Home Automation - Smartkit

phaktza said:
Thanks. Someone asked and I told them that no one has had an issue running inductive loads under 16A.
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My pool pump runs ~800W, around 4amps. Not even close to being a problem.
 
Sinbad said:
Why not connect all the sonoffs to a central mqtt server?
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They might require local control - the distances involved could mean adding a GSM module to occasionally pull updates. As they might not be able to be "always online" it would be preferred that each have it's own controller.
 
Sinbad said:
My pool pump runs ~800W, around 4amps. Not even close to being a problem.
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Also no problem on my side with pool pump since installed. In fact my pool has never been this clean for so long without some intervention from me.
 
phaktza said:
They might require local control - the distances involved could mean adding a GSM module to occasionally pull updates. As they might not be able to be "always online" it would be preferred that each have it's own controller.
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ah. Homeassistant has an embedded mqtt server as far as I know, you could use a separate HA instance per site, and use appdaemon dashboards to control them all? You can have a central dashboard with widgets that redirect to site-local dashboards as needed?
 
phaktza said:
Question #2: does anyone know of a good MQTT master-slave setup to control various sites?

For example several chalets spread across a resort, each running Sonoff products for the lights and a single embedded device running MQTT. These would then need to be controlled via a central setup. Any ideas?
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Moquitto on a Pi (hub) and Basics(spokes)?

edit: how far are will these be from the master?
 
Sinbad said:
As mentioned before I had 100% success rate reflashing just by poking the jumper cables through the holes in the board, and allowing the tension of the cables to keep them pressed up against the contact
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Sounds like a plan.

What cables did you use?
 
Sinbad said:
ah. Homeassistant has an embedded mqtt server as far as I know, you could use a separate HA instance per site, and use appdaemon dashboards to control them all? You can have a central dashboard with widgets that redirect to site-local dashboards as needed?
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Thanks, I've been looking at something like that.
 
YingYang said:
Moquitto on a Pi (hub) and Basics(spokes)?

edit: how far are will these be from the master?
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Thanks, I'll have a look.

It could be that the controller is in another part of the city - with access via the GSM network.
 
I've been trying to link my gate motor (Centurion D3) to my Sonof RF Bridge. I just got feedback from Centurion that this won't work. Even though it works on the same frequency (433mhz), the changing codes won't allow it to connect to another system. :(
 
RVZ said:
I've been trying to link my gate motor (Centurion D3) to my Sonof RF Bridge. I just got feedback from Centurion that this won't work. Even though it works on the same frequency (433mhz), the changing codes won't allow it to connect to another system. :(
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No, the built in dynamic/rolling code is there as a security measure. This security feature cannot be duplicated - which is why this won't work with the bridge.

You would need to consider a Sonoff SV, Sonoff BAsic with a relay or Sonoff 4Ch Pro R2 to get this working correctly.
 
phaktza said:
No, the built in dynamic/rolling code is there as a security measure. This security feature cannot be duplicated - which is why this won't work with the bridge.

You would need to consider a Sonoff SV, Sonoff BAsic with a relay or Sonoff 4Ch Pro R2 to get this working correctly.
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Or replace the whole thing with Sonoff’s own RF system?
 
FFS - really not liking the Sonoff Basics... pain in the arse to flash... and keep dropping off the network and not coming back until you cut the power to them
 
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