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    Mios dashboard isn't displaying anything. Anyone know what is going on?

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    @Adrian_B "a device" - so you're gonna leave us all hanging?

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    therealdbT

    @gwp1 That's not too different from Easter. I have another virtual switch for the current program (as a string). it's set to default unless a specific program is found. My logic is quite easy:

    at 1 am, get the current holiday via webcal.guru/fixed dates. save it to a virtual entity. try to match current holiday with pre-defined light programs. save the value to a virtual entity. when dark, cycle every 15 minutes and randomize lights according to the current light program.

    For Christmas Time after Thanksgiving, you could set a virtual entity/global variable (Christmas Time) to true when it's Thanksgiving and run the corresponding lights only if both are not true. Then, the day after, you'll still have the variable/entity to true, but a different holiday. I have a fixed Christmas Time (1 Dec to 6 Jan), because that's the range we usually have in Italy, so it's easier for me.

    I was thinking of creating a specific Controller for Holiday Lights, integrated with webcal.guru or similar, but I fear what every one of us is doing is quite different.

  • Share and discuss your lua creations here

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    akbooerA

    Why use any individual scene code at all? Per the reference docs you cited, if you define a scene_prolog global (presumably with the exact same code as your existing executeSceneNumber) that should work directly.

  • Hardware related - Small board computer to IP Camera and technologies like Zigbee or Zwave!

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    To manage high temperatures (600°C) with Zigbee and Sonoff iHost, you can use a high-temperature thermocouple (like a K-type) with a MAX31855 or MAX6675 converter. Then, connect it to an ESP8266/ESP32 microcontroller with a Zigbee module (like Sonoff Zigbee). This way, you can read the temperature and integrate it into your automation stack via MQTT or HTTP.

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    Ok, oddly, the correct lights came on last night. 🤷♂

  • The goodness of vera without the bad. Discuss installation problems and improvements.

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    "AK: Your best bet would surely be to register a callback handler to listen for messages on a specific address?"

    Yep - that seems the most obvious method - just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed some other turn of events. With your own callback handler, you can clearly sort out any email encodings, etc.

    On the Doco - Goggle doesn't seem to index github io pages. Seems to me you need to have some sort of URL redirect, that looks like say https://smarthome.community/openluup, that would get indexed? ie via the web server set up or similar.

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    toggledbitsT

    That's the beauty of community support!

  • Blog posts from individual members. Feel free to talk about your project, your smart home setup!

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    The locksmith is trying to persuade me to purchase the BE-TECH K35 touchscreen lock with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, claiming it's better than the Yale Assure Lock 2. What are your thoughts on this? Which one would you recommend?

    Here is the link to the Chinese brand BE-TECH: BE-TECH Smart Deadbolt K3S.

    The other smart lock I am considering is the Schlage Encode Plus.

    Thank you!

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