It depends on your budget, for compatibility and flexibility, I'd recommend smartthings, it has wide range of devices it can manage, regardless Zigbee, z-wave, WIFI, LAN connected devices, and it is fully customized and programmable, the smarthings's smartapp enables endless creativity, it also can integrate Alexa, Google Home for voice control.

Smartthings hub with xiaomi/sonoff/broadlink devices can delivery very cost effective smart home automation solutions, just need spend time to integrate it.

Most autogate don't use IR, it use RF frequencies, but don't think it is 433Mhz/315Mhz.

I use a z-wave relay to trigger auto gate to open/close, working perfectly.

No need to be z-wave, my autogate use a simple switch to open/close gate, when the switch is close, it triggers gate to open or close. the switch basically receive 12V voltage signa, I plug in z-wave relay, when send z-wave on/off signal to it, it acts as a momentary switch to send 12V signal to gate switch and voila

You can use sonoff to act as a momentary switch too, not really need to be z-wave.

First of all, it is depending on the autogate system, if the autogate system is using a relay to open/close, then you can use z-wave relay or sonoff to replace the relay.

In my case, my autogate system is using 12V relay, when you hit the switch, the NO relay is closed and sending 12V signal to open/close. if you understand how the relay works, you will know how to wire it.

I'm using smartthings, it support z-wave, zigbee, wifi, TCPIP LAN protocol.

Xiaomi use zigbee/TCPIP, it doesn't use z-wave, unless you know how to hack into xiaomi zigbee outlet, it is kinda difficult to integrate autogate system to xiaomi echosystem.

smartthings can integrate to all xiaomi devices, probably you can think about to switch to smartthings

I have a z-wave contact sensor to monitor the autogate, it has external contact input, so it can monitor two door/gate. I wired a long cable from the z-wave conact to the autogate, and place the generic alarm magnet contact sensor on the autogate, so far so good, no need to worry waterproof or overheat issue

The air temp at the vent area is always lower than the setting value, if it is non-inverter aircon, the air coming out is always fixed at certain temperature, most likely around 20 degree or lower.

If I'm not mistaken Sonoff switch is 16A max, he needs to check with the water pump to see the maximum current whether or not exceeds 16A

sonoff pow 16A max

https://www.itead.cc/smart-home/sonoff-pow.html

you can get it from Lazada, aliexpress or Taobao

I bought US version, because it has lot of z-wave sensors choices, anyway, you might consider UK version as U.S version z-wave frequency has overlap with GSM 900Mhz.

Smarthing compatible with z-wave, zigbee, it is RF frequency and has broad coverage, unless you are living in bungalows, you don't really need to worry the coverage, and a lot of z-wave power outlets built in repeater.

There is a thing called travel power adapter, just to ensure the z-wave devices can be used in 220V-240V, some z-wave devices selling in US only work in 110V.

Actually you can use Xiaomi zigbee sensors, they can work with smartthings, and xiaomi sensors are small and cheap!

Openhab or Home Assistant is a controller, I don't think it is easier to integrate it with smartthing controller.

As long as xiaomi zigbee device is not managed by xiaomi gateway, it won't send info back to China.

I use broadlink TC2 and Broadlink RM Pro IR/RF hub, broadlink can be managed by smartthing through broadlink android bridge apps

https://community.smartthings.com/t/broadli...nd-315-mhz/2647

sonoff Touch requires neutral line, check your wall socket whether or not the neutral line is there before you buy

Mesh network? are you talking about wifi bridging? repeater? I don't have issue with my unifi (non stock router), I have two wifi bridge together, one covers ground floor, another cover first floor.

My thumb of rules for lighting automation

1. For places that needed frequent visit but not going to stay long, i.e. car porch, staircase, toilet, use light with PIR or Microwave sensors, response time is less than 1 second.

2. For places that hardly need to turn on lights, such as decorative lights, use voice activated home automated lights.

3. For places that need to turn on lights frequently and stay longer, use your hands lah....

One of my broadlink two gang switches malfunction recently, just less than 1 year of use, one of the gang always on.

Quality of those China electronic products still have long way to improve, especially those without big brand.

All z-wave products (around 8 devices) I bought from US is still working fine, without a single failure, quality always come with price, China brand so far only Xiaomi products are more reliable, I have tried Kudled, Broadlink, and some other non brand, all failed within a year.

I only use sonoff switch less than 6 months, still observing, but I looked at their PCB quality, I doubt it can last long.

This post has been edited by Kiding: Dec 4 2017, 01:59 PM

Yes, it supports multiple switches, because each switch has different RF codes to turn on/off.