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Schluter DITRA-HEAT-E-RS1 WiFi SMART THERMOSTAT
No, I am trying very hard to get rid of any big tech cloud stuff, the schluter integration seems to work now. I’m likely to get rid of this thermostat and install or make something that works locally. I try to have my devices local, and use home assistant via a tailscale connection for any remote actions. This is one of a few that are still cloud connected. It’s hard to do, but everyday I’m reminded of the erosion of privacy and big tech having far too much data about me
Vicare DHW vitocal 060 hysteresis parameters
Hi, I integrated with success my 2 devices DHW vitocal 060 and heating vitocal 150-A. I am living in France, units are in Celsius. I could convert all the temperatures from F to C. But the hysteresis parameters (on:7°C/off:0°C) are treated as T and are converted to -273 and 268°C!!! How to fix that? Thanks
Modify Hamilton beach smart kettle for local HA control
Hi All, I’m planning to mod a hamilton beach 41036 kettle to be locally controlled by HA. As purchased it uses an ESP32-pico-v3-zero for communication to Alexa. I hope to reprogram the ESP32 to get rid of the Alexa functions, and use mqtt to control it. The goal is local voice control of the unit without any cloud usage. I’m going to connect to the esp32 to get logs first, to see what I can learn. After that I’ll sniff the tx and rx between the ESP32 and the main MCU, to see what signals g
Ecobee cancels the Switch+
End of Smart Features for ecobee Switch+ Light Switch As of March 2, 2027, most Switch+ smart features will stop working. Switch+ will continue to work as a regular light switch and can be added to the Apple Home app via iOS on iPhone or iPad before or after March 2. However, it will no longer appear in the ecobee app or work with voice assistants or other third-party integrations (details below). This article explains what is changing, what functionality will remain available, and answers freq
Shellies Discovery Script
Bieniu: GitHub - bieniu/ha-shellies-discovery: Script that adds MQTT discovery support for Shellies devices · GitHub @Bieniu could you tell us if the upgrade to the lastest HA version 2026-10 &11 will go smoothly due to the disappearance of HACS ? thank you again for your amazing work, it still working smoothly after many years.
Script Trace: Error in describing condition: can’t access property “includes”, e is undefined
I’m seeing the following error in the trace output for a script: Error in describing condition: can’t access property “includes”, e is undefined The trace identifies the condition as if/condition/0, but reports result: true. The script appears to execute correctly. I noticed a similar message in an earlier topic but that was for a trigger and was to do with legacy code. In my case I have used the UI to create the conditions in the script. The warning originally appeared for three conditions i
Ideal ASHP HP290 with internal Control Unit Modbus config
Just in case anyone was looking at getting an Ideal HP290 integrated with HA, here is how I did it (with a LOT of help from Claude ) I should say in advance, mine is a “Controller only” setup of the 4.5kW HP290. Unsure of what other people’s setup is like. Controller is a Midea KJRH-120L, which is why this works. Hardware needed: M5Stack ATOM Lite ATOM Tail485 9-24V DC PSU (I cut the barrel connector off an old router PSU) One twisted pair from CAT5 cable Firmware:
Trouble Reconnecting Hubitat HK Brige to Apple HK
After setting up a new Hubitat C-8 Pro unit in a newly constructed apartment adjacent to my daughters home I was able to set up multiple switches/dimmers and locks and integrate it to Apple Home Kit no problem. The only issue was week signals from the existing Verizon router. I added a new mesh tp-Link DECO router system, and piggy back it to the existing Verizon router connected to the Verizon ONT. I removed the old Wi-Fi login and reestablish a new wi-fi login on the DECO mesh system. Everyth
So You Want To Make Your SDR Work On Other Frequencies
Perhaps the most exciting news of the past few weeks in the world of hardware hacking has been the unlocking of hidden SDR functionality in the Wi-Fi radios found on Espressif ESP32 microcontroller
Integration for sending SMS messages with Voip.ms
I want to start a thread looking to see if any other users are using the following github custom integration to use voip.ms sms My current workaround for sending “free” text messages is to use MQTT and a listener on a macos device to relay the MQTT messages to iMessage. For example, when a vehicle enters my driveway and my ONVIF camera generates a “vehicle” alert, HA posts an alert on MQTT. I have an always on macos server that listens for these messages, grabs a photo from the camera, compre
[Card] Shower Aquarium Card for Hydrao Smart Showers
Hi everyone 👋 Designed specifically as a companion for the Hydrao Custom integration (📦 GitHub : https://github.com/Adrien40/ha-hydrao-custom / 💬 Community topic : [Custom Component] Hydrao Custom (Smart Shower) - 100% Offline BLE - v1.0.0), I have created a dedicated custom Lovelace card to bring an animated aquarium to your dashboard : Shower Aquarium Card ! 🐠🫧 📦 GitHub repository of the card : GitHub - Adrien40/ha-shower-aqu
🎓 New Magister Custom Components Integration
Hi, I have troubles connecting magister for the first time. Dit logboekbericht is afkomstig van een aangepaste integratie. Logger: custom_components.magister_school.config_flow Bron: custom_components/magister_school/config_flow.py:28 Integratie: Magister School (documentatie, problemen) Eerst voorgekomen: 15:27:53 (2 gebeurtenissen) Laatst gelogd: 15:31:54 I have activate 2FA and logging into the magister web version works. At School: is use Onderwijsgemeenschap Venlo & Omstreken
Eufyhome integration fails after Core 2026.10
My Eufy switch is not working after Core 2026.10 upgrade. I am using the built in HomeAssistant eufyhome integration. I only have one Eufy switch and it is not working anymore, I get this error “Failed to perform the action switch/turn_off. Field lakeside.SwitchState.state: Expected an int, got a boolean.” when I throw my swtich. Anyone else use Eufy?
XIAO IR Mate Led keep coming back on
I have a XIAO IR Mate IR transmitter. When I set the LED to off, some time later it keeps turning back on… has anyone experienced this?
NGBS ICON integration to HomeAssistant
Dear All, I am new to HomeAssistant and one of my first project to integrate my NGBS ICON system to HomeAssistant. I understand that there is no native client for NGBS ICON system therefore I need to use modbus integration to make ICON communicate with HomeAssistant. I managed to set up modbus integration and it looks like that HomeAssistant can communicate with the ICON however I am not able to collect the information from ICON I am looking for since I dont know the modbus register I need to c
Ongoing integration of Hoymiles HMeter-CT-T120-RW into Home Assistant
I recently purchased a Hoymiles HMeter-CT-T120-RW to see that it is so new that is not yet properly supported by Home Assistant. I want to use that smart meter to provide my Hoymiles HIS-3L-G3-WL hybrid inverter with CT data. Idea is that Home Assistant polls the data from the smart meter, transforms it as necessary and forwards it to the hybrid inverter using a Ethernet-to-RS485 interface (in my case I need only data of a single phase, since the HIS-3L-G3-WL is a single phase inverter). To mak
Heiman HS1SA-M matter over Thread OTA instruction/guide
@leoXie Can you please provide a short status about the siren timer implementation?
Electrolux-made top loader (Westinghouse WWT8084J7WA) in HA by listening to its own panel bus: minutes left, stage, programme, lid
My washer is a Westinghouse WWT8084J7WA, an 8 kg top loader made by Electrolux. No Wi-Fi, no app. Until now Home Assistant guessed “running” and “done” from a power-metering plug. I wanted minutes left, which stage it’s in, which programme, the lid, and errors, so I went looking at how the front panel talks to the main board. It’s the Electrolux MACS bus, and someone had already decoded it Before probing anything I did some reading. Electrolux, AEG, Zanussi and Westinghouse machines use a
UHPPOTE Desk: open-source web app for UHPPOTE access controllers, with native HA integration (MQTT discovery)
Hi everyone! If you have a UHPPOTE UT0311-L0x access controller (the cheap 1/2/4-door Wiegand boards sold on Amazon/AliExpress), you probably know the only official way to manage it is an old Windows program (N3000 “Access Control”). I wrote UHPPOTE Desk, an open-source web app that replaces it completely and runs in Docker next to Home Assistant, with a native HA integration through MQTT discovery (no custom component needed). What you get in Home Assistant As soon as you set the MQTT broker, one device per controller and
OpenMote - a drop-in ESP32-S3 board for a Wiimote shell, running ESPHome for Home Assistant
Hi all! I’m Ezra. My friend Samson and I built OpenMote, an ESP32-S3 board that drops into a Wiimote shell, original or third-party, and runs ESPHome. At Open Sauce this summer people kept asking us whether it works with Home Assistant. It does! Home Assistant finds it like any other ESPHome device, and the whole board shows up as entities: 12 buttons, 4 LEDs, haptics, motion sensor, speaker, IR, and a mic you can switch on. What it is An ESP32-S3 board with WiFi and Bluetooth, 12 buttons,
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