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alucard89
post Sep 13 2024, 10:25 PM

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QUOTE(eagle7 @ Sep 13 2024, 10:09 PM)
The Xiaomi Mesh network setup is mean for pairing with their own family of Xiaomi Mesh product and not 3rd party brand.  From the user manual, you can either pair them using the Xiaomi App or by pressing the Mesh button.

If you want to setup the mesh network between your linksys and xiaomi router, both must be running on OpenWRT firmware.

1.  SSH/Putty to your Linksys and Xiaomi router and run iw list | grep "Supported interface modes" -A 9
2. Ensure Mesh Point is listed else your HW does not support the Mesh setup.
3. Follow this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8ykKgVKbM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVoZppb_FR0&t=12s
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Followed the same tutorial before this but it just wasn’t working for me. I’ll need to revisit this again
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post Sep 20 2024, 06:20 PM

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QUOTE(eagle7 @ Sep 20 2024, 02:32 PM)
I believe I've found a solution to the issue where the Human Presence sensor wasn’t turning off the light or fan when it mistakenly detected movement from an object, such as a spinning fan. This would cause the room’s light and fan to remain on even when no one was around.

The solution by combining the feature of Presence Sensor and PIR Sensor in the Node-Red. With this setup, the system will send an 'OFF' signal when no movement is detected by the PIR sensor after 60 sec of wait time.
Although the command iw list | grep "Supported interface modes" -A 9 in OpenWRT shows that the hardware supports mesh points, it doesn't necessarily mean that OpenWRT can utilize this Mesh Point feature. To identify which specific hardware between two Wi-Fi routers doesn't support Mesh, you can refer to the System log and search for the keyword mesh.
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Not really useful if you’re sleeping/lying down in the room and PIR needs some motion to trigger it.
Just got FP1E now and tested it with z2m. Works as expected except for ceiling fan. Need to grab aqara hub to test it with that ai spatial feature
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post Sep 21 2024, 11:00 AM

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QUOTE(eagle7 @ Sep 20 2024, 07:29 PM)
You make a valid point; my solution may not work in your specific situation, like in the bedroom.

However, it works well for me in the kitchen. As soon as someone enters the kitchen area, the light automatically turns on, followed by the fan. When the person finishes cooking, washing, or other tasks, and leaves, my home automation system turns off both the light and the fan.
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Mmwave works simple enough in areas without fan, like bathroom or store room. Those angmoh reviewers easy la to use because their house generally don’t have ceiling fans like us here
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post Sep 21 2024, 11:04 AM

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QUOTE(jason1986 @ Sep 21 2024, 10:54 AM)
My smart switch (smartrul) tends to switch off by itself. Seller said could be capacitor.

Can i use fan capacitor to replace?
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Try replace it first, if still the same problem
Could be capacitor on the pcb itself as well.
Like mine here, switch gets reboot when turning on the relay

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Replaced with new one and it’s working as normal again
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post Sep 23 2024, 01:45 PM

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QUOTE(holynoob @ Sep 23 2024, 01:14 PM)
Does any sifus here know where can I find a company that sells 38mm tube blinds that I can put into my Zemismart Zigbee blinds motor? I've asked around a few blind shops and they all only sell a complete solution with either their own proprietary smart system or manual system already bundled. And even they themselves don't know what is the inner diametre of their tubes.
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Any shopee sellers got the 38mm?
There's a few on taobao like this shop


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post Sep 29 2024, 01:04 PM

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Can you try this config for fp1e?

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Save as lumi.sensor_occupy.agl1.json in z2m folder

After select press to start ai spatial it no longer detects false presence when the ceiling fan & ac turned on.

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I still need to find the best angle/position for it, just place on bedside table but sometimes it doesn’t detect presence. Might need to place it higher or corner angle
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post Sep 29 2024, 01:06 PM

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QUOTE(holynoob @ Sep 23 2024, 01:59 PM)
Not really looking for like only the metal tube. But like, for example a whole zebra blind tube that has a 38mm inner diameter. Because currently I only have the zigbee motor. or usually how do others do it? Do they buy this metal tube and then reroll the blinds onto said metal tube?
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Better ask people who have it installed. I only recommended for my sister to buy whole set and that’s pretty much it
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post Oct 1 2024, 02:49 PM

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QUOTE(epicure @ Oct 1 2024, 02:01 PM)
Hey guys been kinda quiet in this thread recently. I do have a couple of questions for those who are using door locks, preferrably tuya ones.

1. Are the Wifi ones reliable? Do they drop off wifi connection?
2. Whats the power consumption like for wifi door locks ? I.e. how often do you need to change the batteries?
3. Wifi door locks under Tuya (for the long term), will they work well into the future? meaning no cloud block if tuya decides to drop support?
4. should i go zigbee? is the power consumption very much improved ? (besides response time, for remote locking and notifications)

Lastly, the mortise must match up to the current lockset right? If i do change the dimensions, means i need to bore and drill to suit the new mortise and strikeplate?

Im looking to upgrade my parent’s current manual door lock to a smart doorlock. Am considering wifi, but if the change of batteries is too often, i may consider zigbee.

Thanks in advance!
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Zigbee or bt lock all the way for the battery life
Don’t recommend those wifi version

Usually got several option for the plate that matches existing one


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post Oct 1 2024, 06:59 PM

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QUOTE(epicure @ Oct 1 2024, 06:37 PM)
Yeah no remote unlock is a deal breaker for me. I'll check with the taobao seller if the zigbee one has or not
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At least for tuya wifi version, no remote unlock
Need physical keypad input -> app unlock request -> approve

For zigbee/bt lock got remote unlock
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post Oct 1 2024, 07:03 PM

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QUOTE(lucaswjk @ Oct 1 2024, 03:26 PM)
my tuya wifi version rated 6months i think i need to charged it every 3months.

as for wifi power consumption, i think the lock activity and unlock will consumed more in watt... compared to standby in mW.
it shouldn't different much.

the only thing i dont like,
my tuya didnt support remote unlock and...
the photo taken when someone ring the bell stored in cloud, they gonna charge me ady... after using 1 year for free
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So far I think still not much option for doorlock with camera built in support for homeassistant. I mean you could diy yourself but it’s gonna be battery hungry and require power cable
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post Oct 14 2024, 03:03 PM

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Oct 14 2024, 02:42 PM)
1) is there any better/higher specs alternative to Home Assistant Green device to start with?
which again a ready made product... i dont want to build raspberry pi myself.

2) since i start a new smart home, reading matter over thread is the latest n better tech than Zigbee.
so is it okay if i dont want buy Sonoff Dongle E? can i have a better dongle or thing that can have cover Matter over Thread + Zigbee + Zwave etc? (is all have devices exist?)

3) i am looking for 101 article to explain who contol what (the theory).
HA Green is act as what role, what different in role with Alexa Echo Dot 5th Gen ?
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1) any mini pc will do, you don’t really need high spec to run ha. I was using raspberry pi 2 6 years ago.
Try with your old laptop/pc and test it out

2) matter’s still not mature enough yet, there’s a bunch for matter over wifi but very few over thread
Sonoff dongle E can work for both zigbee & thread

3) ha -> main hub, works offline
Alexa > voice assistant, main hub is in the cloud (online only)
You can now diy your own smart şpeaker that works locally
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post Oct 18 2024, 01:04 PM

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Oct 17 2024, 11:24 PM)
okay, now i am more clearer to start for HA in my new house reno. continue my questions:

1) Starter pack for the brain HA, what is the good mini pc you can suggest?
mini pc which i think most energy saving is running on arm based?
but articles said better HA do with x86 based. is that true?
again i dont mind to buy a new mini pc, no need to buy old pc or 2nd hand pc, as long as it can save 5star energy savings and stable will do, since need to on at 24/7.
my help here is can you suggest maybe 1 or 2 or just paste a shopee link here i will buy it!

2) ok, ques#1 above will settle for brain. now the second is dongle E.
is Dongle E is the best that cover most protocols?
i dont mind if spend more for dongle, as 1 usb slot on mini pc can settle all my near future worries on signals, where i havent decide my switches, cameras, sensor signal type yet.
what im asking help here is just suggest me maybe 1 or 2 that can cover "everything's dongle".
if Dongle E is the best, then i will buy it.

3) ok, i confused with alexa echo earlier. now i know it is also a brain not speaker interface.
so if i want to build a fully offline brain.
what speaker can you recommend? echo will be overpriced if i am not using it online mode, right?

4) i am not apple user, so big no to homekit.
i am using Samsung handphone for the past decades.
so i need to focus on what interface or plateform? can you name it so i can read it or google it?

5) why you mention thread is not any better than zigbee?
can you explain more? again im a newbie and open to learn
of course, to help ppl around after i success build my 1st smart home

6) stupid ques: im stay in condo, let say neighbour got HA also with zigbee, can neigbour add my zigbee switches to their HA and control them?
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1) just pick the one matches your budget, there’s also cheap android box that you can install debian and run HA like this one

2) yes, low cost and does the job

3) there’s ready made but you can still Diy for cheap (like <rm50 each)

4) HA app of course, runs on any platform

5) thread is basically the new zigbee, but slow rollout and implementation. Also zigbee has feature like zigbee binding, thread still no news

6) no, unless they break in your house and manually reset your zigbee devices lol


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post Oct 31 2024, 09:41 PM

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QUOTE(Dweller @ Oct 31 2024, 09:35 PM)
I just had another incident with 3 of my smart switches. One 2 gang and the other were 3 gangs switches. MOES Zigbee smart switch.
1. The 2 gang gave out a black smoke and both devices are in OFF state upon failure
2. The 3 gangs both have blown caps and devices that are being controlled remained in ON state after despite blue LED is off (live in leaked into live out) rclxub.gifrclxub.gifrclxub.gif

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Now comes the question, is there any sirim certified smart switch available? If we purchase house insurance, will they check the switches we use (sirim/ce certified...)?
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Had similar issues with other switches
The blown cap just needs to be replaced, should be easy to desolder
The exploded one, not sure why that happened though

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post Nov 11 2024, 01:32 PM

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Nov 11 2024, 01:22 PM)
i see Aqara switches label with "matter over zigbee bridge", this mean this switches can support and create mesh for both Matter and Zigbee?
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No, still for zigbee mesh only
Needs thread for matter
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QUOTE(azbro @ Nov 11 2024, 02:07 PM)
Just checking with Sifu in here

I'm using mostly Sonoff ZigBee devices connection with Ewelink for my mother's house.

After a TNB black out of example 2 hours, some devices go offline and some completely disappear
A simple off/on will not make it online back again.

Need to go through setup. Not all the devices but some. And each power outrage, not the same device gets offline. A bit of hassle to setup again.

If it for Tuya also same?  Cos I want to built another system using Tuya
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I think that’s what I dislike about zigbee in general, if your powered zigbee devices (not battery ones) get reset because of power outage and you have to re-setup all over again.

That doesn’t happen with wifi devices running custom firmware like esphome because the wifi credentials/settings are compiled in the firmware

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Nov 12 2024, 04:46 PM)
why it label matter there?
what is has in additional to those aqara switches labelled just zigbee
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Basically it’s not a native matter devices

Aqara switch —(zigbee)—> Aqara hub —(matter)—> other platform (homekit, alexa, smart thing)

There are some matter over thread switches out there, just slightly expensive

https://sg.world.taobao.com/item/800635741093.htm

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post Nov 13 2024, 12:40 PM

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Nov 13 2024, 12:50 AM)
1)if buying all aqara devices, if after power trip, the device need add and rules/automation need to re-setup?
2) just asking, i see taobao aqara switches/lighting are cheaper and more models/variances, can i buy? it can connect to local aqara hub? will it have delay?
i heard there is china version and global version? if so, how do we differentiate that?

i plan to buy from taobao china for this and use here, can connect to malaysia M3 hub?
i want to use aqara app or HA in future, dont want use homekit (not apple user).
http://e.tb.cn/h.T0fDJAwAdxJdBHn?tk=X0N03rfwgR5
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If the devices did get reset after power trip, you'd need to pair it again manually, no automation can help with that.
But that rarely happens though, since most devices need several power cuts like 4x - 3x consecutively to get reset
You can still use china version with the hub, just need to switch region in the setting.
With HA, don't have to worry about china/global version, any zigbee devices regardless of brand can pair.

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post Nov 13 2024, 10:39 PM

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QUOTE(whycanot323 @ Nov 13 2024, 10:10 PM)
zigbee --> aqara/tuya
xiaomi --> bluetooth
wifi --> sonoff
matter --> any brand that have varies devices? the link u show previously macam no brand device
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Each brand got their own wifi/bt/zigbee devices
They’re just not in a rush to release matter over thread devices
The link i shared earlier is from tuya oem
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QUOTE(lucaswjk @ Nov 16 2024, 02:33 PM)
anyone covert their analog doorbell to smart?
mine one recently the outdoor button broken.
thinking to upgrade it.

preferred to use the existing 220v wiring and no to battery.

any ideas are welcome, including diy esp.
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Planning to, the old one broken when it fell off the floor
So still need to get replacement
Easiest way is just add vibration sensor to it, slightly technical is adding esp with relay
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Haiyo, bought zigbee track light like a month ago now already got thread version at cheaper price should have wait a bit lol

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