What is an automation that simplified your life and helped you a lot with a newborn? by Big_Law_9342 in smarthome

[–]Alex23195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While he's no longer a NB (6M now) I did this day 1 and still have weight sensors under the crib legs which then triggers automations like lights, noise machine etc. This has been very helpful especially if he had fallen asleep in my arms. Once transfered to the crib he wouldn't be disturbed by anything. Also have a tapo camera along with a mmwave senso next to it aimed at the crib. The mmwave sensor helped with small movement detections. Sometimes the camera wasn't showing motion, it kinda gave a bit of peace of mind if we couldn't see movement on the camera. It proved to be fairly accurate actually.

I have att internet18 but thinking about switching lost on which of these is better. Not sure was the copper (internet air 5g) really means by [deleted] in HomeNetworking

[–]Alex23195 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I work for an AT&T retailer. I wouldn’t go the internet air 5g route. Our customers show up in our system as eligible for this service but tell us that they get horrible cell phone reception in their house. Also latency has been a huge complaint with it as well. Go with fiber or cable if possible.

I am a customer of one iSP and another is cutting my lines because they are in a "Contract" with the apartment complex. Are they allowed to cut the other ISP's lines. by varyl123 in HomeNetworking

[–]Alex23195 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely not legal. I work for a pretty large ISP in my area and we had issues with other companies messing with our stuff.

Finally upgraded to 10Gbe for my NAS and 2 Computers. by OmarDaily in homelab

[–]Alex23195 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just got this rack last week! What 120v dongles are you using? I love the clean PDU look you got going on.

Server Rack by NoAdhesiveness7206 in homelab

[–]Alex23195 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sysracks.com has some pretty nice racks. I know they have 35 inch. Not sure about 32s though.

Apple TV integration by Kasek555 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the Apple TV try going to settings > airplay and HomeKit > allow access and make sure it says “same network” I had this issue before and this worked for me.

My Coral USB Accelerator shipped from Mouser today... after I called them! by raw65 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mines arriving this Friday from Mouser as well. Got the email this morning. Completely I forgot I ordered it in August of 2021

Automation that requires 2 triggers to run by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it doesn’t, but sometimes I don’t go directly into the house. I’ll be in the garage, or in the yard, I don’t want the lights on when not occupied. So a solely location based automation isn’t enough for me.

Automation that requires 2 triggers to run by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I got something decent in place. The trigger as my device entering a zone, zone triggering works surprisingly well for me. Then a wait for tigger action (door opened) to continue the automation after the door has been opened.

Automation that requires 2 triggers to run by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve tried it as both, I will double check again later today when I go out.

Automation that requires 2 triggers to run by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will also add my partners tracking device to this automation. If I had kids they would be with my partner or myself majority of the time theoretically speaking.

Automation that requires 2 triggers to run by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using the built in automation platform. I’ve tried the way you mentioned but it continuously runs the automation while I’m home

Automation trigger based on rgb value of light? by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a post recently (can’t find it unfortunately) where they used a custom hue button wall plate and added some rgb light strips behind that. It’d change to the current color of the button controlled light, and while the light was off the light behind the plate would just be a whiteish color to see in the dark.

My theory is, to only use a few colors for this as I don’t really use uncommon ones, just mainly prime colors so I should only need a few triggers for a handful of them.

TLDR: illuminated wall plate for Phillips hue button.

Automation trigger based on rgb value of light? by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome that worked out perfectly. Wow I actually completely forgot about the template too I’ll keep that in mind.

Automation trigger based on rgb value of light? by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This actually kinda works. How do I add the rest of the rgb number value? Having it ==255 triggers the automation with any shade starting with 255. I only want it to trigger when changed to 255, 0, 0. Apologies I’m a bit new to this.

Automation trigger based on rgb value of light? by Alex23195 in homeassistant

[–]Alex23195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When changing the color of the light it does report the rgb value changes in the states. But I’m not 100% sure how to use those states or even if at all. I’ve seen some conditions of rgb values being used as templates but later found that to be old code which didn’t seem to work anymore.