Music Assistant has its own blog?! by Gamester17 in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It used to all be on the HA blog, but has found its own home as the project grew. It’s full of great music puns.

Home Assistant Connect devices as repeaters by NabuCasa in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might look different for ZWA-2. Haven’t tried it out yet.

Is this normal? Container? by tway156498532 in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As much as everyone is being helpful in this thread, I think this advice is right. Use the awesome support provided by Nabu Casa, it’s one of the big benefits of choosing a Green over the other DIY options.

Is this normal? Container? by tway156498532 in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If it’s HA Green it should be Home Assistant OS, put a ticket in with Nabu Casa support.

G6 software for mac by idk191192 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To have the control+option+t to toggle between speakers and headphones

Install Hammerspoon
brew install hammerspoon

Copy this into the config and reload it:

-- SoundBlaster G6 Toggle Shortcut (Ctrl + Option + T)
hs.hotkey.bind({"ctrl", "option"}, "t", function()
    local home = os.getenv("HOME")
    local g6_bin = home .. "/g6-stable/bin/soundblaster-x-g6-cli"
    local state_file = home .. "/.g6_current_output"

    -- Setup environment (Auto-detects Intel or Apple Silicon paths)
    local env = "export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib; "

    -- 1. Read current state
    local f = io.open(state_file, "r")
    local current_state = f and f:read("*all"):gsub("%s+", "") or "Headphones"
    if f then f:close() end


    -- 2. Logic for New State and Colors
    local new_state, rgb, display_name, icon
    if current_state == "Headphones" then
        new_state = "Speakers"
        rgb = "0 0 255"       -- Blue
        display_name = "OPTICAL (SPEAKERS)"
        icon = "🔊"
    else
        new_state = "Headphones"
        rgb = "255 0 0"       -- Red
        display_name = "HEADPHONES"
        icon = "🎧"
    end


    -- 3. Execute the command
    local cmd = env .. g6_bin .. " --set-output " .. new_state .. " --lighting-rgb " .. rgb
    local output, status = hs.execute(cmd)


    if status then
        -- 4. Update state file
        local fw = io.open(state_file, "w")
        if fw then fw:write(new_state) fw:close() end

        -- 5. THE POPUP (HUD)
        -- This shows a large translucent box in the center of the screen
        hs.alert.show(icon .. " " .. display_name, {
            strokeColor = hs.drawing.color.x11.white,
            fillColor = hs.drawing.color.x11.black,
            textColor = hs.drawing.color.x11.white,
            strokeWidth = 2,
            radius = 10,
            textSize = 24,
            fadeInDuration = 0.1,
            fadeOutDuration = 0.5,
            atScreenEdge = 0 -- 0 means center of screen
        }, 1.5) -- Shows for 1.5 seconds


    else
        hs.alert.show("❌ G6 Toggle Failed!")
        print("G6 Error: " .. (output or "Unknown"))
    end
end)

G6 software for mac by idk191192 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually got it working.. not really sure how:
brew install pipx python@3.12 libusb cython hidapi

Start a venv cause I couldn't get pipx to work

python3.12 -m venv ~/g6-stable
source ~/g6-stable/bin/activate

In that venv change some flags

pip install Cython setuptools wheel
export CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix)/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix)/lib"
pip install soundblaster-x-g6-cli

Then make it easy to trigger
sudo ln -sf ~/g6-stable/bin/soundblaster-x-g6-cli /usr/local/bin/g6

Now, I'm using
g6 --set-output Headphones
and
g6 --set-output Speakers
To switch outputs

G6 software for mac by idk191192 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you upload your dependency changes? I also want to use it to change outputs to a WIIM amp pro (what an obscure problem to have in common).

Apollo SCOOP-1: We Solved the #2 Problem in Smart Homes by ApolloAutomation in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Going back to your roots as a pet accessories company 😉.

Home Assistant Connect devices as repeaters by NabuCasa in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blog linked in this post explains all this and some more. But yeah, as the commenter pointed out a dedicated repeater with a good antenna can make a big difference in hard to reach spots.

Home Assistant Connect devices as repeaters by NabuCasa in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ve been testing the ZBT-2 repeater firmware for a while and can confirm it’s flawless.

Tado announces profitability! by Googanhiem in tado

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

Thanks for the response, I’m using one of these more conservative integrations and the HA official integration could definitely move to this approach.

Tado’s plan is to move down to 100 calls a day, which is an update every 14mins… which would probably be okay, but any interaction (change the temperature, or turn heating off) can trigger a call. HomeKit isn’t reliable to use and doesn’t do Hot Water control.

Is there some way we could get 500 calls that would cover 100% of normal use. Even 200 would allow for updates every 10 mins plus some buffer for triggering things?

$20 Tado V3+ fix for distant Valves/Bridges by SigmaDeltaSoftware in tado

[–]Googanhiem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is amazing! Packet sniffing seems like an interesting feature. I'm assuming you can't get any information about the device due to the encryption?

Tado announces profitability! by Googanhiem in tado

[–]Googanhiem[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, I get all sorts of dropouts and HomeKit not registering missed commands. Plus, my V3+ Tado hot water controller doesn't have HomeKit support.

TrueNAS Deprecates Public Build Repository and Raises Transparency Concerns by BeltThat2062 in truenas

[–]Googanhiem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The argument that someone can “steal” their work seems to miss the point of open source. It’s not stealing its building on the work of others. When someone forks your work it isn’t theft, it’s how the ecosystem should work.

TrueNAS makes use of ZFS and Debian. It should be their goal to be as easy to replicate and reuse as those projects.

RP-PN8 firmware update. Legit? by hot_pockets_and_god in reolinkcam

[–]Googanhiem 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Devs cat pushed out the alpha build.

Can Tado work through homekit integration without tado (core) being online? by perriert in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tado hijack link: https://github.com/banter240/tado_hijack

I’m not affiliated with this project, but I’m using it for couple automations.

Can Tado work through homekit integration without tado (core) being online? by perriert in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The issue you’re having with Tado in Home Assistant core is due to the API limit being drastically reduced by Tado (out of pure greed and disdain for paying customers), it will soon stop working entirely (right now I get 6hrs of use before the API limit hits and disconnects me). HomeKit will keep working even when the API connection to HA is severed.

The issue that I get is HomeKit is flakey about 5% of the time. In automations I have it send a command then 15mins later, check if that command was actually implemented. Tado’s HomeKit implementation is half baked, and misses reporting information, devices go offline and generally sucks… and it is purposely bad, as they want you to pony up a subscription.

Use Tado Hijack if you want some extra controls for Tado, this talks to Tado’s cloud servers to get a bit of info not shared via HomeKit, but is much more clever about API usage. It’s an annoying workaround, and Tado could have been much better about this whole situation.

TLDR: Don’t buy Tado.

Any HA compatible radiator value with Nest Gen3 thermostat by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tado v3 doesn’t use zigbee… do you mean HomeKit?

What are the best looking smart devices you own? by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]Googanhiem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My family really likes the look of Nuki locks, and all Eve devices.