Home Automation - Smartkit

Time to ask my stupid questions again... My brain she doesn't work so well over the weekends...

Have had a few power failures and kark at my place of late, and it seems my one POW R2 has decided to either lose its config, or just stop working properly.

How do I reset it to default settings again so I can try restart the setup... or at least be sure that there is something wrong with it... It still turns the device on and off, but I can't seem to find it on the network or anything of that sort.
 
Sounds like the problem I had and ended up having to re-flash it to make it work with anything but the physical button.

But you can hold the button for 40 seconds to rest it.

Or just do the 4-click thing to bring Wifi Manager up and re-configure it from there.
 
Anybody have any idea if the ezviz cameras work with the Hikvision NVRs? Looking at buying the Husky Air Ezviz camera but with the fancier detection offered by die Hikvision NVRs
 
Tinuva said:
$24.50 for 2 on Amazon should work out less than R500 for 2, so closer to R250 for 1.
https://www.amazon.com/Shelly-Wirel...e0012cc2e4d3f3cc551105869a5b1e&language=en_US

What I like about them, is they rated at 16A so could do things like geyser with them.

How about contact them directly since you will be reselling? https://allterco.com/en/Shelly
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Thanks, yes we will contact them. I just wanted to get a feel for the retail pricing - some of these switches are ridiculously expensive and I see little market in a country abused by the US Dollar.
 
Tinuva said:
Another interesting product to consider instead of a sonoff basic:
http://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/the-shelly-1-smart-relay-is-it-better-than-the-sonoff-basic/

Will depend on your use case, but this Shelly 1 is so damn small, can easily fit in behind wall switches.
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wow, this is pretty cool. I especially like the fact that you can use your existing light-switch out of the box -- no need to modify for low voltage or anything. And damn they're small.

If they're R250 I'd buy them for sure (and use them in some of my light boxes -- just need to pull down neutrals).
 
These TH10’s are a bit massive compared to the Basics.

Their wiring setup although cool for using self securing connectors it’s utterly dof for being arranged kak and then also having the cover in the way.
 
Anyone using Efergy know if its possible to name the underlying sensors:
Code: 
- platform: efergy
  app_token:
  utc_offset: -120
  monitored_variables:
    - type: instant_readings
    - type: budget
    - type: cost
      period: day
      currency: R
    - type: amount
      period: day
    - type: amount
      period: month
    - type: current_values

I've noticed the highlighted two come in as sensor.energy_consumed and sensor.energy_consumed_2 - but sometimes switch around on restart.

EDIT: Formating keeps getting lost
- type: amount
period: day
- type: amount
period: month

they keep swapping around their home-assistant names
 
I had two similar cameras, they worked on WiFi, but you need really good signal - worked a 100% on ethernet. (I say had because I used it to slow down my fall from the roof)
 
xrapidx said:
Anyone using Efergy know if its possible to name the underlying sensors:
Code: 
- platform: efergy
  app_token:
  utc_offset: -120
  monitored_variables:
    - type: instant_readings
    - type: budget
    - type: cost
      period: day
      currency: R
    - type: amount
      period: day
    - type: amount
      period: month
    - type: current_values

I've noticed the highlighted two come in as sensor.energy_consumed and sensor.energy_consumed_2 - but sometimes switch around on restart.

EDIT: Formating keeps getting lost
- type: amount
period: day
- type: amount
period: month

they keep swapping around their home-assistant names
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I don't have an efergy unit, but possibly because the name is the same in both instances making it a bit vague.
A possible workaround:

In your HA config folder, create another folder called custom_components then create a folder in there called sensor, unzip the modified efergy.py file in there and modify your config as below:
YAML: 
- platform: efergy
  app_token:
  utc_offset: -120
  monitored_variables:
    - type: instant_readings
    - type: budget
    - type: cost
      period: day
      currency: R
    - type: amount
      period: day
    - type: amount2
      period: month
    - type: current_values

I'm not a python coder, but hopefully the hack will do the job. Any module in the custom_components folder takes preference over the existing one.
 

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EZVIZ cameras are pretty neat - I'm running two of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c3s-wifi-4mm-outdoor/) and one of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c2mini-indoor/) . I also got my mom one of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c2c-720p-indoor/) as a nannycam.

They're the consumer division of Hikvision who have been named as the global CCTV leader for 6 or 7 years now, so they do know a thing or two about cameras. At the price, I don't really think these things can be beat. They may not have all the bells and whistles like motion zones, but at not much over R1,000 you're getting a decent quality 1080 cameras / motion detection / night vision. The negatives?

*There's no cloud storage locally - you could probably list your location as UK / VPN or some IT method of faking it, but nothing in South Africa. It records to an SD Card on the device itself, which is available remotely.
*Although the C3S does list HDR as a feature, it's difficult to get working (hidden menu on the desktop) - but if you really want it, you can do it.

The positives are it links to it's own ecosystem of (inexpensive) alarms, door sensors, PIRs, moisture sensors etc. I believe EZVIZ are adding one or two products later this year too. They also work with IFTTT - although I haven't really played with that. EZVIZ should theoretically be able to control the Sonoff lighting/plugs via IFTTT too - but don't quote me as I haven't used it. I've had zero issues with WiFi stability.

App is pretty decent - easy to use. Add via QR codes, set schedules of when notify you, encrypt video feeds

cam1.jpg
 
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patrick123 said:
I don't have an efergy unit, but possibly because the name is the same in both instances making it a bit vague.
A possible workaround:

In your HA config folder, create another folder called custom_components then create a folder in there called sensor, unzip the modified efergy.py file in there and modify your config as below:
YAML: 
- platform: efergy
  app_token:
  utc_offset: -120
  monitored_variables:
    - type: instant_readings
    - type: budget
    - type: cost
      period: day
      currency: R
    - type: amount
      period: day
    - type: amount2
      period: month
    - type: current_values

I'm not a python coder, but hopefully the hack will do the job. Any module in the custom_components folder takes preference over the existing one.
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I think that there is a problem in my code, you would need to adjust it as below from line 130.

Python: 
            elif self.type == 'amount':
                url_string = '{}getEnergy?token={}&offset={}&period={}'.format(
                    _RESOURCE, self.app_token, self.utc_offset, self.period)
                response = requests.get(url_string, timeout=10)
                self._state = response.json()['sum']
                """ Add in the Amount 2 section """
                self.type = 'amount2':
                url_string = '{}getEnergy?token={}&offset={}&period={}'.format(
                    _RESOURCE, self.app_token, self.utc_offset, self.period)
                response = requests.get(url_string, timeout=10)
                self._state = response.json()['sum']               
            elif self.type == 'budget':
 
Dolby said:
EZVIZ cameras are pretty neat - I'm running two of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c3s-wifi-4mm-outdoor/) and one of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c2mini-indoor/) . I also got my mom one of these (http://www.smartkit.co.za/product/c2c-720p-indoor/) as a nannycam.

They're the consumer division of Hikvision who have been named as the global CCTV leader for 6 or 7 years now, so they do know a thing or two about cameras. At the price, I don't really think these things can be beat. They may not have all the bells and whistles like motion zones, but at not much over R1,000 you're getting a decent quality 1080 cameras / motion detection / night vision. The negatives?

*There's no cloud storage locally - you could probably list your location as UK / VPN or some IT method of faking it, but nothing in South Africa. It records to an SD Card on the device itself, which is available remotely.
*Although the C3S does list HDR as a feature, it's difficult to get working (hidden menu on the desktop) - but if you really want it, you can do it.

The positives are it links to it's own ecosystem of (inexpensive) alarms, door sensors, PIRs, moisture sensors etc. I believe EZVIZ are adding one or two products later this year too. They also work with IFTTT - although I haven't really played with that. EZVIZ should theoretically be able to control the Sonoff lighting/plugs via IFTTT too - but don't quote me as I haven't used it. I've had zero issues with WiFi stability.

App is pretty decent - easy to use. Add via QR codes, set schedules of when notify you, encrypt video feeds

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Oh that's a question I had. So you can access the SD card without removing it?
 
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