this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
7 points (88.9% liked)
Smart Homes
648 readers
1 users here now
For the discussion of smart homes, home automation and the like. Because of the instance it will tend to have a more UK flavour but everyone is welcome.
Elsewhere in the Fediverse:
- !homeautomation@lemmy.world
- !homeassistant@lemmy.world
- !homeassistant@lemmy.ml
- !homeassistant@lemux.minnix.dev
- !automation@weloveautomation.xyz
- !raspberrypi@lemmy.ml
- !internetofshit@suppo.fi
Rules:
- Be excellent to each other
NB: looking for moderators.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That’s it. No home assistant or equivalent. Automation and other rules are in node-red. Manual control is through Siri via the virtual HomeKit devices.
As for devices, it’s mostly just the lights, thermostats, and a weather station, though I also control a fan and the TV* via a harmony hub and am thinking about getting a smart plug for my dehumidifier.
*getting the fake HomeKit TV to work right in node-red was more trouble than everything else put together :(
Thanks for sharing - I had heard of Node-red but didn't know much about it. How did you find it?
It’s been a few years so I don’t remember exactly, but basically I used to use ControllerMate (like autohotkey but not awful) and when it died I went in search of other nodal programming tools. Never found a good replacement for CM, but node-red is amazing in its own way.
When HA wa much younger I played with node red as an alternative to its built in automation language, but the HA automations quickly got "good enough" that I didnt go with it.