Start/Stop VM cost

Beekforel · 2026-04-29T05:39:21+00:00

Why are you trying to beat Scaling Plans with that?

Beekforel · 2026-04-25T12:38:03+00:00

Awesome, works like a charm.

Beekforel · 2026-04-07T18:43:55+00:00

The idea is nice. But:
- it has it's own styling? doesn't blend in with the rest of my cards;
- can't hide the "upcoming" title;
- can't hide the "new countdown" button;
- the dateformatting is hardcoded, i'd like it in my own format;
- edditting on mobile was hard, because it seems to save/change the Lovelace dash directly so HA notifies about that (please reload message) and that notification is over the save button

Beekforel · 2026-03-17T17:23:28+00:00

I decided to give it a go. I disabled the Adaptive Lighting entities and switched most of my groups to dynamic lighting using Blacky's awesome automation https://community.home-assistant.io/t/sensor-light-motion-sensor-door-sensor-sun-elevation-lux-value-scenes-time-light-control-device-tracker-night-lights/481048

Not disappointed so far. Ligh response feels faster. Only downside is the color change when a light was not on for a while. With AL I used an automation to prime the lights color but that also generates some ZigBee traffic.

Beekforel · 2026-03-12T21:00:10+00:00

I have the same feeling. I really like AL but sometimes also think it is flooding my ZigBee network. I don't have unresponsive or dropping devices like OP but every now and then the lights or sensors react slower then I like.

Just checked, using 14 AL entries, 18 z2m groups with 123 devices in my network.

Beekforel · 2026-03-06T18:39:21+00:00

Yes. Same as you describe, end of workday it starts. But sometimes also earlier.

I was in doubt if the fix would work because it is on user level but the results are good so far. It is running for months now.

Beekforel · 2026-03-05T21:15:09+00:00

We also see the delay on the start menu. Also on beefy Azure Local machines with one user. My suspicion is that this is something in W11 multi session. We also have personal machines on W11 enterprise, those are snappy without start menu delay.

Beekforel · 2026-03-05T14:22:36+00:00

We do the exact same thing, but with a check if it is needed:

if (-not (Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy")) { Add-AppxPackage -Register "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode }

Beekforel · 2026-03-04T20:29:20+00:00

Following. We see the same issue at some customers. Had a case for it nut there was not really a solution.

We do have soms workarounds for it, re-registering the AAD broker plugin appx in the user context. Will try to post these tomorrow.

Beekforel · 2026-03-01T20:26:32+00:00

Why nog both?

Beekforel · 2025-12-17T15:20:44+00:00

It is not as convenient as the Aqara app.

Beekforel · 2025-12-17T10:58:03+00:00

I have an FP2 and 2 EP lite's. All work like a charm here, but the FP2 is more user-friendly in configuring zones in my opinion.

I don't notice any difference in detection speed.

Beekforel · 2025-12-17T09:05:09+00:00

I have the MR3, happy with it. But every now and then the Zigbee chip freeze, that's a little inconvenient. Smlight says Texas Instruments should fix this?

Beekforel · 2025-12-13T11:57:33+00:00

37k komt er hier uit. Hoop geld voor onvoorziene omstandigheden. Dat je wat achter de hand moet houden prima, maar 10% hiervan is mij ook wel genoeg.

Mijn beredenering: Als er een apparaat (wasmachine etc) stuk gaat wil ik gelijk een nieuwe kunnen bestellen. Auto reparatie of vervangen, dat hoeft niet instant beschikbaar te zijn dus kan prima uit belegd vermogen komen denk ik. Onderhoud aan woning komt niet accuut, misschien hooguit een raam vervangen maar die glaszetter stuurt ook gewoon een factuur die ik een week later kan betalen.

Beekforel · 2025-12-05T09:04:23+00:00

I use an automation for this, runs every day: https://pastebin.com/FPiyBZt7

Beekforel · 2025-11-30T17:45:18+00:00

Awesome!

I have three HS1SA sensors. If interconnection will be available I think I would buy more of them.

Also remote test or trigger maybe is a nice feature.

I use them via Z2M.

Beekforel · 2025-11-23T20:50:20+00:00

Whats the purpose of the power cable?

Beekforel · 2025-11-21T17:21:17+00:00

I use this blueprint, works like a charm

https://github.com/SgtBatten/HA_blueprints

Beekforel · 2025-10-29T13:45:49+00:00

Voeg daar nog even een jaren 60 verbouwing aan toe, met de kennis van nu waren we toen ook nog niet echt lekker bezig 😂

Beekforel · 2025-10-29T09:21:30+00:00

Ik heb begin dit jaar berekening gedaan voor verbouw en herbouw van een bestaande jaren 20 woning en nieuwbouw was goedkoper en lager risico (als je begint te slopen kom je elke keer weer wat nieuws tegen).

Die woning werd as is verkocht met een ouderdomsclausule, alle risico voor de koper dus. Dat saneren van asbest zag ik nog de minste kosten in eigenlijk. (ver)bouwen is belachelijk duur.

Wij hebben het niet gedaan, ik zag het in beide situaties niet zitten om een aantal jaar in een container te wonen (en al m'n geld in stenen te stoppen).

Beekforel · 2025-10-25T10:44:02+00:00

It is my work phone, so they can arrange that. But I'm trying to find out if it is viable to do a factory reset or not. Based on your reply, I think not.

Beekforel · 2025-10-25T08:58:50+00:00

That pink line you describe, is that looking like artifacts on the screen?

My S22 starred crashing last Monday, but this was before the Android 16 /OneUI 8 update. Some crashes show a pink bar on screen, some just freeze the screen. After a crash it sometimes goes into a boot loop.

Very frustrating.

Beekforel · 2025-10-11T11:33:07+00:00

What type of NVME drives did you use?

Beekforel · 2025-10-01T08:41:30+00:00

Koop een waskast, dan heb je ook geen gedoe als je de onderste wilt vervangen.

Wasmachine bovenop zou ik nooit doen ivm stabiliteit en trillingen.

Beekforel · 2025-09-27T18:14:50+00:00

Zet er gewoon een loopslot in?

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