January 03, 2024

Episode 370: Ask Noah Show 370

1 hour 15 minutes

This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today!

-- During The Show --

Future Home Automation

5 inch tablets

M5Stack Speakers

Steve's 2023 Purchases

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon)

Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon)

Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon)

Eco-Worthy Linear Actuator (Amazon)

Aqara Door Sensor (Cloud Free)

Aqara Temperature Sensor (Cloud Free)

WiFi vs Zigbee High Availability

GHome Smart WO2 Smart Outlet (Amazon)

Shelly Plus 1 (Shelly)

Shelly Plus 1PM (Shelly)

Shelly Plus 1 Mini (Shelly)

No longer flashing shelly devices

Shelly Plus Addon (Amazon)

50ft 360 LED Waterproof Rope Light (Amazon)

WS2811 LED strings (Amazon)

seedstudio mmWave sensor (Aamzon)

ATOM Echo Smart Speaker (M5 Stack Speaker)

Voice control

Ring Contact Sensors (Amazon)

Updates

21:25 Noah's 2023 Experiences

Started with X10, very bad

Lutron, reliable

HASSIO new "source of truth"

Integration wins

Axis front door camera

GridCards

5 inch touch screen (Amazon)

Instant (proprietary) vs Delayed (open standard) reaction

Better way of doing things (Node-RED)

Direct connection vs intermediary

34:20 Steve's 2023 Experiences

Axis PTZ camera

ONVIF

LED lighting flashing

Tiny tweaks, big wins

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 controller

ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT

Zigbee in general

Cloud Free smart plugs

Plastic sprinkler timer

Shelly warranty service

Amazon Seller Yantech

Amazon Seller Xiaxuanke

45:20 Commercial Home Assistant

Spouse approval factor vs Commercial

47:15 2024 Projects

Motion sensors in switches just work

Power monitoring in the box

Noah's Dad's house

Scene switch suggestions - write in!

Expanding Volumio

53:40 Zigbee/Zwave Question: - Zac

Local devices on registered frequency - best way

Zigbee & ZWave

Advantages of Wifi

57:20 Light Automation: John

Inadvertently resetting

Noah's can lights

Each light on it's own dimmer

Control with home assistant

Past answer

Sensing switches

1:01:30 Garage Detector/Leak Sensor - Shawn

Automates the lights

Past answer

Honeywell magnet sensor

Pressure switch

1:04:30 Smart Thermostats - Ryan

Centralite Pearl thermostat

Venstar Thermostat

Honeywell Redlink system

Past answer

1:08:51 Smart Door Locks - Eddie

Axis A1001

R10 mini reader

MiFare 2 Standard

New system no longer has web UI

Axis 8105

Past answer

1:13:40 Replace Home Security System with Home Assistant - Jeremy

Home Assistant has

Haven't used it

Alarm relay

Honeywell security system

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January 03, 2024

Episode 370: Ask Noah Show 370

1 hour 15 minutes

This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today!

-- During The Show --

Future Home Automation

5 inch tablets

M5Stack Speakers

Steve's 2023 Purchases

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon)

Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon)

Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon)

Eco-Worthy Linear Actuator (Amazon)

Aqara Door Sensor (Cloud Free)

Aqara Temperature Sensor (Cloud Free)

WiFi vs Zigbee High Availability

GHome Smart WO2 Smart Outlet (Amazon)

Shelly Plus 1 (Shelly)

Shelly Plus 1PM (Shelly)

Shelly Plus 1 Mini (Shelly)

No longer flashing shelly devices

Shelly Plus Addon (Amazon)

50ft 360 LED Waterproof Rope Light (Amazon)

WS2811 LED strings (Amazon)

seedstudio mmWave sensor (Aamzon)

ATOM Echo Smart Speaker (M5 Stack Speaker)

Voice control

Ring Contact Sensors (Amazon)

Updates

21:25 Noah's 2023 Experiences

Started with X10, very bad

Lutron, reliable

HASSIO new "source of truth"

Integration wins

Axis front door camera

GridCards

5 inch touch screen (Amazon)

Instant (proprietary) vs Delayed (open standard) reaction

Better way of doing things (Node-RED)

Direct connection vs intermediary

34:20 Steve's 2023 Experiences

Axis PTZ camera

ONVIF

LED lighting flashing

Tiny tweaks, big wins

Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 controller

ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT

Zigbee in general

Cloud Free smart plugs

Plastic sprinkler timer

Shelly warranty service

Amazon Seller Yantech

Amazon Seller Xiaxuanke

45:20 Commercial Home Assistant

Spouse approval factor vs Commercial

47:15 2024 Projects

Motion sensors in switches just work

Power monitoring in the box

Noah's Dad's house

Scene switch suggestions - write in!

Expanding Volumio

53:40 Zigbee/Zwave Question: - Zac

Local devices on registered frequency - best way

Zigbee & ZWave

Advantages of Wifi

57:20 Light Automation: John

Inadvertently resetting

Noah's can lights

Each light on it's own dimmer

Control with home assistant

Past answer

Sensing switches

1:01:30 Garage Detector/Leak Sensor - Shawn

Automates the lights

Past answer

Honeywell magnet sensor

Pressure switch

1:04:30 Smart Thermostats - Ryan

Centralite Pearl thermostat

Venstar Thermostat

Honeywell Redlink system

Past answer

1:08:51 Smart Door Locks - Eddie

Axis A1001

R10 mini reader

MiFare 2 Standard

New system no longer has web UI

Axis 8105

Past answer

1:13:40 Replace Home Security System with Home Assistant - Jeremy

Home Assistant has

Haven't used it

Alarm relay

Honeywell security system

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys

Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

-- Stay In Touch --

Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard

Ask Noah Dashboard

Altispeed Technologies

Contact Noah

live [at] asknoahshow.com

-- Twitter --

Noah - Kernellinux

Ask Noah Show

Altispeed Technologies

Special Guest: JT Pennington.

Support Ask Noah Show

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