Hi Guys,

I stumbled upon this thread while doing some research on smart home initiative. Going through the forum (and other forums ) made me feel like i have to learn more and need some electrical and coding skills (i have none). i hope to learn more from here and wish to be well knowledgable on smart home, at least for my interest

I have started to have some smart home devices for the past 2 years and hope to grot it. ultimately i would want to be able to maximise automation, add voice command (either with echo / xiaomi) and having it to work with home kit.

Currently this is what i have for Connected devices / Smart Home

1. Philips Hue - Gen 1 (3 bulbs)
2. Noke smart lock -1
3. Xiaomi (this makes the majority of my devices)
3.1 Mi Home Gateway
3.1.1 Motion Sensor - 2
3.1.2 Door Sensor - 4
3.1.3 Wireless Switch - 1
3.1.4 Humidity Sensor - 2
3.2 Xiaomi Universal Remote Control - 2
3.3 Xiaomi Mi Wifi Router -1
3.4 Xiaomi Mi Wifi Amplifier - 2
3.5 Xiaomi yeelight Bedside Lamp - 1
3.6 Xiaomi yeelight Smart LED Lightstrip - 4 (1 unused)
3.7 Xiaomi yeelight Smart LED Bulb - 4
3.8 Xiaomi Yi Home Camera Night Vision - 1
3.9 Xiaomi Xiao Fang 1080p wireless home camera - 3
3.10 Xiaomi Wifi Smart Plug Mi Adapter Wireless Remote Socket - 5
3.11 Mi Air Purifier -1
3.12 Mi Smart Scale
3.13 Mi Smart Band
3.14 Xiaomi Mi Power Strip 3 Sockets / 3 USB Ports White
3.15 Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Gamepad
3.16 Xiaomi iHealth Smart Blood Pressure Monitor
3.17 Xiaomi Mi TDS Pen Water Quality Tester
4. Sony 50" Android TV
5. Xiaomi Mi Soundbar and Subwoofer
6. Harman Kardon Aura


They are all up and running, connected as well but, they are not working at its optimum, for e.g one action triggering another etc. I am also starting to learn about sonoff and would see how this would all add up. And i would really appreciate if the fellow forumers could advice on what else (automation) can i do with my current setup and advisable upgrades. Thanking you guys in advance

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Aug 5 2017, 01:05 PM

thanks alucard, im just using the mi home app to automate it, by home assistant do you mean this.

also, why what is the difference between the 2 version of home gateway? any significant beside the radio function?

and for the noke, it's convenient, but since it uses bt connnected to phone, it doesnt works all the time. some time, i need to open the app in the phone and only then it will unlock. you can also use it without bt by unlocking it using a morse code like method. i still find it better compared to normal locks.

for the ras pi, i guess, i'll have to do more research

Can check shopee

humidity sensor - 35
Motion Sensor - 49

i've been looking for something that would make my grill smart as well, like you rightly pointed out, there has to be a different one as people can reach to the other side. the closest i can get is using a smart pad lock. im using noke, but it walk half the time only, most often i need to take out my phone to unlock it, instead if it using bluetooth to automatically unlock



a friend of mine is visiting the US now, and i have managed to help purchase both the echo dot, as well as the ghome mini. been researching about voice commands and integrating my current super rojak ecosystem.

i've been also reading up on sonoff and broadlink stuff as well and pretty tempted to try the wall plugs etc, (and add more mess int the rojak system)

can some one enlighten me on the below

1. the difference of rm mini3 / rm pro / rm plus
2. your experience using sonoff basic vs broadlnk sc1
3. is anyone using broadlink sc 2 orsonoff t1

i would like to automate the existing dumb llight switches and add some ifttt love to it.

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Dec 18 2017, 06:27 PM

thanks,
i ordered the rm pro from shopee, i think that its pretty cheap at 86.33 including shipping. also got the sonoff basic and sonoff touch 1 gang and 3 gang to try out 1st.

quick question,

1. For the sonoff touch, i think installation might be pretty straight forward, but for sonoff basic, do i have to do take any electricity calculation?, most prolly, gonna use sonoff basic for to control about 4 sets of ceiling downlight while maintaining normal light switch (not sure, how or where to check the wiring connection, will try it over the weekend).

since im gonne be using alexa / GA with hue/yeelight/ewelink/broadlink/ifttt is there any reason for me to start exploring HA, for now, to me it looks just like another control centre, i got a lot of manual setting to do to automate things with alexa/GH and ifttt.

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Dec 19 2017, 02:40 PM

can you tell a little more? clearly i didn't read enough.
mean would it not work?

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Dec 19 2017, 03:58 PM

cancelled the order, hopefully the seller accepts and refunds me. btw the tc2 also requires neutral wire , atleast from the pic here

Wont the basic do the trick for 4 downlights, because currently they are all controlled using one switch now. Or do i still need to have 4 channel for it?

Im also interested on this but then there is a couple of version, one is just a stick on switch while another is the 86 socket which fits the lobang, i think. And im also pretty sure it needs the gateway.Also saw a tutorial of a guys just using the sonoff basic to connect to the wall switch which is pretty cool.


This post has been edited by mixologist84: Dec 19 2017, 08:45 PM

thanks

would it make sense for me to ditch the mi smart home hub for smart things instead? would the existing temp sensor/smart plug/occupancy sensor and door sensor work with the smart things?

thank you, i guess, i'll probably take it slow first, let the echo dot, GH mini, sonoff, rm pro arrive , toy with them before adding more stuff

can it retrofit the 86 socket? and would you know what are the lines that needs to be connected?

on another note, need some advice from you guys here
1. where is the best place (read cheap) to buy Raspberry Pi 3 model B + Power Supply , found this inshopee is the price ok?
2. would you recommend to add fan or heatsink if im going to use for HA
3. is it necessary to use power supply connected from wall or can i power it by other means, i.e via usb

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Dec 21 2017, 06:45 PM

Hi guys, has anyone used broadlink s1 or s2 home security? Noy much luck finding info pn s2

got the echo dot and GH mini y'day, asked a friend to help buy while he was travelling, trying to hook them up to my current setup. still awaiting for broaddlink rm pro to help with the fan/tv/ac. also ordered the raspi 3, to load hass.io and then help control xiaomi gateway (plugs/sensors). in the HA site i only saw the aqara component , anyone knows if it would work with the 1st gen xiaomi gateway?

btw, has anyone used or has experience with digoo products? seems to be upcoming smarthome products brand

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Jan 5 2018, 12:46 PM

Guys, need some advice, as i have been adding more connected device, im experiencing drops in connection, this happens mostly on the ipcams and now even on echo dot. is there a limit of devices /sub devices that can be connected ? i think i have about 40 connection with around 15 subdevices

i am currently using mavis fiber 10mbps, i have connected mi router to the main network all devices to be connected to the network on xiaomi router, reason being, fr the ipcams to dump the recording in the hdd attached to the router and easier to manage all devices under single network

wow, could you share a little more on you homebridge setup and how it works between xiaomi ecosystem and homekit

hi guys, i comw with more noob question.

i want to control wall switches and this is my current powerpoint, my neighbours tells me that my condo units uses 3 phase (im not sure whats the difference). so this is how it looks like, am i able to use sonoff t1 here? if can, where shold these wires connect? or if i use sonoff basic (plan to remove the casing and stuff the board in the wall hole) how should the wiring work?

hi guys, i comw with more noob question.

i want to control wall switches and this is my current powerpoint, my neighbours tells me that my condo units uses 3 phase (im not sure whats the difference). so this is how it looks like, am i able to use sonoff t1 here? if can, where shold these wires connect? or if i use sonoff basic (plan to remove the casing and stuff the board in the wall hole) how should the wiring work?

Guys, last time i read somewhere, that there is a device that plus in to powerpoint (looks something like the sonoff s20) outlet and has a lan port, you plug one in your main modem and then you plug another one in another room and the lan cable plugged to a router, basically what it does is, runs the internet connection through the electrical wiring (i think la).

has anyone used this? or has any ideas about it?

guys anyone here tried to link aqara smart cam (with gateway function) to HA? looks like it's unable to link to HA (from what i've read) despite being aqara sub brand

hi would you know if they 1st gen hub would work? im having the 1st gen hub and aqara smart cam with hub, not sure if the smoke sensor can work with the 1st gen hub, but i dint see the option to add the smoke sensor in the aqara smart cam child device list.

and i'd like to check with the rest of the sifu's what (smart) smoke and gas alarm are you using and what would you recommend?

This post has been edited by mixologist84: Feb 23 2018, 10:22 AM