Recommendations for Geyser controller(s) - HK or HB capable

SauRoNZA said:
Yes you add a "virtual bridge" for Home Assistant exactly like you do with Homebridge (it's literally running Homebridge for you in HA) and any devices you then push to that virtual bridge that are supported by Homekit will show up. (See screenshot I have 56 devices in Homekit that come from Home Assistant).

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You could leave them there or you could move them, choice is really yours at the end of the day.

You'll find Home Assistant has far more extensibility in this regard and can add many conditions to things that make your life easier once you figure it out as there is a bit of a learning curve.

Example for instance is I have an automation that will run my Geyser for only an hour if I turn it on after dark. This is impossible to setup in HomeKit.
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okay i'm sold.

So what do i need to buy? I assume an appliance-like PC to run Home Asst with 16GB RAM, Intel or AMD CPU and around 1TB storage?

Also people here have mentioned Solar Assistant - is there any value to that on a separate Pi connected to the com-port of my Sunsynk? (the installer left me a cable connected to the Sunsynk's serial port incase i needed anything in future like smart home stuff etc)
 
neoprema said:
okay i'm sold.

So what do i need to buy? I assume an appliance-like PC to run Home Asst with 16GB RAM, Intel or AMD CPU and around 1TB storage?

Also people here have mentioned Solar Assistant - is there any value to that on a separate Pi connected to the com-port of my Sunsynk? (the installer left me a cable connected to the Sunsynk's serial port incase i needed anything in future like smart home stuff etc)
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Nah nothing that hardcore.

I run it on an old Google Chromebox with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD, many others run it on a Raspberry Pi quite happily. But ultimately something you will be happy to leave on 24/7.

Home Assistant have their own pre-boxed hardware these days which is also compact and solid but I think probably expensive to get over the seas and in your hands but might be an avenue.

www.home-assistant.io

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The easy-to-use, versatile, and trustworthy smart home hub for everyone.
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I personally didn't see value in running yet another device for Solar Assistant that needs to be powered and managed etc but others do. However in my case my server rack and Inverter are maybe 20m apart so it was a simple Ethernet cable with USB adaptor to make it happen and tap directly into it.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Nah nothing that hardcore.

I run it on an old Google Chromebox with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD, many others run it on a Raspberry Pi quite happily. But ultimately something you will be happy to leave on 24/7.

Home Assistant have their own pre-boxed hardware these days which is also compact and solid but I think probably expensive to get over the seas and in your hands but might be an avenue.

www.home-assistant.io

Home Assistant Green

The easy-to-use, versatile, and trustworthy smart home hub for everyone.
www.home-assistant.io www.home-assistant.io

I personally didn't see value in running yet another device for Solar Assistant that needs to be powered and managed etc but others do. However in my case my server rack and Inverter are maybe 20m apart so it was a simple Ethernet cable with USB adaptor to make it happen and tap directly into it.
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Yeah so my problem is the Susynk and its cable are around 5 rooms/100m from where the main network is run from and where the Home Asst would sit. So don't know how to bridge that without running yet another Ethernet cable run lol...

there is however a Ubiquity hard-wired AP right near the Sunsynk,.
 
neoprema said:
Yeah so my problem is the Susynk and its cable are around 5 rooms/100m from where the main network is run from and where the Home Asst would sit. So don't know how to bridge that without running yet another Ethernet cable run lol...

there is however a Ubiquity hard-wired AP right near the Sunsynk,.
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If you have (or can get) the solarman dongle it integrates to HA wirelessly
 
Speedster said:
If you have (or can get) the solarman dongle it integrates to HA wirelessly
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if I'm gonna spend money on that, is not just an option then to buy a SA license, set it up on a Pi i already have thats on the Wifi network, and then export to Home Assistant? I think i read SA can export to Home Asst.
 
neoprema said:
there is however a Ubiquity hard-wired AP right near the Sunsynk,.
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Depending on model it might be an option to daisy-chain but I'm not sure if a switch interface in the middle would cause crap as it's not ethernet technically just a wire interface.
 
Which device do you use for Homebridge? You could use the same device to install Home Assistant.
 
neoprema said:
Yeah so my problem is the Susynk and its cable are around 5 rooms/100m from where the main network is run from and where the Home Asst would sit. So don't know how to bridge that without running yet another Ethernet cable run lol...

there is however a Ubiquity hard-wired AP right near the Sunsynk,.
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You can connect your Sunsynk inverter to Home Assistant wirelessly using the included WiFi dongle. Here's a link to a helpful setup guide.


 
Ma’bad said:
You can connect your Sunsynk inverter to Home Assistant wirelessly using the included WiFi dongle. Here's a link to a helpful setup guide.


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Awesome thanks!

I just bought a solar assistant license too to play with but it won't connect to my Sunsynk using the cable th supplier gave me :( (See my other post)
 
neoprema said:
A Raspberry Pi 5 with 256GB SD. I thought HA would need more power?
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Home Assistant is compatible with a Raspberry Pi 3, so you can definitely run it on your Raspberry Pi 5, which has more power and capability. However, I’m not sure if a specific version designed for the Pi 5 has been released yet.
 
Hi Neoprama I have Geyserwise in line controller for one geyser. TouchPad to set temperature and time. Never used it as i have the BCI controller on my geyser.
If interested pm me.
 
Here's the automation that I use to turn on our outside fridges (also Non Essential) for 2 hours after load shedding.
It uses the grid status from the inverter instead of a load shedding schedule as this is too erratic IMO.
You could modify this to use with your geyser/s

YAML:
YAML: 
alias: Outside Fridges on after load shedding
description: Runs for 2 hours
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.grid_connected_status
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
    id: grid_on
  - platform: event
    event_type: timer.finished
    event_data:
      entity_id: timer.fridge_plugs
    id: timer_finished
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: "16:00:00"
    before: "08:00:00"
    weekday:
      - sun
      - sat
      - fri
      - thu
      - wed
      - tue
      - mon
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - grid_on
        sequence:
          - service: timer.start
            target:
              entity_id: timer.fridge_plugs
            data: {}
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.outside_fridges_plug
            data: {}
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - timer_finished
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: switch.outside_fridges_plug
            data: {}
mode: single

I've then got a nice HACS frontend card, called a circular-timer-card which counts down the runtime of the fridges. You can also manually start/pause/cancel the timer from within the card


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Bumping this as it’s been 2 years.

Does anyone know of Matter supported geyser timers at all?
 
So the below (with a Matter relay) would work.

Maybe with a Shelly Matter supported relay

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