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Sengled's servers are dead again, so I'm finally taking the plunge (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Luckily I already have a Plex/Jellyfin server, so having a device running 24/7 isn’t an issue. But my experience is primarily on the HTPC side of things, so I’d appreciate any tips! I’m probably going to run it headless for now, but may eventually install a dashboard once the dust has settled on getting this running.

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[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Good move. I've driven my Sengled E11-N1EA bulbs for years now over ZigBee with an old HubZ HUSBZB-1. Works fine, no regrets. Didn't even know those bulbs were cloud attached.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Those are the exact bulbs I have! I thought ahead and at least bought Zigbee bulbs, in anticipation of Sengled eventually pulling their support. And now here we are, with Sengled’s servers dead/killed and absolutely no communication from the company. Apparently this latest outage had Amazon pulling their support, so there are probably a lot of Alexa people about to transition to other brands.

[-] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, this happened at the absolute worst time for me. I have 6 of their WiFi bulbs that I've been planning to replace, but the wife's car just broke down yesterday, and she had a surgical procedure today. And my kid starts her senior year of high school in a week or two, and registration is now, and she needs new clothes for school. Ugh.

Needless to say, money is too tight to replace these 6 not-so-smsrt bulbs just yet.

Thankfully, the 6 bulbs are: 3 in the kid's room, and 3 in the front porch. Ad the kid has other lighting that continues working fine, and the porch lights are only needed if someone goes out there, and we rarely use the front porch, as our main entryway is the back one. I also have several zigbee relays, and some esphome devices so it's not like my entire setup just died..

I was about to pull the trigger on replacing them the last time this crap happened, and they started working again, so they got moved to a back burner.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

but the wife's car just broke down yesterday, and she had a surgical procedure today.

Oddly enough, my wife had a surgery today too. But we’ve already hit our out-of-pocket max for the year (because of all of the issues leading up to her surgery). Hope your wife is doing well!

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Welcome to the club!

I have 3 computer monitors, and one is effectively dedicated to displaying Home Assistant. I started running HA on a Raspberry Pi 2 (not recommend, but possible), and upgraded to an old ThinkPad when adding a few more demanding tasks.

I've recently got into self hosting, ad found that HA runs equally well in docker as OS. The output on the laptop is not particularly useful considering you can do just about everything remotely.

Advice: Make backups, save any configuration files you make/change, then just go nuts and tinker with everything.

Almost everything can be done using the GUI (and it's fairly user friendly), but it's worth at least knowing how to access the YAML. Copying other people's code (with permission) is a great way to learn and find new features.

Read the documentation before installing the community store (HACS). Is easy to install, but has a few steps that will keep you troubleshooting for hours if you don't follow them the first time.
My favourite HACS integration is apexcharts-card. It takes a little learning to get right, but the graphs look really good. I'd be happy to share some tips and examples if you're interested.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Isn't that just a Zigbee dongle? I'm confused.

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