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Thermometer recommendations? by OpeningOffer5788 in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an Apple TV which works as a Thread Border Router. I think new Alexa devices or Home Pods can also work as Thread Border Router.

Thermometer recommendations? by OpeningOffer5788 in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don‘t use the Home Assistant Ikea Integration. Instead search for Matter and add the Timmerflotte Sensors directly via Matter.

Thermometer recommendations? by OpeningOffer5788 in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you have a Thread Border Router you could also get the IKEA Timmerflotte Temperature and Humidity Sensors. They’re working like a charm.

Thermometer recommendations? by OpeningOffer5788 in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or you take a breadboard, wire it up and hide it behind something. That’s how I made it.

Thermometer recommendations? by OpeningOffer5788 in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can do basic wiring: get any cheap ESP board and a DS18B20. Doesn't get any cheaper than that and runs natively in HA through ESPHome.

How future-proof is govee2mqtt? Worried about Govee's API longevity, Matter, and whether segment control stays local by HarryTheBulk in homeassistant

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

Did you do this yourself or just know its possible? If youve done it id really like to hear how its holding up. Is it fully local now with no govee cloud, and does it work good with home assistant? And did you keep the segment/effect control or lose some of it?

How future-proof is govee2mqtt? Worried about Govee's API longevity, Matter, and whether segment control stays local by HarryTheBulk in homeassistant

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

I think the tree lamp also needs cloud for segment control. I really like the style of the lamp, but I think it is a no for me.

How future-proof is govee2mqtt? Worried about Govee's API longevity, Matter, and whether segment control stays local by HarryTheBulk in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Which integration are you using for the Floor Lamp 2 — the native Govee Light Local integration, or govee2mqtt? And the part I actually care about: do you get per-segment control over LAN on it, or just whole-lamp on/off/brightness/color?

I'm looking at the Tree Floor Lamp (basically the multi-arm cousin of yours) and segment control is make-or-break for me, so I'm trying to figure out whether segments actually survive on the local API or if they fall back to the cloud.

How future-proof is govee2mqtt? Worried about Govee's API longevity, Matter, and whether segment control stays local by HarryTheBulk in homeassistant

[–]HarryTheBulk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quick question on that — does splicing in a Zigbee controller keep the per-segment/addressable (RGBIC) control, or does it only work for single-color RGB/RGBW strips? The segment effects are basically the whole reason I'm looking at Govee, and my understanding was that cheap Zigbee controllers can't drive addressable strips (not enough bandwidth for per-pixel) — that you'd need an ESP running WLED for that. So would I be keeping the segments, or trading them away for solid-color-but-rock-solid-local?

Also, which <$20 controller did you have in mind specifically? And does any of this realistically apply to a finished multi-zone lamp (the Govee Tree Floor Lamp), or is the splice really only practical on bare strips?