I have tried Home Assistant several times. Each time I try it, I get it installed on a VM under my Proxmox hypervisor and start configuring my devices. I’ll use my most recent try as an example. I have several Wyze WiFi power switches, and two “Smart Life” (Toya internally) combination thermometer/switch devices. The Toya devices integrated with HA after I signed up for a Toya developer account and did a bunch of configuring. I was able to read the temperature values, but switching the devices on/off did absolutely nothing. I didn’t even try the Wyze devices; apparently Wyze doesn’t integrate with HA.

I’m not opposed to buying new “smart home” devices, but I want something that actually works properly. What I’m looking for are:

  • Devices that don’t require internet access and an external API; I want to control them directly over my LAN.
  • Devices that have built-in integration with HA.

Is there a list of devices that just “work” with HA? I’ve looked at the list of available integrations that “technically” work, but they often require signing up for API access with a 3rd-party company and jumping through hoops to get the devices working. I want something where I can assign it a static IP or DHCP lease and HA just talks to it. I was able to get my BlueIris DVR integration working, and it can double as a motion sensor, so I’m specifically looking for plug-in switches, thermometers, sensors, etc.

  • Trupal00p@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    vor 1 Jahr

    I’m a big fan of tasmota and esphome. There’s plenty of cheap esp32 devices that you can flash these onto and all will work via regular old wifi.

    • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
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      vor 1 Jahr

      Ditto. I haven’t played with ESPHome but for general devices I only use stuff that I can flash with Tasmota (or stuff that comes pre-flashed).

      Except for HASS itself - which has limited access - none of my IoT stuff can get to the internet