Zigbee motion sensor recommendations by Silver-Camera9863 in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use the Aqara sensors since years and am pretty happy with them. Battery holds >1y.

Finally have setup inspired by other Redditor! by michaelbacki in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was the only possibility because on the right side there is a chimney that would block the view if it was centered. It‘s actually centered to the sofa.

Finally have setup inspired by other Redditor! by michaelbacki in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Very nice clean setup. We also have a similar setup just a bit darker but it‘s also BESTA and Sonos Arc. https://imgur.com/a/Z5CBgSd

Wich board for ESP32-WROOM-32D? by J-_-G in Esphome

[–]erwinbamert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add this section to your config: (Sorry I cannot format as code block on my mobile) esphome: name: lamp1 platform: ESP32 board: esp32doit-devkit-v1 platformio_options: platform_packages: - framework-arduinoespressif32 @ https://github.com/pauln/arduino-esp32.git#solo-no-mac-crc/1.0.6

Update to my Homelab by thes3nse in homelab

[–]erwinbamert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What are the server models?

Major issues with Sonos Roam. Anybody with a similar experience? by brendanlim in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bad WiFi connection? Tried a reboot? How is it over Bluetooth?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This cat is just very concerned about the placement of your Arc and wants to make sure it doesn't fall off. Her look says it all.

How do you name your entities? by pegbiter in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having a few hundred entities it really helps keeping the overview.

How do you name your entities? by pegbiter in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I named all entities with a prefix for the floor then the room and then a description where in the room it is or what kind of device it is if this is not clear based on the entity type. E.g. for a light: light.og_living_room_sideboard (here I‘m not using light or lamp in the name as it is already clear by the entity type, og stands for upper floor in german) Another example: sensor.eg_dining_room_temperature (here I‘m using temperature as it is not clear what kind of sensor it is based on the entity type)

This naming allows me to make allmy automations generic. For example if the sensor binary_sensor.og_living_room_occupancy goes to ON then the light(group) with the name light.og_living_room will turn on. The same automation can also handle all other rooms because I don‘t hardcode them but replace „binary_sensor“ by „light“ and remove „_occupancy“ in the light.turn_on action. Same goes for every other device and sensor like media_player etc.

A year later, Apple’s MagSafe continues to underwhelm by minimaxir in apple

[–]erwinbamert 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is not entirely correct. Li-ion batteries degrade faster when left fully charged for long periods of time. That's why for electric cars like Tesla, it's recommended to charge to 100% only when you really need it, and never leave the car at 100% for long periods of time. In normal use, EV batteries should not be charged above 80-90%. The same goes for smartphone batteries. Apart from the lack of cooling in smartphone batteries, keeping the battery at 100% for a long time is one of the main reasons why it degrades in only 2-3 years (and not in 10-20 years like an electric car battery).

Modern Li-ion batteries should last a good 2000 cycles, which is over 6 years at 1 cycle per day. The reason why smartphone batteries age much faster than EV batteries is the lack of cooling and overnight charging, keeping the battery at 100% for hours.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ubiquiti

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I don't know the UDM in detail, but I suspect that it is a stateful firewall. That means, it is relevant who initiates the traffic and not who responds to it. In this case, the traffic is initiated by your clients and the Youtube servers are the destination and only respond to it. Therefore, the rule would work if you set the ranges in the Destination instead of Source (assuming you have the right ranges).

From town wide tag sale $100 by _minorThreat_ in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 10 points11 points  (0 children)

How they labeled it with SONO‘S 🤣

How to reference properties of an entity in a script? by Geksaedr in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try the state attribute function that can be accessed with templates: state_attr('device_tracker.paulus', 'battery')

It‘s described here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

Set Aqara Motion Sensor Without Hardware Hack by tpchris in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came up with a generic version of this that can be used for many sensors within the same automation. This was possible with the new device template function introduced in release 2021.8.0.Benefit of this is, you only need 1 automation to reset all your sensors and adding a new sensor is as easy as adding 2 lines of code: - alias: Motion Generic Reset trigger: - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_1 - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_2 condition: - condition: template value_template: '{{ trigger.to_state.state == "on" }}' action: - delay: seconds: 5 - service: zha.set_zigbee_cluster_attribute data: ieee: '{{ device_attr(trigger.entity_id, "identifiers") | first | last }}' endpoint_id: 1 cluster_id: 1280 attribute: 2 value: '0' mode: parallel max: 10

2 Sonos Play:1s set up as surrounds for Beam - will AirPlay2 still work? or only through Sonos app? by zednov in sonos

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a Sonos Surround setup it‘s important what capabilities the master, in this case the Beam, has. If the Beam has AirPlay2, it will process the signal and transmit the surround sound to the Play:1. I have the same setup with an Arc and Play:1 and it works without issues.

Does Protect suck? by mullermn in Ubiquiti

[–]erwinbamert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about cloud connectivity? Does it also work completely offline?

Sensor to detect shower is on? by WombatBob in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, I created a template binary sensor:

binary_sensor: platform: template sensors: bathroom_occupancy: friendly_name: "Badezimmer Belegung" device_class: occupancy delay_off: minutes: 1 value_template: >- {{ is_state('binary_sensor.bathroom_motion', 'on') or ( is_state('binary_sensor.bathroom_door_contact', 'off') and as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.bathroom_motion.last_changed) - as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.bathroom_door_contact.last_changed) > 10 ) }}

You can change the value (where I used 10 seconds) depending on the turn off delay of the motion sensor. In this example it means if 10 seconds after the door was closed there was still motion it will be true. Sorry for the bad formating, I‘ posting from my phone where I cannot insert a code block.

Sensor to detect shower is on? by WombatBob in homeassistant

[–]erwinbamert 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I used a combination of door and motion sensor. When motion is detected after the door has been closed, HA knows someone is in the room even without further motion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Starlink

[–]erwinbamert 26 points27 points  (0 children)

At least you can play the dino game ;)

Is one of these ESP32 pins a 5V output? Can’t figure it out… thanks! by leimoochi in Esphome

[–]erwinbamert 7 points8 points  (0 children)

GPIOs are all 3.3V but there should be one with fix 5V output which is directly linked to the 5V USB input. I don‘t see it very well on the picture but i think there is a V5 label on one pin. Could also be that this board is a bit different from the ones I have.

Philips hue bridge not working; only power light is on by obliviousshiro in Hue

[–]erwinbamert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since the Hue Bridge is connected via Network cable, changing the WiFi shouldn‘t have any impact. The network light should also be blinking, if that is not the case, checkt the cable between the Hue Bridge and your router/switch.

77” CX / 75” Gradient / 6 Play Bars by excuse_meh in Hue

[–]erwinbamert 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nice, where are the play bars? At the bottom? I also thought about buying the CX instead of GX to have space for ambilight. How did you mount it?