Thank you for the confirmation
Can proceed with my purchases now, but hopefully the gateway signal can reach second floor...

remember to wipe the surface properly before sticking
ceiling got lots of dust and loose paint

Can by install the Sonoff 1 Channel Inching /Self-Locking WiFi Wireless Switch 5V 12V to your auto gate box.

this is not what i meant.... I have a wall switch given by the developer which is a momentary switch that has been wired to control my auto gate... i just plan to replace that wall switch with a sonoff switch... the only difference is that in a momentary switch, when you press it will complete the circuit... but when you let go it will go back to its original position.... so it just like pass the current for a short while... was womndering how to do it for smart switch

Not sure how the auto gate wall switch works but if you say it is momentary switch, then no smart wall switch works like that AFAIK.

you want to replace your momentary switch with a smart switch that works like a momentary switch?
maybe you should tell us what you are trying to achieve

This post has been edited by idoblu: Nov 16 2018, 12:26 PM

so that I can control the auto gate from my handphone.. sometimes if I forget to shut the auto gate.. can see from my cctv then can use the app to shut it

Then just watch the video that fubar20 posted
You can use back the existing switch with the added smart function

To do that, you need to understand your gate ekectronic board first and then you can follow as per video, probably yoy can ask thay guy since he is malaysian

You forget to close the gate but what if you forget to even check the CCTV. Probably by the time you check CCTV, it is too late already.

Why not make it auto close after certain period but of course with sensor to check nothing obstructing first. This I would say smart gate

man YAML in Home Assistant is pain in the ass to write

Any of you using it with alexa ?

Yup, can do that in Home Assistant and that will be what I set if I have an auto gate.
Plug in a Wemos D1 Mini programmed as a binary sensor and plugged in to your car.
When your car starts, the binary sensor connects to your home wifi and becomes connected.
This triggers the auto gate to open through automation.
When your car leave, the binary sensor will disconnect from your home wifi and it will be disconnected.
This will trigger the auto gate to close. Again through automation.

Not really. Yaml is simple. Just that need to get the spacing right.
Got 2 ways of using Alexa through HA:
1) Home Assistant Cloud - if you can afford Starbucks every week, it is not too expensive to subscribe to the HA Cloud. No need to set DNS and port forwarding.
2) Use the free compenents as per this LINK. More on creating the skill in Alexa and the yaml side.

hi all.. just wondering.. once you have integrated xiaomi gateway and their switches into Home Assistant, can you still control your xiaomi switch through Mi App ?

Sure can. The app give LAN (local network) access to the Home Assistant with the API key.

Can, but it's not really fully functional like in Mi Home app.
For example: no support for Xiaomi Gateway "Enable/Disable Alert" mode.

Also, no relation to Mi Home configuration.
For example:
- In MiHome, I setup the switch single press to toggle the gateway light.
- In HA, we cannot set single press button to follow the behavior in Mi Home. Meaning, it will be in different action.

Sure there is no enable / disable Alert from HA but you can set by using automation in HA. Refer link below
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/any-o...i-gateway/30152

There are automation examples to switch gateway light and even adjust its brightness. Refer below
https://www.home-assistant.io/components/bi...r.xiaomi_aqara/

Actually, I had read these links long time ago.
These were not what I anticipated.
The HA automation is a separate instance work independently with Xiaomi Gateway Alert.

In my eyes, it is duplicated.
So, I concluded that why make our life so difficult to move everything into HA when Mi Home can do it?

There are still lots of things not doable in HA for Xiaomi ecosystem. At least not the easy way.
For example,
- paring a xiaomi air purifier requires many steps to retrieve the access token.
- getting camera videos work for some models with custom firmware only. Also, with lots of configuration steps.

So, I decided HA is merely a supplementary system to link with other ecosystems instead of replacing existing vendor's apps.

Er, nobody asking those using only Xiaomi switch to turn on Xiaomi gateway to use HA.
If you use only Xiaomi devices, of course it is better to just use the Mi app.
At least HA can duplicate some actions if want to integrate with other brand devices.
If Xiaomi can use with Sonoff, Alexa and Google Home, I'm sure nobody want to add HA into their home.

Agree, HA act as and bridge between xioami and others

Don't really understand first part of your statements.
However I agreed on HA is merely the bridge for cross brands ecosystem.