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spacemanspiffy, (edited ) in How do you organize your HA devices

Ex. 02_light_bedroom, 02 meaning second floor.

paf, (edited ) in Assist Widget

I just tried and I think they are limitations on numerous android OS.

It isn’t exactly a widget but what I have been able to do is create a shortcut when long pressing home assistant app icon on my phone

To do so, go to home assistant app settings/compagnon app/shortcut Give it a name and description, not too short according to documentation (see below), next add under dahsboard


<span style="color:#323232;">/lovelace/home?conversation=1
</span>

companion.home-assistant.io/…/android-shortcuts/

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Edit: added another screenshot from settings (sorry in french but that should help). This was just a quick test, this is why I named it assist_widget. You can also change icon type

Banzai51,
@Banzai51@midwest.social avatar

That did the trick.

claude_flammang, in How do you organize your HA devices

@barbarosa
For all those sensors (temp, current etc.) I always prefix the entity ID and friendly name with the area name.
I create areas like “kitchen fridge” or “garage fridge” to keep my stuff organized.

quaddo, in Multi-Criteria Fire Alarms

A similar suggestion to the other poster:

Try relocating one of the troublesome units to someplace nearby but not mounted to the ceiling. The top of a bedroom dresser, the floor, a bathroom countertop, the top step of the stairs, halfway down the stairs, hanging from a wall (picture hook)… just get creative.

And since you haven’t mentioned it, I presume these are all smoke detectors? Do you have any heat detectors or carbon monoxide detectors installed?

JustEnoughDucks, (edited ) in Multi-Criteria Fire Alarms
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You are not supposed to have smoke alarms in the bathroom or just outside of a shower bathroom for this reason actually. Also not in the kitchen. A heat detector is recommended for the kitchen.

I had alarms that would go off specifically in the winter in our stair tower because it was a 200 year old house that was renovated badly with no insulation.

Even my Fibaro smart CO alarm got bugged and drained its entire battery in 2 days because it was in a 5-10C environment (within their specs, but they simply lie on the specs).

From my experience, any life saving device simply can’t handle moderately cold temperatures at all, which is honestly extremely ridiculous to me and very dangerous.

Your problem, if dust related would likely be because you are using optical alarms which are easily susceptible to dust. If that is the case, you could try replacing those with ionization alarms on the 2nd floor. Ionization detects flaming fires better and optical detects very smokey fires better.

JASN_DE, in Updating Docker breaks Home Assistant

Your link 404s at the moment.

Minty95,

Fixed

Grntrenchman, in Zwave Thermostat- Outlier stats

-128 sounds like an error for sure. move your hub closer could help. If you’re sure it’s not a distance/signal issue it’s the hub itself.

claudemifsud, in Any Smart Home YouTubers at CES?

Rob from The Hook Up just uploaded a video too.

roofuskit,
@roofuskit@lemmy.world avatar

Ok, he’s exactly on of the people I was talking about. I guess he changed from the in the floor updates to a summary video.

evo, in Air quality (Co2) monitoring options

Apollo AIR-1 seems like a good option. Open source software and hardware.

peregus,

It seems very nice! Do you have it? How is it? Do you know what gasses the gas sensor measure?

evo,

I don’t but I have a couple of the presence sensors from the company and like them a lot. They sort of require some tuning but have been quite reliable since.

sudsmcduff, in Air quality (Co2) monitoring options
@sudsmcduff@lemmy.ca avatar

I’ve got a Qingping Air Monitor Lite - it’s small, not ugly, and from what I read at the time, has a decent CO2 sensor. It integrates perfectly with Home Assistant via Bluetooth. Seriously, no issues once I got it setup - which I believe did require their app to do initial setup/updates/etc… www.home-assistant.io/integrations/qingping/www.amazon.ca/…/B092HK4BB1

heschlie, in Air quality (Co2) monitoring options

I have done 3 and 4, and I definitely prefer the air gradient, it is a nice sleek little box that is flashable with esphome making it tie directly into HASS. Will be getting more of them in the near future.

ironhydroxide, in HA compatible sensors for a terrarium?

If you have a Bluetooth proxy setup you can get Switchbot devices pretty cheap. They have an outdoor temp/humidity sensor for ~$15. I bought a pack of 3 for $36.

Bluetooth proxy can easily be setup with esphome and a ~$10 esp32

dantheclamman,
@dantheclamman@lemmy.world avatar

Agreed, switchbot has been working for a while great in my hermit crab terrarium

steal_your_face, in Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration
@steal_your_face@lemmy.ml avatar

Looking at their twitter this is haier Europe and haier US doesn’t block home assistant at all. I assume these repos are specific to haier Europe though.

yannic, (edited )

They share a brand for mutual benefit. As far as I’m concerned, they can take the Electrolux and pyrex route and share the mutual pain of the other side being overly capitalist.

Haier & GE in the US can rebrand if they don’t like the attention.

I’m trying to remember which company it was that sued their foreign trademark licensee because the partner chose to use inferior parts. The argument they used was that the partner damaged the global brand. It might not be relevant if the licensor is the one that’s messing up here.

nexusband, in Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice
@nexusband@lemmy.world avatar

Never considered buying Haier anyway, but i am looking specifically for appliances that have HAOS support. So them pulling this shit will put them on my black list for ever. I get why Mazda did it, but the car doesn’t need the app to be useful, i can just ignore that part. But this is an home appliance that looses a big part of it’s usefulness…

echutaa, in HA compatible sensors for a terrarium?

I have some sensors on a hognose enclosure and I can say for sure stay away from INKBIRD stuff. It integrates poorly and fails on loss of internet connection.

I don’t have a good solution for the heatmats yet but I’m looking into integrating an aquarium controller I have laying around to manage that.

For hygrometers there are a ton, but you’re going to want to look for low power and probably zigbee. the majority of the sensors I’ve tried have been an annoyance to manage batteries but the zigbee ones seem better.

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