Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

Kosmik said:
Does anyone know a decent outdoor wireless magnetic sensor? I have a smart switch on my d5 evo so I can control the gate remotely but its a basic pulse inching. There is no "state" and even if there was it can be confused. So something simple like a magnetic contact similar to a alarm system but can be mounted on the gate , either battery or solar powered, and reports to something like e-welink or some other means of getting.
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Does the d5 evo not having these already?

Like https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...s-your-configs.1059800/page-338#post-33307609
 
Mzezman said:
i REALLY need to clean mine up
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I'm going to be consolidating things as over time I just start adding and changing things without getting rid of the old stuff.

Getting rid of the larger cabinet and going to put up a wall mount cabinet and move it to the garage along with consolidating my Microserver (which only runs TrueNas Core at the moment) and the mini PC which is my Plex server + docker stuff. The silver mini ITX machine is my currently my Proxmox machine which has Home Assistant and some other docker stuff (never got around to moving it all).

The plan is to build a new rack mount server for everything except Home Assistant which I'll be using a dedicated Home Assistant Yellow for. Will run TrueNAS Scale Electric Eel on the new server so I can keep my existing pools and then have all my Docker stuff on there too.
 
Tinuva said:
Does the d5 evo not having these already?

Like https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...s-your-configs.1059800/page-338#post-33307609
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I don't think so. The state of my gate is more based on the movement, there's no direct sensor. The only sensor is the mag sensor that ticks the distance but I want something that actually tells you that the gate is physically in contact with its post. In theory if my gate stopped post the mag sensor, a person can still squeeze through, its a pretty big gate.

My evo is also nearly 10 years old so might have been upgraded, I know there are the new Smart versions.

This is the little board I use which works fine.

www.robofactory.co.za

Sonoff Gate / Garage Wifi Smart Switch

With this device you can make your electronic gate or garage door smart. When this device is installed, you can open or close your gate/door with either the eWelink app, any voice assistant or home automation hub.
www.robofactory.co.za www.robofactory.co.za
 
Hmmm might be cheaper and less hassle to swtich out the board.

www.geewiz.co.za

Sonoff SV Safe Voltage WiFi Wireless Smart Home Switch Module Support Secondary Development

Turn electrical devices on/off from anywhere Turn on/off the device even when WiFi has no Internet access with LAN Control 5-24V DC low voltage input Free iOS and Android mobile App eWeLink Sync Status–Real-time device status provided to App
www.geewiz.co.za www.geewiz.co.za

I see someone said you can use the status led pin to the gpio. My current board doesnt have gpios
 
Kosmik said:
Hmmm might be cheaper and less hassle to swtich out the board.

www.geewiz.co.za

Sonoff SV Safe Voltage WiFi Wireless Smart Home Switch Module Support Secondary Development

Turn electrical devices on/off from anywhere Turn on/off the device even when WiFi has no Internet access with LAN Control 5-24V DC low voltage input Free iOS and Android mobile App eWeLink Sync Status–Real-time device status provided to App
www.geewiz.co.za www.geewiz.co.za

I see someone said you can use the status led pin to the gpio. My current board doesnt have gpios
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Yeah I use the gate's mags on mine


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That is a bit more complex than just hooking into the status led...
 
calypso said:
LocalTuya still working for you guys? Im trying to setup as I've bought one of those Connex plugs but it appears to be fighting with me.
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LocalTuya working fine for me. I think the issue is the Connex devices. I have one or two of them and can't get them to work locally, not sure why. Have over 20 Tuya devices and mostly they work locally, but not the Connex ones.
 
Maybe you could still use it, but you would need some custom logic.

State = closed when status led stays off for longer than 2 seconds.
State = open when not staying off for longer than 2 seconds

Maybe 3 seconds to be safe. That way, it will show as open when it is open or there is some sort of issue. You could even try build an error entity if it flashes.
 
Tinuva said:
Maybe you could still use it, but you would need some custom logic.

State = closed when status led stays off for longer than 2 seconds.
State = open when not staying off for longer than 2 seconds

Maybe 3 seconds to be safe. That way, it will show as open when it is open or there is some sort of issue. You could even try build an error entity if it flashes.
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hmm yes that fits in with others I have. Got a few that kick in after x period so a time if on longer than x works
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I'm going to be consolidating things as over time I just start adding and changing things without getting rid of the old stuff.

Getting rid of the larger cabinet and going to put up a wall mount cabinet and move it to the garage along with consolidating my Microserver (which only runs TrueNas Core at the moment) and the mini PC which is my Plex server + docker stuff. The silver mini ITX machine is my currently my Proxmox machine which has Home Assistant and some other docker stuff (never got around to moving it all).

The plan is to build a new rack mount server for everything except Home Assistant which I'll be using a dedicated Home Assistant Yellow for. Will run TrueNAS Scale Electric Eel on the new server so I can keep my existing pools and then have all my Docker stuff on there too.
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How dusty is your garage - in other words do you have a plan to manage dust ingestion to the wall mount cabinet?
 
I think there a seperate thread for this solar integration but was also discussed on here. Does anyone know what the underlined percentage is? I mean I would have thought maybe its the power vs max power but I've entered my max power in the arrays which looks ok but the total one is off by like 10%.

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MattRoy said:
How dusty is your garage - in other words do you have a plan to manage dust ingestion to the wall mount cabinet?
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I actually started making it a more hospitable place for this very reason, cleaned out everything and had the walls plastered and painted. Had weather stripping installed around the door too to prevent stuff blowing in.

Last thing I need to do before moving in the gear is having the floors sealed, currently have patches of dusty concrete. I'll be doing this when the weather starts getting better.

Once this is done it'll be good enough, it will be mounted high up so will have less of the remaining floor dust getting in.
 
Kosmik said:
I think there a seperate thread for this solar integration but was also discussed on here. Does anyone know what the underlined percentage is? I mean I would have thought maybe its the power vs max power but I've entered my max power in the arrays which looks ok but the total one is off by like 10%.

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This was actually my request - it's the efficiency of the panels (what on the box vs what's actually being produced) and then the combined efficiency.
 
Muttley said:
This was actually my request - it's the efficiency of the panels (what on the box vs what's actually being produced) and then the combined efficiency.
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but it doesnt seem right? For example, I have 2 strings of 7 x 460 so each mppt has a theoretical max of 3220w. Combined is 7440w, 3810w is 51% . It also had the number without me specifying the individual mppt max amounts and when I did, it didn't change the total even though the individual mppt's look right.

Have you got a link to that the thread we used to chat the plugin on?

Like now I'm maxed out on power, running the pool pump and batteries are nearly floating so the arrays are being "reduced" but the total seems off when it should really reflect the same.

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Kosmik said:
but it doesnt seem right? For example, I have 2 strings of 7 x 460 so each mppt has a theoretical max of 3220w. Combined is 7440w, 3810w is 51% . It also had the number without me specifying the individual mppt max amounts and when I did, it didn't change the total even though the individual mppt's look right.

Have you got a link to that the thread we used to chat the plugin on?

Like now I'm maxed out on power, running the pool pump and batteries are nearly floating so the arrays are being "reduced" but the total seems off when it should really reflect the same.

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For some reason HA thinks your installed capacity is about 8kWp.
- 8kWp * 0.18 = 1.44kW
- 8kWp * 0.48 = 3.84kW
 
Kosmik said:
Oh, maybe its getting confused as its a 8kva inverter.

Ok found another setting for max solar power, that seems to have resolved it.
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That's the setting I was going to suggest you check.. glad it's sorted!
 
wilbur said:
LocalTuya working fine for me. I think the issue is the Connex devices. I have one or two of them and can't get them to work locally, not sure why. Have over 20 Tuya devices and mostly they work locally, but not the Connex ones.
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I moved all my stuff over to Tuya Local now and removed LocalTuya so i don't have devices on both.

Tuya Local is much easier to use and has very active development at the moment.
 
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