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For starters, I’d like to go through some of the core features in my DIY smart home. Just a brief walkthrough of hardware and software and on later posts some detailed information about separate areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing that does make all the automations and controls available is the hub. I’m using Home Assistant <\/a>for that. Nice open source project with nice quick update cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m running home assistant headless inside a virtual machine hosted with proxmox<\/a> environment. Previously (some years ago) I was using Raspberry PI 3, but it soon ran out of performance and I thought to switch to more poreful setup. Since then, no issues with performance what so ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, and HW of the proxmox environment is i5-6500U, 16G RAM, 256G SSD within a 2.5 inch form factor case. (refurbished HP ProDesk 600 G2<\/a>, compact enough for usage like this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since I’m retrofitting, I’m not able to wire everything up with permanent wires so therefore I’m using (mostly) wireless environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now I’m using devices with WiFi, ZigBee and ZWave, everything integrated to the hub of course with Conbee II<\/a> and Aotec Z-Stick gen5<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why both ZWave and ZigBee? Why especially these devices? More about those on later posts..<\/p>\n\n\n\n For security, I have two Yale Doorman<\/a> locks, few refurbished security cameras and bunch of Xiaomi Aqara Door\/Window sensors.<\/a> All integrated to the hub of course and cameras are being recorded\/analyzed by Milestone XProtect Essentials<\/a> (also running inside a virtual machine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entertainment system consists of few TVs (Newer LG and older Samsung), couple of Sonos<\/a> speakers. I’ve had Samsung multiroom system previously, but recently those were replaced by much far more superior Sonos. More about this later aswell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most used and biggest sub-system in my smart home is probably the climate control. Constisting of numerous of Xiaomi Aqara Temperature\/Humidity Sensors<\/a>, Mitsubishi Heatpump with DIY ESP8266 WiFi controller, Ventilation (Vallox 121SE) with DIY ESP8266 WiFi Controller, Garage Air Dryer (controlled by a Osram Smart+ plug<\/a>), HeatIt Z-Wave<\/a> thermostats in the bedrooms and a Xiaomi Air Purifier 2S<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also got some Adax Wifi Clea<\/a> heaters in the living room, DIY guides for these ESP8266 controllers will be made published later, stay tuned..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lights are being controlled with Philips Hue<\/a> system. Lights were basically the first thing I started with. Easy setup and basically plug-and-play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have bunch of Philips ambient lights, white dimmable lights, some IKEA bulbs (some problems with these, more about it later) and some Philips switches here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terrace lights are 4 led strips on the glass roof controlled by odd WiFi\/Rf Controller<\/a>, which does not directly integrate into Home Assistant eather. The protocol is very very weird, but this is one of the items in my TODO list<\/a> and hopefully I can solve it before fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mostly I use either Home Assistant Android App or voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voice is being handled with Google Assistant (7″ Nest Hub<\/a> and Lenovo Smart Display 10″<\/a>). I started with few Amazon Echos<\/a>, but recently changed to Googles system. But why? Again, more about this later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cleaning is handled by Roborock S5<\/a> which is by far the best thing I’ve bought for a long time. I can certainly recommend this one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Xiaomi Aqara Leak Detector<\/a> under the main water pipe and One Pro Leak Detector<\/a> under the kitchen appliances. One Pro is not yet integrated into the system, but it has NO\/NC output so it can be done quite easily. Again one of the items in the TODO list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Total energy measurement is handled by DIY ESP8266 optical pulse reader. DIY Instructions coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConnectivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Entertainment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Climate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
but unfortunately there seens to be no way to integrate these into Home Assistant, had a miss here \ud83d\ude41<\/s> Adax opened up their API, can be integrated now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Controlling it all<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Everything else<\/h2>\n\n\n\n