great in both, but it's *so* good with the Chamberlain, it self calibrates, you can set a specific opening level, control the light, and more.

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For the chamberlain garage doors you can get the ratgdo32’s as a sort of aftermarket ESPHome wiring hack

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What you on about? I'm just happy a new ReSpeaker is released. I use the ReSpeaker Lite with Esphome and it works quite well. This new one has more features like 12 LEDs and a more "voice assistant" form factor.

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Unpopular opinion? The ReSpeaker XVF3800 is the undisputed king of HA voice satellites right now.. Don't get me wrong, I have mad respect for the devs working on rooting the Echo Dot 2 (the EchoMuse project is genuinely awesome and reusing old tech is great). But after trying different setups, I honestly think the ReSpeaker XVF3800 device is miles ahead of anything else out there for local voice control. The hardware on this board is just on another level. It uses 4 mics and has onboard hardware DSP. The noise suppression and acoustic echo cancellation are insane, it actually hears you clearly …

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I have both. The 2A is superior. First sensor I've had that has properly solved my open dining area problem - I walk to the dining table, light goes on and stays on while I eat. I get up and walk away, light goes off. It's like magic. The FP2 is not nearly as reliable. And the seeing through walls is no problem, since I can pretty reliably define zones by X/Y distance and the 2A tells me what's going on inside that zone. They even give you a nice person tracking widget for your HA dashboard. I'm planning to keep buying 2As. I've tested quite a few mmWave sensors and this is the best of the …

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… Assist Voice Preview Edition? That's how most of us have tried. It's decent but needs some refining. I've had better luck for voice recognition with the Seeed studio Respeaker Lite (2 mics). But generally Weather - easy - expose a weather entity like pirate weather to voice and it can give you that. Timers - built in and work okay. Slightly challenging to make a display for it depending on your hardware. Timers right now are local to the device that heard of the timer, so if a different voice hears you it won't be able to cancel the timer on your first voice hardware. My advice is if you have …

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… Forget motion sensors. Get an Aqara FP2 or Lewis Everything Presence One. The radar will actually pinpoint people in the room, even without movement. 3. Seeed Studio reTerminal E ePaper with ESPHome: Not cheap or colorful, but it has good contrast and is very power-efficient. You can have no worries about leaving it on. Android TVs may also make decent HA displays.

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I made my own to use with HA. Seeed Xiang ESP32C3 connected to a Seeed grove DHT20. https://www.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Temperature-Humidity-Sensor-V2-0-DHT20-p-4967.html 3D printed a little housing and put them in each room or location I wanted to monitor. Easy peasy,

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Air Quality: Sensirion SEN55 + ESP32 w/ESPHome Fire/smoke: Shelly Plus Smoke Alarm

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ESP32 w/ESPHome and Sensirion SHT41, you can do it under 10 USD; Temperature within 0.2 °C accuracy. Also measures relative humidity, 1.8-2.5% accuracy full range 0-100%. Cheap and punches way above its price.

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I disagree. Maybe you haven't read the technical specifications. It's way more than an air sensor. It fully integrates with Home Assistant, and can act as a notification display. It has a Sensirion SEN66 module, which is a very good module. It has PM1 sensor (true sensor), as well as PM2.5 true sensor. PM4 and PM10 are inferred, which I am not a great fan of, but it's still better than nothing. Temperature and humidity sensors are common, but this little device also adds pressure, which is not as common in such household devices. Adaptive screen brightness and light sensor (exposed for …

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Our New mmWave Multi Sensor Is Live! 🔥. Hey there! We’re officially live with the Sensy-One S1 Pro Multi Sense, your new all-in-one, open-source smart home sensor, built from your feedback and optimized for Home Assistant. Why you’ll love it: • mmWave presence detection: tracks up to three people in real time • Environmental monitoring: VOC, CO2, humidity, temperature, pressure • Light sensing: measures lux, UV level, and UV index • Easy setup: BLE or Wi-Fi, no YAML or extra tools required • Seamless integration: fully compatible with ESPHome and Home Assistant • Extras: RGB LED, buzzer We want …

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Would recommend Shelly or Sonoff, have both of them (WiFi models with ESPHome flashed) and I am happy

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Yes, Sonocotta's S3 boards have MIC input headers. But, S3 boards also require soldering skills so I've been hesitant to create a DIY tutorial that requires that additional skill and tool use. Candidly, I've been playing with S3 boards and mics (and discussing with Andriy at Sonocotta). While they are fun/interesting to play with, it's not yet an enjoyable experience for building a "smart speaker" without a lot of tweaking. If I'm missing use cases and other ideas for adding the MIC, please let me (and Andriy) know; we are both very interested in building needed options. And this project …

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I have multiple Sonoff iFan04-L flashed with ESPHome and they work great, can do everything you want except the DC motor tbing. AC only. Maybe it depends on the fan but my fans are nearly silent.

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Sonoff NSPanels flashed with ESPHome and using the blueprint. They're affordable, fast, and include two relays. Not exactly dashboards, but they work for smaller rooms just fine.

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You did didn't state if you want zigbee, wifi, thread, Z-Wave or something else. For Wifi, Sonoff S31 (not Lite!) flashed with Esphome are great. I have 15 of those.

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Sonoff S31 with EspHome firmware will do what you want if you're using Home Assistant.

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I've had Sonoff S31 plugs on ESPHome and so far no issues. I think it was around 2019-ish I got into automation and I replaced all the timers with them so I've got like some floor lamps cycling 4-6 times a day, radios 2 times a day, aquarium lighting and reptile heat lamps 2 times a day. Still going strong with no failures yet.

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I'd use packages and push variables to them for customization. For instance, I have the following three packages for my S31s --- yours might be different for your use case, but these are abbreiviated versions of my `common/sonoff-s31.yaml`, for S31-specific config: logger: baud_rate: 0 # (UART logging interferes with cse7766) uart: rx_pin: RX baud_rate: 4800 parity: EVEN sensor: - platform: cse7766 id: cse7766_hub current: ... binary_sensor: - platform: gpio pin: number: GPIO0 mode: INPUT_PULLUP inverted: True name: "Button" on_press: - switch.toggle: relay switch: - platform: gpio name: …

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But sonoff s31 - they go on sale quite frequently. No need to buy the zigbee version unless you really want them. You can convert the generic s31 into esphome

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For smart plug energy monitoring, the $8 sonoff s31’s that can be flashed with ESPhome or Tasmota for fully local control are amazing. You don’t want energy monitoring en masse on your Zigbee network as it’s too chatty. For Zigbee, Aqara is everywhere but they have known issues with their products not following the Zigbee protocol. Specifically their devices don’t do well swapping repeaters.

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Meh, not UL/ETL listed. Sonoff S31 running ESPHome is where it’s at.

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I like the Sonoff s31 flashed with an ESPHome program.

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I have over a dozen TH10's with si7021's. Some are flashed with ESPHome and others have Tasmota. All have zero issues. Though, I just checked itead's website for the TH10 and TH16s. This is what they have to say. > Note: TH10/TH16 has been discontinued, we are planing launch the upgraded version, please stay tuned! If you want to buy the switch with temperature and humidity monitoring, you can click to buy powerful NSPanel, which is our hot sale wall switch.

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I use switchbot Bluetooth ones with a Bluetooth proxy nearby (Shelly plug) no issues with signal going through deep freezes and fridges. Been there 3 months and the battery hasn’t moved, LE Bluetooth is nice with battery but still frequent updates. My Aqara zigbee ones would drop off the network easily and the update frequency were in the multiple minutes, which admittedly for a fridge I’d probably fine, but I was using them for controlling heat lamps for live stock, but the batteries would not last as long even with zigbee routers in the same room. Now I just go with the switchbots, reliable …

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The switchbot works very well for me with an esphome acting as a BT bridge. Connection to WiFi is rock solid, quick to respond, good 2 way communication.

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I used this guide on a DS02 a few months ago and it worked great. OTA, no soldering, just need a Linux box. https://digiblur.com/2023/08/19/updated-tuya-cloudcutter-with-esphome-bk7231-how-to-guide/ I'm a Linux nerd so this was very straightforward for me, but it might be less straightforward if you're not a Linux person. Good learning opportunity tho.

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I’ve got a handful of Tuya bulbs flashed with ESPHome, they’ve been rock solid. Thought they had some flakey wifi NICs but that turned out to be a router configuration issue and entirely my fault. Ikea bulbs (Zigbee) are also very reliable. I have some LIFX bulbs as well, I’ve had them ~5 years and never had a single issue. They’re 100% local with the homekit integration (though they do need cloud connectivity when pairing - you need to pair them with an actual Apple homekit hub before removing them so HA picks them up)

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I will get downvoted into oblivion for this. But 65 IoT devices all on wifi (mixed trusted and Untrusted VLAN), 0 zigbee or zwave, in fact tossed all my zwave in the bin due to constant issues in favour of Wifi. 0 bandwidth or latency issues whatsoever. 70% of my devices are ex Tuya being flashed with tasmota or esphome for newer non esp based devices. Only devices that run on batteries are things like motion sensors or door/window reed sensors over RF or Ble hubs and batteries last 12+ months.

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Get a Vue gen 3 and flash ESPhome on it.

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Quick update on the ESP32-P4 room node project: Got the Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH board working with ESPHome over Ethernet. Things that currently work: * ESPHome on ESP32-P4 * Ethernet (IP101 PHY) * Home Assistant integration * dynamic test sensors * automations * local Piper TTS on Umbrel via Docker/Wyoming Biggest issue so far: ESP32-P4 currently seems very unreliable with OTA updates in ESPHome. I kept getting: “invalid header” boot loops after flashing. Solution: * use the generated factory.bin * flash over USB * avoid OTA for now Also needed the correct Ethernet config: * IP101 PHY * …

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Any advice for ESP32 + LED strip?. Hi! I'm thinking about buying a light strip, and not sure if i should buy a Philips Hue Light Strip or make one my self with a ESP32 and LED strips off ebay. Has anyone done the latter and can recommend a guide or what components to buy? ​ EDIT: Thanks for all the comments! I just remembered that i had some WS2801 from a project with a Raspberry Pi a few years ago. I soldered them up and connected a meter or so to a ESP32 i had laying around, and followed the ESPHome docs for Fastled. Had it working within 30 minutes! It works great in my kitchen and …

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Doesn't fit your constraints, but I use Xiaomi bluetooth temp/humidity sensors flashed with custom firwmare (https://github.com/atc1441/ATC\_MiThermometer) and connected to HA via a BT proxy (Olimex ESP32 POE). They take CR2032 batteries and I think last for about a year. Cheap and effective. I have 13

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My favorite is the ble bridge. The Xiaomi temperature and humidity sensors can be flashed with open firmware and report temp and humidity over BLE. The esphomes can relay that to Home Assistant and you have a cheap network of sensors that can run more than 6 mo on a button battery.

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Xiaomi Mi sensors. LYWSD03MMC They are like $5 each and with the BLE Module it’s super easy to set up https://hackaday.com/2020/11/17/custom-firmware-for-cheap-bluetooth-thermometers/ https://blog.quindorian.org/2020/10/4-xiaomi-temperature-sensor-for-home-assistant.html/ https://github.com/custom-components/ble_monitor

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I am currently using both BLE and zigbee thermo/hygrometers at home, so here are my experiences. For BLE I am using about 6 Xiaomi Mi thermometers (LYWSD03MMC) with custom firmware and single esp32 for getting the data to esphome/homeassistant. More info: ESPHome Xiaomi BLE. You can get one of those way under 10$. Big advantage i see in these sensors is the display to have the info visible without looking into HA. As for update times, those are rather random, but always below 5 minutes. Single battery should last for about 1 year and so far it seems that way. For places where I dont need to …

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I’m using a Xiaomi Mijia bluetooth thermometer with custom firmware in our fridge. I’ve got a nearby ESP32 that provides the bluetooth interface. Using the standard HA ESPHome integration. I use a Node red automation to send me push notifications it the temperature goes to 50F or above for 5 minutes. Generally it means that someone left the door open, or it bounced open. The downside of any battery powered solution is that the cold will reduce battery life. I replaced the factory provided battery after about a year. Don’t know if my store bought batteries will do better than that. But a once …

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I switched over to a BLE setup from aqara zigbee. https://esphome.io/components/sensor/xiaomi\_ble.html I use Xiaomi Mijia Sensors ### LYWSD03MMC¶ Absolutely reliable. I get 1 value per minute and i can read the temperature from the lcd display. The custom FW (not even mandatory) can be flashed with your browser and then i have just two ESP32 with ESPHome well placed to collect the BLE data.

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Xiaomi mijia Thermometer Hygrometer with an esp32. Each for less than about 5 Euro. I have four of them all flashed with custom firmware. Three inside, one outside, and one esp32 acting as the bluetooth wifi bridge. Been meaning to grab some more.

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Echo Dot 3rd with Voice Assistant. Hi everyone! I wanted to share this project where I finally managed to interface with the original microphones, buttons, and LEDs of an Echo Dot 3 on its original PCB. Basically, I only replace the board that handles power, the speaker, and communicates with all the existing chips. All 4 microphones work (even though ESPHome currently supports a maximum of 2), and I have full control over the buttons and LEDs. I still have to test the speaker. I’ve integrated everything into Home Assistant with Voice Assistant, and I have to say the microphone range is …

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I have the Aqara A100 (earlier model of the same style lock as the U300). It's a great smart lock with lots of features (that I never use) and honestly one of the most seamless smart devices added to our home. Initially it had basically no Home Assistant integration. The only way to do it was through a Bluetooth proxy and AppleHomekit integration and even then it was bare bones. Now though, Aqara has been updating it and it is natively supported through Matter via an Aqara hub. The only missing pieces are user management and logs. It does simple unlocked/locked logs, but no context of user …

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I’m using August lock on Bluetooth. I also have it integrated to my HomePod for remote access because the August connect started to fail after a couple of years. I’ve ordered something to add a Bluetooth proxy to home assistant and hope that will be my solution for being able to integrate my lock into automations. Automations on HomeKit work, but if you delete the lock to reset it, your lock automations also disappear. So not doing that again.

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I built 3 of these just yesterday on Echo Dots, Gen 2. They work, not great yet but they do work. But, you do have to run some sort of small local LLM for processing commands. I probably need to do some tuning of the device. It has a hard time picking up the wake word while anything is playing through the speaker but there are setting to play with to get it working. I'm actually pretty far through a complete rebuild of firmware/OS for an Echo Show 5, 2nd Gen. Just now getting bluetooth working on it. Both mic's work. Camera doesn't It shows up as an ESPHome device with all the entities. …

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flashing the Emproria Vue with local software I have two Vue 3s flashed with ESPHome. The initial flashing was a pain since you had to get a BDM frame and probes and try to very carefully position the probes on some extremely small contact pads. Then I had to invert a few channels in the config. But afterwards, they've more or less worked perfectly without any issues, inconsistencies, etc. For $200 for a 16-circuit unit, it's worth the initial effort.

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From a bit of Googling I've seen people complaining about poor voice detection on ESP32-S3-BOX-3 compared to existing proprietary solutions obviously (like Google Nest and Amazon Alexa speakers) but also the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition - how reliable have you found its detection of the wake command? And maybe has your custom wake word thing made it better at voice detection than however people would usually use it?

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The problem After updating to 2022.2.0, I can't seem to control the white channel of an ESPHome light via HomeKit. My use case is an RGBW LED strip connected via ESPHome, and as the strip has separate white and RGB chips, it looks weird if both are illuminated at the same time. Hence, separate RGB and White colour modes make the most sense for the light. Achieving these separate colour modes in ESPHome is done via the `color_interlock: true` option, however I wasn't previously using this as it didn't allow me to control the white channel via HomeKit, so I left it in the combined RGBW mode. …

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The problem After updating to 2022.2.0, I can't seem to control the white channel of an ESPHome light via HomeKit. My use case is an RGBW LED strip connected via ESPHome, and as the strip has separate white and RGB chips, it looks weird if both are illuminated at the same time. Hence, separate RGB and White colour modes make the most sense for the light. Achieving these separate colour modes in ESPHome is done via the `color_interlock: true` option, however I wasn't previously using this as it didn't allow me to control the white channel via HomeKit, so I left it in the combined RGBW mode. …

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… Assistant release (if known): Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.): Raspbian / Hass.io Component/platform: Homekit Description of problem: The cover on the iOS Home App shows "Openning..." instead of "Open" Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant): [code] Traceback (if applicable): [code] Additional information: Logs: search for cover, they report openning and the number increases then it shows 100.0 open but the iOS UI shows opening https://pastebin.com/4y6Gjxw5 The cover is the ESPHome platform, the integration is created by …

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The problem With 2022.12.0b0 and esphome proxy all Eve devices work. Since 2022.12.0b1 I get ping timeouts from esphome and restarts. Reverting back to 2022.12.0b0 restores functionality. The only difference I see between b0 and b1 is aiohomekit 2.3.1 -> 2.3.2. I have tried with latest beta 2022.12.0b3 but still the same problem as b1. Thanks! ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2022.12.0b3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? 2022.12.0b0 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant Container ### Integration causing the issue …

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I've been eyeballing it. I want to tinker a bit more with voice. The HA voice preview isn't really doing great for me so I was hoping to find something that would do a better job hearing me

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The VPE devices work well with an N100. This is what I used. However, the VPE devices are not perfect. Ours constantly heard things from our TV and conversations that false triggered them. These false triggers drove us crazy. This is one aspect that Alexa devices do much better. The microphone system in the Alexa devices is significantly more sophisticated and better programmed. We still use both. One thing I did that really helped is that when our TV is on, I have HA mute any VPE device that can hear the TV. There are a few other, similar tricks that helped along the way. The bottom line is …

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I just got one, and for simple device commands/statuses, it's great (as long you give each device/entity an easy, unique name to refer to them). For other (AI) stuff, local use only takes some tinkering and it's slow unless you have dedicated GPU acceleration. If you subscribe to cloud/Nabu Casa, it's nearly as fast as Alexa, Google.

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I've pretty been happy with my Kauf Bulbs, though full disclosure an OTA update bricked my A15 bulb but not the larger ones. I contacted them through github and they offered to replace it but I just bought an A19 because the A15 was too small anyway. I like them specifically because I'm all-in with esphome.

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I just bought the M5Stack ESP32 S3 SE - which is very similar. Got it working after a day of fiddling, but I'm not sold on it yet. To get it working as a voice assistant , with a wake word, and the screen working, takes a few different configs from different git repos. I eventually found somebody else's config who had managed to piece together the right bits, and it now works. It's crashing every now and then, but I'm bit sure if that's the device or my pipeline. I also have the atom echo (the $13 jobbie), and if all you need is a microphone assistant, that's a better choice at the moment, …

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Can't seem to add the fan, it searches for it but nothing. Yes, i removed it from the uhome app, and Landbook app has local device discovery permissions ON. I put the fan in pair mode by holding the timer button while off for 5 seconds. Don't know what else to try.

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If you have a Security+ 2.0 opener, the RATGDO all the way. There is nothing better, hands-down. If you have any other opener/if you plan to use dry contact mode, I'd recommend against the RATGDO - I've seen a few reports lately of incorrect door status with the dry contact firmware, and also, using dry contact mode requires _two_ limit switches for door status (which aren't included). Other garage door automation solutions only need one sensor to be installed.

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The problem For the HomeKit integration, the garage door state incorrectly shows (in the iOS Home App), a state of "closing" when the door is transitioning to the Open state, and a state of "opening" when the door is transitioning to the closed state. It appears this may be simply a case of the HomeKit integration having incorrectly swapped the values of "opening" and "closing". The HomeAssistant LogBook on the garage door web page does show the correct transition state of "opening" when transitioning to Open, and "closing" when transitioning to Close. ### What version of Home Assistant Core …

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I finally threw in the towel and re-subscribed to Tesla MyQ integration. The Ratgdo seemed to work well in the beginning. I integrated it with Home Assistant and Apple Home so I try using either my iphone, Apple Watch or Siri on either device. The success rate has been less than 50%, forcing me to open MyQ app to open and close the garage door. It just fails to respond to Home commands and Siri commands. Before installing the ratgdo, I had a one month free trial of Tesla-MyQ integration which had worked flawlessly so I resubscribed after frustrating experience with Ratgdo and it works …

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Treatlife Switches and Dimmers for Home Assistant in 2024. I think I made a mistake! I have Caseta switches and dimmers throughout the house and they work great. I needed a couple more dimmers in odd places (Garage, Closet, Pantry) so I cheaped out and bought some Treatlife dimmers (a four-pack of DS-01C). I installed one and it works fine...but... It doesn't show up automatically in Home Assistant. I read through a bunch of older posts that are between 1 and 3 years old about Treatlife dimmers and the Fan/Light switch (which I also have) and see that they used to be flashable with Tasmota …

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The problem I have a CWWW led strip connected to an ESP8266 led driver. Simple ESPHome code as shown in the YAML snippet section. As can be seen in thee code, it's a four color controller, using two outputs for the LED strip, and driving two LED strips, so it presents as two lights, lamp1a and lamp1b The worked just fine until version 2021.8.0 I have the HomeKit integration set to "include" and manual selection of objects to send to HomeKit. If this light is not included in the list, everything works fine. If this light is selected, honest breaks and all devices show as offline. I'm running …

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The problem Have been using the device trigger in HomeKit integration with my esphome devices for a while now but it recently started to throw errors. The triggers works fine from other devices (Hue for example) however they fail and throw errors when using esphome devices. There is a report on the HomeKit integration https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/78774 which the owner mention is an issue with the trigger from the specific device integration being invalid. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2022.10.4 ### What was the last working version of Home …

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The problem I have a thermostat hooked up to Home Assistant via ESPHome. `Current` and `Target` temperatures of my thermostat show correctly in Home Assistant. However, when I attempt to adjust the target temperature in Homekit it shows a totally random `Heating to` value. Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks! ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2022.12.8 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue homekit ### Link to integration documentation …

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FutureProofHomes Satellite1 Voice Assistant available for preorder. I had been following this project a while back. It's using the same PE that Nabu does. It does have some benefits in some areas although outside having 4 mics and a 25W amp the rest are pretty user specific like mmwave, light sensor and some other sensors. There are 2 parts, the main board and the ESP32 HAT. The one advantage of having the ESP32 separate is he said it could be upgraded so when say, the P4 works in ESPHome, you could buy a new HAT. It's going to be a while before that happens, C6 and H2 still aren't available …

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Is it possible to use Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-1.85C-BOX for Home Assist Voice satellite?. The device specs look good and I'm wondering if it's possible to convert this into HA Assist Voice satellites? Here's the link to the device: https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/31/esp32-s3-smart-audio-devkit-integrates-1-8-inch-round-touch-lcd-microphone-optional-battery-and-speaker-box/ If this is possible, can anyone guide on the steps on how to achieve this? TIA

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Is there a garage door opener that is feature equivalent to a Myq + ratgdo?. Currently moving from a house I'm renting to one I just bought. The rental has a Liftmaster 81640, and a barebones Genie. I've connected RATGDOs on the ESPHome firmware to both, and far prefer the HA experience with the Liftmaster - I fairly often open the door partially and it's really nice being able to just drag the slider in HA to 10%, 30%, etc and it just opens that much. I also like the ability to control the light on the opener, etc. The new house has a pretty recent Chamberlain with security 3.0 / white learn …

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8 - hard no. I would never buy Liftmaster/Chamberlain. They are committed to making you buy a subscription. You can do ratgdo, but it is just better to avoid them.

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MyQ garage opener Look up the RATGDO; I have a MyQ and connected a RATGDO and it integrates into HA perfectly > Hue lights If you get a Zigbee dongle for your HA, you should be able to directly connect your Hue lights to it using either ZHA or Z2M

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