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Hey guys,

I seem to work best when I see what other people have done and then copy/borrow/steal some ideas. Let me know what you have in place, and what you have planned.

My level currently it probably at the "Amateur Enthusiast", and also my automation \ smart home project(s) are still missing the key WAP (Wife Approval Factor) so it's sometimes hard to get ideas into action.

Currently In Place:
General Hardware
- Home Assistant running on an Intel NUC on Hyper-V
- Paradox MG5050 Alarm with IP150 module (and integrated into Home Assistant)
- Ubiquiti Unifi -> CloudKey 1, USG, 24 Port POE Switch, multiple AC AP's (and integrated into Home Assistant)
- Blue Iris software running 5 IP Cameras (and integrated into Home Assistant)
- Samsung Galaxy Tablet (which I am planning on mounting somewhere inside to run Home Assistant)

Smart Stuff:
- The Garage Door is operated by a Paradox 2WPGM - This can be done via either the Paradox remotes, or by Home Assistant
- The Garage motion sensor also activates a Sonoff Basic in the garage to turn the garage light on when motion is detected (i.e. when I walk into the garage) and it will turn off after 5 minutes.
- I have 3 spotlights in the garden that each have their own Sonoff Basic that will turn on at night and off in the morning
- I have a borehole and a water tank, I'm have an ESP8266 and a distance sensor measuring the water level in the tank, and I've made a flow sensor (on the same ESP8266) but need to cut the pipe and install it.

List of things to do:
- Pool pump on a Sonoff POW R2 - I actually hooked this up the other day, but after completing it I touched the pool box and got shocked. Back to manual.
- Irrigation - This is my next project. I have a 8 channel relay board (hopefully arriving today) and will connect it to an ESP8266\ESP32 to turn on \ off my existing sprinkler valves. Will also be adding a Nextion display to this when I can find one so that it can be operated manually (if required)
- Light switches - Goes without saying but over time I'll be replacing the light switches with smart switches, but this really isn't a priority for me.
- Intercom - My current video doorbell broke, and it's on my todo list to get sorted. Ideally I want someone to push the buzzer and my tablet or phone will ring and be able to open the gate.

Think that's me, I've also done some Node-RED automations to do some notifications etc

Crash.
 
Do you pay the monthly sucasa fee for tasmota devices on HA or are you running stock firmware?
 
crashy said:
I haven't actually tasmota'd anything, all stock.
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and no issues with integrating Sonoffs into HA?

I plan on doing all my light switches in the coming weeks and need advice
Will probably setup HA on a RPI 3 and stock firmware on Sonoffs
 
BBC said:
and no issues with integrating Sonoffs into HA?

I plan on doing all my light switches in the coming weeks and need advice
Will probably setup HA on a RPI 3 and stock firmware on Sonoffs
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The Sonoff's are integrated into HA through Ewelink. So in my HA config is my Ewelink details. I followed this tutorial -
 
crashy said:
The Sonoff's are integrated into HA through Ewelink. So in my HA config is my Ewelink details. I followed this tutorial -
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Ditto, folowed him back in the day.

Have since changed my config yaml to read Local on sonoff and removed them off the internet still stock, still kicking.

Installed Zerotier on HassIO and used a Private VLan with 2 step authentication. So can now access it from anywhere Like here at the office:

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AlphaJohn said:
Ditto, folowed him back in the day.

Have since changed my config yaml to read Local on sonoff and removed them off the internet still stock, still kicking.

Installed Zerotier on HassIO and used a Private VLan with 2 step authentication. So can now access it from anywhere Like here at the office:

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Interesting

So no need to flash those Sonoff units? Also - I assume Zerotier is similar to Hamachi/Teamviewer? Are your Sonoffs still connected to Ewelink if the LAN capability is off?
 
AlphaJohn said:
Installed Zerotier on HassIO and used a Private VLan with 2 step authentication. So can now access it from anywhere Like here at the office:
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Nice one. Haven't heard of ZeroTier, in terms of remote access I'm using port forwarding through my Unifi gear
 
Mista_Mobsta said:
Interesting

So no need to flash those Sonoff units? Also - I assume Zerotier is similar to Hamachi/Teamviewer? Are your Sonoffs still connected to Ewelink if the LAN capability is off?
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Nope, they have no internet access, but that is mainly because my ISP decided to give me a reason to work offline.

Build a dash in Hass IO for my home Tablet as well to be able to quickly turn things on/off as well as monitor Alarm status and if doors are open and so on:
 
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AlphaJohn said:
Ditto, folowed him back in the day.

Have since changed my config yaml to read Local on sonoff and removed them off the internet still stock, still kicking.

Installed Zerotier on HassIO and used a Private VLan with 2 step authentication. So can now access it from anywhere Like here at the office:

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So can be stock and still off internet?
 
adielk said:
So can be stock and still off internet?
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Yep Alex covers this on his site https://github.com/AlexxIT/SonoffLAN/tree/v2.3.1#local-mode-with-load-config-from-cloud

You can use Local mode with load from config to get all devices in automatically and then turn off their internet or add em all manually in your config or as in my case add 1st lot automatically, and manual for devices that follow.

The devices I added after I switched off the internet, I normally use my test Wifi access point at work to do 1st connect and Software update (The Wifi SSID and pass is set the same as my IoT AP at home). I then grab their devicekey at same time. <-- This way I know the device works fine is up to date and easier to set-up once I am at home.

Back home I just add the devicekey into configuration.yaml and restart HassIO and presto... new Sonoff entity with no access to Internet and no flashing needed.
 
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Home automation on a budget ...
Raspberry PI running Home Assistant and MQTT broker.
ESP8266 monitoring alarm panel and sending MQTT updates.
Old netbook with usb-dvr dongle connected to the front door peephole camera.
There is also a script monitoring my wifi router for connected devices.
 
Getting a new mini server hopefully tomorrow....which will be doing loads of things.

On IoT side:
  • I've got 2x ESP32s and 2x ESP8266 that I haven't tried programming yet
  • Handful of raspberry pis
  • Handful of sensor kits. Will probably stick the easier ones (temp etc) onto the ESPs and the more complicated on the raspberrys
  • Set up a raspberry with an ADS-B receiver to get a flightradar24 business sub
  • Handful of wifi lights that need to be moved to home assistant
  • Want to get the particle sensor hooked up to the air purifier so that it kicks in when levels rise.
  • Want to set up a pi cam that streams a video feed
  • Handful of smart plugs to monitor energy usage
  • Set up a prometheus & grafana stack for all of the above.
  • Also want to try running a PXE server combined with powerline adapters to get around the reliance on flakey SD cards for the raspberries.
I've got all the kit already and have attempted most of that in some shape already, but just moved into a new place so need to pull it all together. Will probably take a while because IoT isn't top priority right now. Firewall and other slightly more core infra stuff first.
 
HavocXphere said:
  • Set up a raspberry with an ADS-B receiver to get a flightradar24 business sub
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The netbook I mentioned in my post above also has an rtl-sdr dongle for monitoring aircraft transponders. We are a couple of friends that share the data between us and don't upload to flightradar24. We use Virtual Radar configured with our stations.
 
I have most if not all the the switches and sensors I need for now.

Currently have:
  • Loads of Sonoff Basic switches on most devices.
  • Sonoff POW 2's on my main outlets to see power consumption.
  • 2 x Shelly 1 buttons for bedside lamps
  • Couple of Connex Lights (Tuya) Got them for R120 when they where still cheap.
  • Paradox Alarm + IP150
  • Swamp Cooler's, TV's, HiFi and Soundbar controlled by 2 x Broadlink RM4 Mini's
  • 2 x Sonoff TH16's to get Humidity and temp readings in order to automate Swamp coolers.
  • Color Led Strip for "Mood Lighting"
  • Cheap 10" wall mounted Android tablet wall mounted with a cheap bracket to remove if I want. Had a 2 way switch that I removed and replaced with Transformer for tablet so it can charge/have power.
  • 2 X Google Nest mini (Used for Entertainment & lights)

Future plans:
Maybe wanna get a Lenovo Smart Clock of the bedroom still debating the need for a Google 7 or 10" hub in the kitchen.
My only real plan is to change my HassIO dash for a better look. Planing on doing something similar to this. Just did not have the time yet.
Also need to do more automatons but they only happen as time goes on and I can get my life pattern down.
 
Yoh, guys have nice setups here. My installation is still fluid; I'm lacking creative inspiration :D Most integrations are done so next step is to make it a bit prettier.

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Currently setup:
- HA loaded on an Pi 4, 4GB; I'm waiting for the DeskPi enclosures and SSD to finish that up properly. I'm not keen on running off SD Card permanently
- Nabu Casa cloud integration. Yes, I know there's free methods to do this but I have no problem paying the $5 monthly amount to support the HA development team. It's also simple and easy
- Sonoff Tx light switches throughout the house (Tasmotized)
- Sonoff SV's on both gates and garage doors (ESPHome on Garage, Tasmota on gates)
- Sonoff Duals for outside wall lighting and flood lights (Tasmotized, controlled using the sun up and sunset automations)
- Sonoff TH16 for outside temps, humidity, etc
- Various Qualitel RGBWW globes in living areas for mood lighting (Tasmotized)
- Various Qualitel Power monitoring switched plugs for fridges and freezers (Tasmotized). These switch off when there's load shedding and inverter battery level drops below 50%
- Broadlink RMPro's for Aircons, TVs, etc
- Echo Dots in living/kitchen areas and Echo Show in main Bedroom
- Paradox integration with Pi Zero W and PAI
- Goodwe 5kW ES inverter with custom driver directly from inverter (not from cloud)
- Blue Iris, with integration for serving up camera streams to HA (work in progress). Next step is to get Deepstack AI working for object detection/differentiation. This will arm at night when the Paradox panel is armed and using Deepstack it can ignore dogs but trigger when it detects People or Cars. Much less prone to nuisance alarms (in theory, I need to test this)
- Various Reolink 5MP and Vivotek 1MP cameras around the house
- Old iPad in Kitchen for weather data, cameras looking at gates and inverter metrics. Still a work in progress but I've already ordered a cheap bigger Teclast tablet for this purpose. When I get that I'll 3D print a nice frame for this to be mounted properly.
- Unifi AP's, USG, Cloudkey and USW main network. Cheap Scoop PoE switches for the cameras. Camera and main network airgapped at the BI server with dual network card. Have I mentioned I just love BI?

To still do:
- Patio GU10 RGBW downlights
- Sonoff Dual at pool pump (I know how much this draws so no need for power monitoring). This needs to run on a timer, but also have an automation in place that looks at the hourly weather forecast. If it's cloudy, then don't run; I want all available power to charge batteries if they not full yet.
- Replace Geaserwise controller for EV Solar system with Sonoff/Contactor. I also want to replace the 3kW element with a 2kW one and switch that on during the day if there's excess solar available.

Whew, this is the first time I actually put my thinking on paper :D
 
sonoff basic for my router,
would love to figure out the tasmoto firmware, but not sure if mine will work, one needs to solder on pins to load it.

using ewelink at the moment.
 
eg2505 said:
sonoff basic for my router,
would love to figure out the tasmoto firmware, but not sure if mine will work, one needs to solder on pins to load it.

using ewelink at the moment.
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Sonoff Basics can be flashed with Tasmota. I have a few in the cupboard that I've not put to use yet.
 
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