Home Assistant Presence Simulation

Post by Sleaker » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 10:07 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #13

Just a note to anyone interested in trying out Home Assistant: It's amazing _but_ do NOT use a raspberry pi to run it. Save yourself a ton of headaches and buy a mini pc (there was a list of used mini pcs posted here yesterday from ebay). Also I recommend using HAOS (or whatever the "we install and run the whole OS" option is called) so that you can use things like plugins without messing around with docker. I love d…

Post by closewith » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 10:12 PM UTC

jitl wrote: post #36

I use a normal automation to turn on the lights every day at sundown, and to turn off the lights every night at ($BEDTIME + 1hr), just as part of daily life. I don't need anything tricky to simulate that pattern when I'm traveling; I just don't disable the automation. I wonder how many people using HomeAssitant for their lights are manually turning lights on and off all the time. I would think most people would set u…

Post by reaperducer » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 10:28 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #24

Geezus_42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny because I never answer my door when anyone knocks. If you're knocking on my door it's because I don't know you, which means I probably don't want to talk to you. Anyone who knows me knows to call or text before they come by.

I have kids, neighbors have kids, door is knocked on all the time.

Post by barbazoo » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 10:43 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #55

baq wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have kids, neighbors have kids, door is knocked on all the time.

You don't even have to have kids. When I was at my last house, I didn't have kids, and people would knock on my door every day. It was because my block was full of neighbors who were friendly and nice to one another, and not shut in their houses like hermits. The way many people in the suburbs live these days, they'd might as well live in windowless metal shipping containers.

Post by teamonkey » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 11:00 PM UTC

delichon wrote: post #26

joshstrange wrote: post #13

Just a note to anyone interested in trying out Home Assistant: It's amazing _but_ do NOT use a raspberry pi to run it. Save yourself a ton of headaches and buy a mini pc (there was a list of used mini pcs posted here yesterday from ebay). Also I recommend using HAOS (or whatever the "we install and run the whole OS" option is called) so that you can use things like plugins without messing around with docker. I love d…

I'm about to buy a Pi 5 for a Pi-hole. Does the same advice apply to that?