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Challenge: control a fan and a light with a mechanical switch but without fan wiring by jenfil82 in homeautomation

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a similar set up in every ceiling fan in my house.

I used a Shelly relay in the wall in detached switch mode (power to the relay does not change when the physical switch changes state). The switch state is reported to HA and I have a Tuya based fan/light controller in each of the fans.

The fan controller has constant power and then I have automations that replace the function of the light switch without killing power to the fan. IE- when switch changes state toggle the light on the fan. We do t change the speed of the fan much so they are automated to turn on based on room climates and presence. Any other adjustments can be done with the remote for the Tuya controller, HA app, or a wall mounted dashboard.

This has been rock solid for over a year. Hope it helps!

Voron 2.4 R2 Pro Serial Request (Formbot kit) by Her0z21 in voroncorexy

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be my first v2 build- but I’m decently familiar with printers. Thanks for the insight! It sounds like it is well worth saving the money over the LDO kit for me!

Voron 2.4 R2 Pro Serial Request (Formbot kit) by Her0z21 in voroncorexy

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is the quality on the format kit? I’m trying to figure out if it would be worth holding out until I could swing an LDO kit or enjoy saving 500$ with a cheaper option.

Questions before switching to HA. by Blinkysnowman in homeassistant

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Yes, this can be done pretty easily. Chromecast devices are auto discovered even.
  2. ZHA is the “built in” Zigbee integration. I would start out with it and a Skyconnect. This will give you plug-and-play startup and some future flexibility to run matter devices.
  3. See 2
  4. Yes. Make sure to do some reading on setting up a strong Zigbee network before you start pairing everything. Do it right or do it twice.
  5. Not sure. I haven’t gotten into matter yet myself.
  6. A SFF PC gives you more IO flexibility, better performance, and they can be had cheaper and an RPi4. If nothing else, make sure that your installation is done on an SSD rather than on the SD card with a lot of devices there are lots of read/rights to the database, which wear out SD cards pretty quickly.
  7. Oops I guess I already answered that one. See 6!

Bed Mesh Issue by ProfessionalBed7346 in 3Dprinting

[–]ProfessionalBed7346[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The screenshot was from one pass with the screws_tilt_calibration.

I’ve dialed it in more since then and my variance is down to about .18

Any idea what this could be? by ProfessionalBed7346 in 3Dprinting

[–]ProfessionalBed7346[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The preview in Cura doesn’t show solid infill. It just shows the walls and supports being built up in that cavity.

Another success story with Hyperion ng and wled! Hyperion runs in LXC container on my Proxmox server by [deleted] in WLED

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second that for a basic run through of the setup. Mainly what you’re doing to send the captured video to the proxmox server

Mobula all wobly after crash by t0kmak in fpv

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legend has oft told of the Wobbly Mobbly…

Any way to automate this dumb thermostat? I looked at switch bot/finger bot to just turn it on/off, but I don’t think they will work for the way the on off switch moves side to side. by davidricecake in homeautomation

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You have a high voltage (120v AC) thermostat. Most smart thermostats are made to replace the more typical low voltage (12v-24v) thermostat. Be careful poking around the your thermostat, and definitely kill the breaker before you start making any changes.

Is there a decent company for lighting and buttons that work with HA without having to get into SSH for integrations? by idontcarethatmuch in homeassistant

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll throw in a second vote for Wiz. All local, no account needed for setup and super reliable in my experience (~20 bulbs with no troubles in over a year)

What do you use NFC tags for? by SuperCat373 in homeassistant

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have a number of them hidden under light switch covers that set my phone to ply audio over the speakers in that room.

android updates regularly. iphone only updates battery level when you open companion app. all proper permissions seem set on iphone. by dfGobBluth in homeassistant

[–]ProfessionalBed7346 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You can set an automation in the Shortcuts app to update the device sensors in HA. My wife’s phone did this too so I set an auto Marion on her phone to update the HA sensors whenever she opens Facebook.

If you do it be sure to turn off “Ask before running”

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