3. August 2023
HomeAssistant - after aprrox. 2 years usage
In an older post I found that I started home automation with OpenHAB.
A few days later I switched to HomeAssistant and I'm still using it.
Getting it up and running on a Raspi 4 was quite easy.
However, the complexity of integrating devices differs wildly.
My setup is now like this:
- Automatic backup to Google Drive
- Using the Mosquitto MQTT addon.
- Integrated several WiFi plugs, for some of them I flashed Tasmota myself (OTA), but the newer ones I bought pre-flashed in the UK. These include power sensors.
- Integrated ~ 20 ZigBee light bulbs (using a ConBee 2 USB stick), most of them bought from IKEA
- Integrated some ZigBee switches from IKEA.
- Integrated my SunGrow Solar system using modbus.
- Integrated my Vaillant heating and hot-water system using a tiny device which is connected to it via the proprietary "ebus" wire protocol and is connect to MQTT via WiFi. This device is magic!
- Using scenes for light settings
- Using very few automations (for switching on and off lights, switching on Spotify on the TV in the morning)
