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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • A little late to the party, but yes, I can confirm that Hue bulbs can be controlled directly over zigbee. You will need a zigbee radio if you haven’t already bought one (£20-ish).
    They literally just appear like a zigbee device inside that integration.

    You may need to reset them before they will pair.
    I forget the pattern, but iirc it’s on 2s, off 8s, repeated until you see an acknowledgement flash.
    Sometimes, you’ll get one that takes forever, then the next bunch will just hop right on.
    I have several Hue hubs I still need to offload, as I sometimes buy the combo packs that include another hub.

    I also found that the response time was a lot quicker over direct zigbee than farting around with Signiant/Philips’ API.





  • I love my Reolink one.
    It’s powered by PoE, which means running an ethernet cable, and either using a PoE capable switch, or injecting the power just for that cable with an injector.
    If you’re planning a few cameras, a switch is worth it, as you can power them all easily. Basic ones are £20.

    Because it’s powered, it will stream all day/night without worrying about batteries. It stores video locally on a microSD, and dumps clips to FTP happily.
    The clip capture is pre-rolled too (30s, I think?), which is always nice.

    Currently, I have the feed in dashboards, and I have an automation that flashes the lights and sends a picture to my phone when someone presses the bell.
    Eventually, I’d like to integrate it directly into HA so I can speak to people without using the Reolink application.

    I like Reolink’s other cameras too (they do quite a few). I have an 810A, and a 510, if you wanted any feedback on them.













  • I knew this would come up, which is why I threw in the “ok for consumer gear” line.
    I don’t have any super accurate sensors at home to test against, but to be honest, cheap hydrometers are best for vague ranges. “It’s damp”, “it’s normal”, or “It’s dry”.
    Which is actually what I use it for: It’s in the bathroom to send alerts to open or close the windows based on humidity and outside conditions.

    Compared to the rest of the sensors in the house, when the windows are open and air in the house is normalised, it’s within 5%, which is about all I could really hope for.






  • Aha, that was what I was after, big thanks!

    So, after a bit of meddling:

    The location I was placing things in was media>my media (from the HA UI).
    Assets there are stored in /media, and served in 8123/media/local, but require an autoSig.
    Changing permissions doesn’t affect the availability, no sig is a 401 error.

    However, if the file is copied from /media to /config/www/ , it’s then served (as you said) under 8123/local.

    Brill, not too painful a process for a few static images (or indeed if I’m feeling brave, I could just symlink the folders).

    Maybe one day there will be a way to upload background images for picture elements cards from the UI :)