Specific alternative to Zwave sensors wanted.

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#1871233 22-Sep-2017 21:50

Yes. All very easy and works as intended except the light sensor is a threshold not continuous sensor. I have some new light sensors on a table to install.

Basically they are perfect and cheap. I just need to get the enclosures sorted.

I have 7 or 8 operating in the house now.

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#1871236 22-Sep-2017 21:54

Which light sensor did you have and what did you replace it with?

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#1871249 22-Sep-2017 22:32

This is the original

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-KY-018-photosensitive-sensor-module-light-module-detects-photosensitive-photosensitive-resistor-module-for-arduino/32701608104.html?aff_platform=product&cpt=1506076147070&sk=ima23FQ&aff_trace_key=e812160149f84c2ab9ab017137e1a1ff-1506076147070-05238-ima23FQ&terminal_id=c05a0b33cb4845a9a3dbd3371db91bbb

And this is the replacement which should work...

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Smart-Electronics-TEMT6000-An-ambient-light-sensor-Simulate-the-light-intensity-module-Visible-light-sensor/32583469115.html?aff_platform=product&cpt=1506076147420&sk=Mne2FAY&aff_trace_key=9d33dd686c784216a1d445ecbd5b6291-1506076147420-06282-Mne2FAY&terminal_id=c05a0b33cb4845a9a3dbd3371db91bbb

This is the quick Grafana view I put together so far...

Cheers - N

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#1871433 23-Sep-2017 12:43

Great, I'm building the same multisensor too, but thankfully ordered the TEMT6000. Is your Grafana pulling from Home Assistant ?

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#1871434 23-Sep-2017 12:49

Yes. Homeassistant saving to influxdb and Grafana pulling from influxdb directly

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#1875698 1-Oct-2017 20:35

Talkiet: Yes. Homeassistant saving to influxdb and Grafana pulling from influxdb directly

Just wondering how you are pulling your "Household energy consumption"? The plots look good!

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#1875702 1-Oct-2017 20:39

phrozenpenguin:

Talkiet: Yes. Homeassistant saving to influxdb and Grafana pulling from influxdb directly

Just wondering how you are pulling your "Household energy consumption"? The plots look good!

That's not quite standard. I have a CurrentCost (clamp power meter) connected to the odroid C2 running Homeassistant (and the database)... I wrote a small python script to pick up and parse the serial output and store it directly into the database. (And from there it's trivial to display with Grafana)... It clamps on the main feed to the house. After a couple of months I'll be able to compare it's numbers to the usage I am actually billed for and if there's a difference I can add a scaling factor into the python code to correct.

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#1876383 2-Oct-2017 22:11

OK thanks, thats interesting. Do you know a NZ supplier for the CurrentCost, or did you import (or get it from a supplier that no longer has a website)?

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#1876387 2-Oct-2017 22:18

phrozenpenguin:

OK thanks, thats interesting. Do you know a NZ supplier for the CurrentCost, or did you import (or get it from a supplier that no longer has a website)?

I can't remember where I got it from. I have had it for ages! Sorry.

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#1876389 2-Oct-2017 22:19

Actually, a search of my email shows I bought it in 2010 from http://www.smartnow.com.au/

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#1876404 2-Oct-2017 22:21

Talkiet:

Actually, a search of my email shows I bought it in 2010 from http://www.smartnow.com.au/

Thanks, appreciated.

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#1876425 2-Oct-2017 23:24

I see your ping has massive spikes in it. That must give you really low bars on call of duty. Definitely looks like you are being throttled by your ISP. I would start a thread and complain about it!

Seriosuly though, great thread. Never realised there was a decent DIY multisensor option.

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#1877361 4-Oct-2017 16:17

Thought I would give HA a try as I had a rasp pi 3 sitting in a box. Loaded a 2GB SD with etcher and started the pi. It seems to be sort of working but there is a DNS issue stopping me from accessing it via a browser with http://hassio.;local:8123.

I can see it on my network with address 192.168.20.27 and it knows it is a rasp pi called hassio. I can ping it by IP addr but not by name.

Any ideas? The instructions I followed didn't cover this behaviour!

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#1877363 4-Oct-2017 16:19

linw:

Thought I would give HA a try as I had a rasp pi 3 sitting in a box. Loaded a 2GB SD with etcher and started the pi. It seems to be sort of working but there is a DNS issue stopping me from accessing it via a browser with http://hassio.;local:8123.

I can see it on my network with address 192.168.20.27 and it knows it is a rasp pi called hassio. I can ping it by IP addr but not by name.

Any ideas? The instructions I followed didn't cover this behaviour!

No idea sorry... My idea of Name resolution is remembering the IP address :-)

Plus I am using an Odroid C2 with Ubuntu...

Cheers- N

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#1877374 4-Oct-2017 16:48

linw:

Thought I would give HA a try as I had a rasp pi 3 sitting in a box. Loaded a 2GB SD with etcher and started the pi. It seems to be sort of working but there is a DNS issue stopping me from accessing it via a browser with http://hassio.;local:8123.

I can see it on my network with address 192.168.20.27 and it knows it is a rasp pi called hassio. I can ping it by IP addr but not by name.

Any ideas? The instructions I followed didn't cover this behaviour!

Try accessing http://192.168.20.27:8123, also the first time setup takes about 20-30mins. So the web interface wont be ready until this completes.

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