Share your current setup and future plans

gbyleveldt said:
That’s a neat idea. Are you showing the armed state of each zone based on data coming off the panel, or are you showing the armed state per zone manually/programmatically?
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Unfortunately that's manually programmed into Home Assistant around the zone states. I've checked the MQTT for the Paradox alarm and can't seem to find anywhere that it indicates that the zone is armed
 
crashy said:
Unfortunately that's manually programmed into Home Assistant around the zone states. I've checked the MQTT for the Paradox alarm and can't seem to find anywhere that it indicates that the zone is armed
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Hi can you please detail the alarm system you have and what you used to connect it with HA?
 
crashy said:
Unfortunately that's manually programmed into Home Assistant around the zone states. I've checked the MQTT for the Paradox alarm and can't seem to find anywhere that it indicates that the zone is armed
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Yeah, figured as much. Pity though 'cause it would make it a hell of a lot more dynamic
 
gbyleveldt said:
Yeah, figured as much. Pity though 'cause it would make it a hell of a lot more dynamic
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I'll go dig a little deeper and see if it can be done, really agreed dynamically would be much better. i.e. if I override a zone manually then this wont show the picture.
 
giloo777 said:
Hi can you please detail the alarm system you have and what you used to connect it with HA?
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Alarm - Paradox MG5050. Then I have an IP150 module. You can use the other serial one too apparently.
MQTT - You need an MQTT server. This can be installed in HA. Supervisor -> Addon Store -> Mosquito MQTT
Paradox Alarm Interface - This is the GitHub - https://github.com/ParadoxAlarmInterface/pai

Let me know if you need any help on it.
 
So interesting to see the ideas from others here to integrate into our own setups.

Started out with a few smart plugs then just got hooked on home automation. Seems a bit like a permanent project but having fun with it.

Current Setup:
  • Having good networking is key so running EdgeRouter + Unifi Switch + Unifi Nano HD's
  • Home Assistant running on dedicated Intel NUC (started out life as a Hyper V vm)
  • Alarm is Ajax - great app and wire free. Communication to HA is via SIA protocol (can't arm through this though)
  • Cameras are a mix of EufyCam 2 and 2C's (not connected to HA)
  • Victron Solar and Inverter system - data comes through to HA via calls to the Victron API
  • Sonoff POW R2 to control the pool (running stock firmware with local control
  • Sonoff Zigbee bridge + their Zigbee sensors for movement, doors, temp etc
  • Sonoff SVs for garage doors and entrance gate
  • Sonoff Mini's to control interior lights (stock firmware)
  • Qualitel lights for external lights (some flashed with Tasmota, some can't be flashed OTA)
  • Mix of smart plugs with and without power monitoring (all on Tasmota)
  • Xiaomi vacuum/mops for upstairs and downstairs (can't get it talking to HA)
  • HA talking to Apple Home app via HomeBridge
  • Server and other PC start up shutdown via WOL and remote shutdown
  • Connected to Nabu Casa - $5 a month is nothing for all of this functionality
  • Reminders for various things for dog care, done with AppDaemon
  • Pi Zero W using Room Assistant (work in progress - planning to track presence of vehicles via bluetooth)
Smarts/Automations:
  • Three home states to use as booleans for other things: Occupied, Guests, Low Power. These are set using AppDaemon.
  • Put the house in low power when there is load shedding after sunset (no solar power) to conserve batteries. This turns a few things off and shuts down the other servers except for HA.
  • Reminder via app to arm the alarm if the house becomes vacant
  • Automation to maintain bedroom humidity level at night when house is occupied (uses Zigbee temp/humidity sensor and a smart plug)
  • Scheduling of pool done via HA with parameters in the dashboard for start and end time. Also added handy buttons to run scripts which run the pool for X hours.
  • Various light automations on door state or motion changes.
  • Notification if garage doors left open for X amount of time.
  • Turn off all lights when alarm fully armed at night. Turn some lights on if alarm disarmed at night.
  • Set colour of some lights when alarm armed for exterior (helpful reminder to not go outside)
  • A bunch of notifications around the change of the power state during load shedding
  • Presence detection using Unifi integration or zones depending on the person
  • A settings page in the dashboard with a bunch of input booleans/times to easily turn automations on and off without fiddling in the automations
  • A sensor that shows the total runtime for the pool today
  • Scripts which can be called via Siri to depart and arrive (opens/closes gate and garage door)
Things still to do:
  • Figure out why the Xiaomi vacuums can't be added in HA
  • Wait for a better EufyCam integration then get the cameras added
  • Replace all Sonoff Mini's with Sonoff TX light switches
  • Figure out the Victron MQTT thing and switch from the public API endpoint to local
  • Make the runtime of the pool motor smarter to optimise use of solar - skip when cloudy or something similar
  • Better integration to Ajax alarm via their UART bridge
  • Bluetooth tokens in the cars will be used to track their presence via Room Assistant. Ultimate plan is to automatically open the correct garage door triggered by arrival in the home zone.
  • Get more Zigbee bridges as it seems the signal isn't great on the far ones.
  • Manage the bedroom temperature via some kind of aircon control at night.
  • Figure out what to do with the extra Zigbee buttons/motion/door/temp sensors I bought
  • Borrow ideas from other people's setups here!

...and I started out by saying it seemed like a lot of effort to control some lights. Well that's history now!
 
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Chevauxza said:
...and I started out by saying it seemed like a lot of effort to control some lights
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Definitely come a long way from controlling some lights. Nice ideas in here, might copy some! Can you put some pics of your LoveLace UI
 
MDKza said:
Can you explain this setup?
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My guess is an ultrasonic sensor installed on the roof above the car, based on the distance is returns you can tell if a car is under it.
I.e. If it returns 50cm there is a car
I.e. If it returns 200cm there is no car

Also I've seen people with an ultrasonic sensor infront of their car in the garage that turns a light red when the distance is close to tell them that they're at the front of the garage.

Quite easy to setup, the ultrasonic sensor (iirc) is an SR04 and you can connect it to an Esp8266 pretty easily and use EspHome
 
gbyleveldt said:
Sell them to me for cheap. I have an unhealthy obsession with these :D
I have some nice DeskPi enclosures coming in for the ones I have here
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They already in Argon One cases :P

Pity its 1st gen, bought them back when boot from SSD wasn't a thing. Not planning to sell, was actually hoping for other ideas like 3cx PiBX guess Ill just have to hang/browse around :D
 
AlphaJohn said:
They already in Argon One cases :p

Pity its 1st gen, bought them back when boot from SSD wasn't a thing. Not planning to sell, was actually hoping for other ideas like 3cx PiBX guess Ill just have to hang/browse around :D
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Those Argon cases are nice. But yeah, I'm doing the whole SSD thing. Just got it working on a testing setup this weekend, Hassio 64bit build (couldn't get it to work on 32bit).

The shipping date on the DeskPi stuff was delayed with another 2 weeks; I'm getting itchy as I ordered them last month already.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Now I need to find a new use for 3x 4GB Rasberri Pi 4's... Any ideas?
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Ubuntu just announced HA clusters in Micro8s - that's my plan for the various rasps

microk8s.io

High Availability (HA) | Canonical

Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries.
microk8s.io microk8s.io
 
HavocXphere said:
Ubuntu just announced HA clusters in Micro8s - that's my plan for the various rasps

microk8s.io

High Availability (HA) | Canonical

Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries.
microk8s.io microk8s.io
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Now that is using a 10 pound hammer to hit a tack into paper :ROFL:
 
And just like all the weekends plans go down the drain :(

Its a smaller than normal ATX Micro not a ITX Mini :(
 

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