Home Automation - Smartkit

[alqassam]

ah yes... maybe do a half arsed solution of still having the old intercom in the house - but at least when I'm not home I can see someone rang my doorbell and I can keep an eye? Kind of useful... kind of.

My old intercom is broken so looking for a good solution with voice. That stays off the cloud.

Can probably use the old BPT face/shell/buttons and put a pi zero with mic and speaker behind it. Power it with the gate.

 

[alqassam]

who wants a doorbell these days if i didnt know you are coming you can fokkof

For the couriers

 

[Steamy Tom]

For the couriers

how often are you getting deliveries

 

[alqassam]

how often are you getting deliveries

Frequently enough.

But get random people once every 2 months.

 

[The_Ogre]

how often are you getting deliveries

...and how often do you get deliveries at home?

Or are you anticipating us never going back to the office ever again???

 

[alqassam]

...and how often do you get deliveries at home?

Or are you anticipating us never going back to the office ever again???

I work more from home than the office.

Even without lockdown.

 

[Steamy Tom]

...and how often do you get deliveries at home?

Or are you anticipating us never going back to the office ever again???

i get maybe 5 deliveries a year

 

[SAguy]

Other thing to consider is that burglars will often first ring your doorbell before breaking into your house... so there's a security side to it too.

 

[alqassam]

i get maybe 5 deliveries a year

5 deliveries a week more like

 

[Saba'a]

I was thinking to just use a IP cam at the front gate with a button that sends a push notification over home assistant.

It may just be quicker to notify me than these fancy expensive doorbells, and I'll have local storage of the footage.

Yep cheapy wireless bell plus camera with 2 way audio eg wyze. Plus expecting a outdoor wyze camera.

Edit

Think the Wyze outdoor cam should be released soon. Pity no streaming on google nest hub.

Maybe get an Alexa device just for streaming video doorbell

 

[Saba'a]

who wants a doorbell these days if i didnt know you are coming you can fokkof

used to be my attitude but deliveries

 

[R4m80]

Interesting YT channel about HA by a fellow South African. Don't know the guy, but always good to support local. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMR_eJdL5P6SVJ2n0kTCjlg

 

[SauRoNZA]

Interesting YT channel about HA by a fellow South African. Don't know the guy, but always good to support local. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMR_eJdL5P6SVJ2n0kTCjlg

Nice!

That being said (not having seen the channel) I think it’s a silly notion to support local just because it’s local if in fact it can be mediocre/inferior.

Especially on the digital stage where location doesn’t matter.

 

[SAguy]

Interesting YT channel about HA by a fellow South African. Don't know the guy, but always good to support local. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMR_eJdL5P6SVJ2n0kTCjlg

Wow... love his video on telegram setup.
Think I'm going to implement that for sure.

Like the idea of if my alarm is triggered it can send me still images of all my cameras. Or reminding me ever few minutes that the iron is on, etc...

 

[Tinuva]

Wow... love his video on telegram setup.
Think I'm going to implement that for sure.

Like the idea of if my alarm is triggered it can send me still images of all my cameras. Or reminding me ever few minutes that the iron is on, etc...

I already have the camera notification setup for my front beam. People even mock me now and say HA sends me cat pics.

But yeah sending an image is epic, makes it so much easier to know what is going on.

I kinda want to do the same when someone trigger the door bell/intercom. Not sure how I will do that yet but it will be brilliant.

Only difference is, I used Slack. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/home-automation-smartkit.909279/post-25561479

 

[R4m80]

Nice!

That being said (not having seen the channel) I think it’s a silly notion to support local just because it’s local if in fact it can be mediocre/inferior.

Especially on the digital stage where location doesn’t matter.

True, but "mediocre" can turn into something brilliant with a bit of support.

PS. The channel is not mediocre at all.

 

[chickenbeef]

I already have the camera notification setup for my front beam. People even mock me now and say HA sends me cat pics.

But yeah sending an image is epic, makes it so much easier to know what is going on.

I kinda want to do the same when someone trigger the door bell/intercom. Not sure how I will do that yet but it will be brilliant.

Only difference is, I used Slack. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/home-automation-smartkit.909279/post-25561479

Do you use Slack to chat to people in the household?

 

[alqassam]

I already have the camera notification setup for my front beam. People even mock me now and say HA sends me cat pics.

But yeah sending an image is epic, makes it so much easier to know what is going on.

I kinda want to do the same when someone trigger the door bell/intercom. Not sure how I will do that yet but it will be brilliant.

Only difference is, I used Slack. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/home-automation-smartkit.909279/post-25561479

Push Notifications now available!

I did all the above and the service still does not appear. I am running HA 0.103.0. Update: Uninstalled and reinstalled, Cleared data/cache. Works now.

community.home-assistant.io

 

[xrapidx]

I already have the camera notification setup for my front beam. People even mock me now and say HA sends me cat pics.

But yeah sending an image is epic, makes it so much easier to know what is going on.

I kinda want to do the same when someone trigger the door bell/intercom. Not sure how I will do that yet but it will be brilliant.

Only difference is, I used Slack. See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/home-automation-smartkit.909279/post-25561479

I just have a cheap 433mhz door bell, when it's pushed, I get a notification on my phone via the HA app - as well as a message to Telegram, both also give me an option to open the door.

Same camera also does motion... For people loitering around my door.

 

[alqassam]

I just have a cheap 433mhz door bell, when it's pushed, I get a notification on my phone via the HA app - as well as a message to Telegram, both also give me an option to open the door.

Same camera also does motion... For people loitering around my door.

Why not just use the HA notify feature. Goes straight to your home screen. Mine now notified when the gate opens waiting for my camera to come so that I can do the picture as well

Can even set up toggles.