Home Automation - Smartkit

ItherNiT said:
lawdy thats massive amounts of devices!

Really enjoying setting up my smart home so far.

Got my CBI switch connected to a tuya account. Will play around this weekend and see if I can get tuya local to work. I get a feeling that this can be slightly addictive and expensive hobby
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Use the Tuya iot platform online, link the dev account to your tuya app, hey presto the device ID and local ids show up

Follow this recent guide

 
powermzii said:
Use the Tuya iot platform online, link the dev account to your tuya app, hey presto the device ID and local ids show up

Follow this recent guide

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Already tried that, I cant get my identity verified. They also changed that so that people who register the project after the 24th no longer have that functionality
I already found a alternative video:
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I bought a wireless engergy monitor and the instructions says clip the sensor magnet thing to one of the power lines(neutral or live) going into the municipal meter.

Does that mean if you clip the sensor around a power cable to an appliance that has neutral/live/ground it won't pick up anything or work?

It would be sad if that is the case because that was the intended purpose :(
 
airborne said:
I bought a wireless engergy monitor and the instructions says clip the sensor magnet thing to one of the power lines(neutral or live) going into the municipal meter.

Does that mean if you clip the sensor around a power cable to an appliance that has neutral/live/ground it won't pick up anything or work?

It would be sad if that is the case because that was the intended purpose :(
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I think they have to be clamped around one pole (+ or -) to work. If you have it clamped around + and - then they cancel each other out and you won't get a readout from it.

Wouldn't it be easier to get a Sonoff plug that you can plug the appliance into?
 
PhireSide said:
I think they have to be clamped around one pole (+ or -) to work. If you have it clamped around + and - then they cancel each other out and you won't get a readout from it.

Wouldn't it be easier to get a Sonoff plug that you can plug the appliance into?
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It would be but I thought this would do the same thing and allow me to easily clamp it on to the cables of various appliances without needing to unplug them.

So essentially if I made up a short extension lead that seperated the ground, neutral and live(basically just 3 loose wires not 3 enclosed in the cable housing) and I clamp the sensor around either the live or neutral then it would work?
 
airborne said:
It would be but I thought this would do the same thing and allow me to easily clamp it on to the cables of various appliances without needing to unplug them.

So essentially if I made up a short extension lead that seperated the ground, neutral and live(basically just 3 loose wires not 3 enclosed in the cable housing) and I clamp the sensor around either the live or neutral then it would work?
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Sounds dangerous...?

Can't you rather put it inside a wall socket around the live wire?
 
ebendl said:
Sounds dangerous...?

Can't you rather put it inside a wall socket around the live wire?
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No not all, the individual wires are still shielded/enclosed in their plastic insulators and I wouldn't use it permanently, just to monitor a device for a day or 2. I just want to know that it will work bef6I butcher an extension lead
 
I looked at the similar Effegy wireless monitors and they all need to be clamped around only one wire, near the meter but I'm assuming as long as it's only around one wire it will work on any power cable.

Don't some of the more expensive models allow clamping the sensor around any 3 core cable to read the energy useage?
 
For standard analogue video intercoms with gate relays (Commax etc), is there any way (incl third party additions/controllers) to make these smart? That is- view and control via an app ?
 
airborne said:
No not all, the individual wires are still shielded/enclosed in their plastic insulators and I wouldn't use it permanently, just to monitor a device for a day or 2. I just want to know that it will work bef6I butcher an extension lead
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I made up a 1m extension lead with about a 20cm exposed piece. Works perfect.
 
Wide said:
For standard analogue video intercoms with gate relays (Commax etc), is there any way (incl third party additions/controllers) to make these smart? That is- view and control via an app ?
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My guess is you can probably make the gate lock smart by controlling it with a Sonoff.

But piping the video/audio I wouldn't expect there's an easy way to do so. My guess is the easiest way would be to put in a Wifi enabled doorbell and re-use the wires for the gate lock.
 
Hi all

I have a Sonoff SV that I use to open my front gate motor over MQTT (Tasmota). I'm struggling to figure out how how to get the MQTT state to change when I open the gate with the old school remote.

Is this possible?

My aim is to have the outside lights come on when I open the gate with the remote.

EDIT. I'm using HA with Node Red.
 
feo said:
Hi all

I have a Sonoff SV that I use to open my front gate motor over MQTT (Tasmota). I'm struggling to figure out how how to get the MQTT state to change when I open the gate with the old school remote.

Is this possible?

My aim is to have the outside lights come on when I open the gate with the remote.

EDIT. I'm using HA with Node Red.
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Do you have a reed switch or anything connected?
 
feo said:
Nope, just the SV connected to the gate motor.

Enlighten me on what I need to do please?
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You need a sensor to monitor the open/closed state.

I just use a cheap as chips alarm magnet sensor on GPIO 14 with some extra config in HA.
 
I want to remove and close up the light switch from my lounge and passage. I want to control the lights purely from my phone or a dedicated tablet or spare cellphone. Will the device in the link below do the job.

www.sonoffafrica.co.za

Sonoff 4CH R3 WiFi Smart Switch | Sonoff Africa

Sonoff 4CH R3 is a 4-gang Wi-Fi Smart Switch designed to give you the ability to integrate smart control into your existing home.
www.sonoffafrica.co.za www.sonoffafrica.co.za
 
jdido87 said:
I want to remove and close up the light switch from my lounge and passage. I want to control the lights purely from my phone or a dedicated tablet or spare cellphone. Will the device in the link below do the job.

www.sonoffafrica.co.za

Sonoff 4CH R3 WiFi Smart Switch | Sonoff Africa

Sonoff 4CH R3 is a 4-gang Wi-Fi Smart Switch designed to give you the ability to integrate smart control into your existing home.
www.sonoffafrica.co.za www.sonoffafrica.co.za
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Yes and two more lights. A dual will also work or 4 basics.


I would seriously not remove the existing light switches though. It sucks to find, take out, unlock your phone, find the app, wait for it to load and tap the switch compared to a normal light switch. I am rather using sonoff minis with pulled down neutrals.
 
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