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

Hi, do you use HA or do you just read and research about it?
Because your examples given are about controlling Xiaomi device based on Xiaomi device state.

I think you need a relay type of switch for that kind of application.


This post has been edited by Drian: Nov 20 2018, 02:19 PM

So black friday is here, planning to buy some echo dot 3rd gen.
Any other home automation stuff which is good deal.

i also want to buy 3rd gen but shipping cost still too much.

How much did amazon quote?

I'n getting around Rm310 from a 3rd party forwarder for 2 units including shipping based on 26 USD per unit.

black friday only $24 each
if shipping by hopshopgo i fugure another $20-30
not worth it for me.
not including tax or sirim yet if kena

This post has been edited by idoblu: Nov 20 2018, 03:06 PM

Echo dot do not have tax or Sirim. Bought during GST period

Use yellow porter if wanna buy things from USA.

I'm using HA for the last 1-2 years. :-)
Earlier examples are just examples to show HA does not work seamlessly with Xiaomi products.

My setup is versatile covering NAS, cameras, door lock, multiple device trackers, xiaomi, firebase, ifttt, sonoff, etc..
No voice assistance yet.. and no plan to do it soon until the AI is good enough.

Oh, fellow HA enthusiast.
Just curious that why u say that HA can't do "In MiHome, I setup the switch single press to toggle the gateway light " and others
Care to elaborate?

you can do this.
what I meant was the setup in Mi Home and HA are two different instances.
Meaning, the switch in Mi Home is physical wireless switch.
We can see that in HA but cannot trigger it... it's read only.
When we setup a HA switch, that will become a separate instance which has no relation to xiaomi wireless switch.

of course, this was a bad example because HA has a default switch to trigger gateway light. No explicit setup is needed.

I have one of those too. But it's just a momentary switch @ 12v. No power supply hence unable to have any smart switch. Unless it's adjacent to some other wall switches where you can pull over the power supply to your momentary switch.. Then you'll need to get a T1 switch and mod the relay. There are some hack tutorials on this with a Sonoff basic.

I'm currently looking at the 5v Sonoff inching switch, then just get a spare remote and solder it to the switch while powering the 5v with a USB.

Expensive also, 100g rm 137,

Hi bro.. just wonderng... If i flash my sonoff t1 switch using ftdi usb controller.. do i need to do soldering ? My sonoff switch came in firmware 2.6.0... So i dun thin SonOta will work... Any recommendarion on good ftdi usb programmer ?

Input Boolean? Ya, I know what you mean. Anything related to Xiaomi and HA, pls help to comment here.

After you complete it, pls document it here for research purpose.

This

get from bhphotovideo, shipped for a pair around RM 550

That is expensive right , im getting rm310 for 2 units, around rm150 one.

lol my bad i thought each 310... see wrong..., hopefully not from ezbuy... i tried them last time got black friday... items NEVER arrived.

This post has been edited by mintgadget: Nov 21 2018, 08:37 PM

where from? which 3rd party?