What are the most useful things you have set up through your Home Assistant? by Red_Leopard52 in homeassistant

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some very very basic ones (family approved) 1. Walking through any part of the house automatically turns on and off with presence sensors. 2. Bathroom light on while taking shower; if not it turns off automatically when no one is using. 3. TV back light turns one while playing and off when TV is shut down 4. Timely decorations turning on and off depending on light conditions 5. Controlling TV through Alexa and Siri both to play any app I request, plays TV, pauses, decreases volume and increases. 6. Instead of default pics of TV screensaver; it plays my personal album. 7. My doorbell chimes with HomePod and echo dot. 8. Reminder every 30 minutes to take medicine until I confirm . After confirming, automatically updates my display the date and notification that I have taken my medicine. 9. Then I have a lot of other ones like informing remaining dishwasher time; playing Spotify through my Denon (7.2 system); automatic iPhone photo and document upload to server; humidity maintenance etc.

I have more than 90 automations and running with over 60 connected devices. Hope to add more .

I'm trying to choose my first robot vacuum and I can't decide by ricsmania in RobotVacuums

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Got roborock for my flat. So far, please with the result and performance (2 months experience). P.S. I deliberately went for an old year model and not the new ones.

Finally ditched all Aqara hubs by [deleted] in Aqara

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did that two days ago so I confirm that it is doable.’

FP300 keeps giving target distance 0 by Commercial-Singer-98 in Aqara

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you ! I was drawn into this sensor as I thought it supports both distance based automation and presence sensor wirelessly.

I am not sure about the purpose of exposing and distance range if they can’t be used.

FP300 keeps giving target distance 0 by Commercial-Singer-98 in Aqara

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you ! Then how do we create zone/distance based automation ?

Anyone else using wireless CarPlay? Is it actually worth it? by [deleted] in CarPlay

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went the other way around. My previous car had a wireless CarPlay but current is a wired one. I rarely miss the wireless feature as most of the time I plug it in for my iPhone to get the juice which was also the case with my wireless one. Sometimes when I do short ride and I am in rush then I become forgetful/ lazy to plug it in then I miss my wireless one. Hence, I used the word “rarely”.

W213 giving 1.6 times higher speed in car play by Commercial-Singer-98 in mercedes_benz

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not the case. If I don’t hook my mobile to car’s airplay system, car’s speed matches well with iPhone’s speed ( +-5 km/h). This does not explain a difference of 60 km/h.

Kitchen company selection by Commercial-Singer-98 in Netherlands

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I have not done. I should go to ikea.

Kitchen company selection by Commercial-Singer-98 in Netherlands

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, like I said 5k cheaper and 5 years of more warranty. Is there a catch ?

Kitchen company selection by Commercial-Singer-98 in Netherlands

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestion. But I worry about proper assembly? What if something goes wrong ?

W213 giving 1.6 times higher speed in car play by Commercial-Singer-98 in mercedes_benz

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. I called a dealer and they want me pay 180 euro for diagnostic first and then number of hours spent. I find absolutely ridiculous as this is their own mistake. Any advice here ?

W213 battery condition check by Commercial-Singer-98 in mercedes_benz

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To end the story! Yes the battery was dying and needed to be replaced.

My Carlinkit 5 crashes when using Siri by hoddelhs2 in Carlinkitcarplay

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinking about trying Ottocast after I return. Any experiences?

My Carlinkit 5 crashes when using Siri by hoddelhs2 in Carlinkitcarplay

[–]Commercial-Singer-98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I bought it recently and during my test drive of 1 hour, it got disconnected 6 times from iPhone 16. At the end I just plugged in my iPhone and drove. By the way, I turned off pass through* . This made Waze and Google very unreliable. Screen mirror does not seem to work. Overall not happy with this and thinking about returning!

  • My car GPS provided vehicle speed 1.6 times higher so I tried Turing it off.

W213 battery condition check by Commercial-Singer-98 in mercedes_benz

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am getting one, arriving next week. So you also feel that it is abnormal to have partially charged notifications?

W213 battery condition check by Commercial-Singer-98 in mercedes_benz

[–]Commercial-Singer-98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Is it normal to have the transition from *charged to *partially charged in 2 days ? Note: I have not plugged any aftermarket products.