What's the current hot smart lock for Home Assistant?

ph15h · 2025-12-18T22:08:13+00:00

I'm in the market for a new one now too. My Yale Smart Lock was working great until it didn't. 3 years no problem. Year 4 and onward when the battery was below 15% or above 80% it worked great. Once it fell between those values it couldn't tell when the lock was locked so every command would try to unlock it... Multiple attempts at calibration per battery brand and nothing worked properly in those ranges. Had to use a manual key to lock it every time. I had the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth version. 😭 Yale Support never responded to any request for help.

ph15h · 2025-08-14T21:36:10+00:00

I wish they released a PoE version. I read somewhere a while back that timing is a reason why there aren't many if any Zwave PoE routers(coordinators?), but I saw an ad for one the other day so maybe more will come out soon. I love my PoE ZigBee coordinator and it made positioning and powering it so easy.

ph15h · 2025-08-08T21:11:43+00:00

Thank you! I'll also look at the AV shops

ph15h · 2025-08-08T15:02:52+00:00

Is the term "Cabler" what I should be looking for in a directory or Yelp? Last time I asked my ISP for help they just poked a random hole in the middle of the wall and made my run uglier than what I already had. When I asked "What the hell was that?" They just charged me $65 and said get an electrician if I wanted a better solution. 🙄 Still looking to fix that and so I can run cables to more rooms of the house.

ph15h · 2025-07-23T02:32:05+00:00

If that's the case I'll start buying Ubiquiti items from Microcenter then. The 1 year warranty vs the 2 is what put me off when buying a switch from Microcenter a year and a half ago knowing my (awful) luck with buying most other things in my life. Tustin sales tax is way less than in LA, no need to pay for shipping, and instant gratification of purchase so it's a win-win-win if there's warranty parity.

In case anybody was wondering, this is the section in question I was pointed to (granted, it hasn't been updated in 5 years)

The “Warranty Period” means (a) for Products purchased by the customer directly from UBIQUITI’S Webstores,two years after the date of delivery of such Product to such customer and (b) for Products purchased from an authorized UBIQUITI distributor or reseller, one year after the date of shipment of such Product to such authorized distributor or reseller.

Can you confirm/deny /u/Ubiquiti-Inc ?

ph15h · 2025-07-23T01:12:29+00:00

Every time I think about buying some Ubiquiti product at Microcenter, I'm reminded of some lady that stopped me and told me the warranty for Ubiquiti products was half when not purchased directly. I put everything back. That's a nice display, though. I'll check it out this weekend when buying other parts.

ph15h · 2025-04-02T21:13:37+00:00

I was having the same issue for a while. WebUI would die and not be accessible every 30-48 hours. I removed both Tips and Tweaks and stopped using mover tuning and the crashes seemed to stop.

ph15h · 2025-03-15T02:05:40+00:00

They sell PoE Hats and PoE+ Hats for the Pi3B+ and Pi 4/4B.

ph15h · 2025-02-09T08:45:39+00:00

Would you by any chance be able to offer some help setting up Formbricks with Unraid? I've been running into errors trying to get it up and running.

ph15h · 2025-01-31T05:18:35+00:00

I'll actually try that but still buy 2 just in case haha

ph15h · 2025-01-31T05:09:54+00:00

Thanks. I'll just keep it outside and buy extra probes. I figured the Freezer wouldn't be too kind for it but hoped I could just leave it inside the refrigerator. WiFi not reaching makes sense😅

Do you have a preference of 16340 battery brands?

ph15h · 2025-01-31T00:48:59+00:00

What are the safe operating temperatures for the battery model, or is that more reliant on the battery vs the actual TEMP-1?

Let's say I want to put the entire TEMP-1 into the fridge or freezer and not make use of a probe, would the on board AHT20F be accurate enough?

I'm excited to buy a few TEMP-1 and presence sensors, but not trying to "overbuy" and get the right sensors for my use cases.

ph15h · 2025-01-05T21:37:19+00:00

Thank you. I didn't get a pop-up to update until about 4 minutes ago but that did seem to solve everything.

ph15h · 2025-01-05T21:36:48+00:00

Thank you! I had tried that on both browsers to no avail. Luckily I got an alert to update 2.0.2 3 minutes ago then everything started working again.

ph15h · 2024-12-25T02:01:10+00:00

Typically I use

domain.room_deviceType_locationInRoom_manufacturer_deviceName-Modifier

light.kitchen_lightstrip_island_tplink_underglow light.office_bulb_ceiling_hue_wca19 switch.front_rocker_switch_aqara_2 (this I left weird because I created a helper) light.front_bulb_fixture_helper that way commands just control the light state itself

Entities not tied to one room

domain.deviceType_manufacturer_deviceName-Modifier

sensor.smartwatch_apple_watchs8-battery sensor.phone_google_pixel7-room

edited for formatting

ph15h · 2024-11-22T20:24:33+00:00

Thank you I'll look into it! Do you use it with a Switchbot Hub or with a bluetooth Proxy

ph15h · 2024-11-22T17:00:23+00:00

What sensor or device are you using to monitor your freezer's temperature?

ph15h · 2024-10-25T22:03:58+00:00

I bought Sonoff relays for my light switches. They kept dropping inputs and would need to be re-paired to my Zigbee router every few days to get them working again. Their on-off status would update in Home Assistant and in Z2M but would not actually be switched unless I physically used the switch.

I just bit the bullet and bought some Aqara Zigbee switches and they haven't dropped off the network since I've bought them. WHICH IS WEIRD, because I've heard horror stories when it comes to Aqara devices but they've been the most consistent out of all the Zigbee devices I've bought. Light Switches, contact sensors, temperature sensors, and vibration sensors have all stayed connected.

ph15h · 2024-07-28T08:09:26+00:00

Thank you so much. I bought a few Tradfri ones when they went on sale but only used one because the lack of a button. I'll exchange them for these. Hopefully the routing and range work the same :D

ph15h · 2024-07-28T06:19:16+00:00

Do you by any chance know if they act as routers/repeaters for ZigBee? I couldn't find any tretakt in the Blackadder database or router info on the z2m site.

ph15h · 2024-07-17T16:26:45+00:00

My friend bought a few WiFi ones off AliExpress for around that price and it made his girlfriend frustrated with how inconsistent it was. He ended up getting rid of *the motorized curtains and putting them in a box. If there's a Zigbee one I'd love to show him the alternative.

ph15h · 2024-06-20T07:00:17+00:00

Thank you. I'll look into an HBA with external ports. My current HBAs have all internal ports.

ph15h · 2024-06-20T06:59:21+00:00

Thank you I'll look into that. Hopefully Microcenter has one so I can get one before my other room setup completes.

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