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  • NEW THEME - DARK MODE

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  • Forum rules

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  • Disaster recovery and virtualisation

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    CatmanV2C

    Well after much trepidation, and some additional work, I think we are complete.

    After the successful virtualisation of my Home Assistant and Music Server hosts, and a successful POC of the main Vera / MQTT / MSR / everything else box I did some testing with a spare UZB stick to make sure I could connect it to the virtual host.

    With a long weekend ahead to solve any issues, this morning I bit the bullet and shut down the hardware device, moved the production UZB stick over to the NAS and spun up the VM.

    It was not entirely smooth as for some reason Z-way-server was saying it wasn't connected and AltUI claimed an authentication issue, but with some judicious restarts and testing, everything that I can think of to test now works!

    Some of the Z-wave commands from remote controls are a little slow, oddly, but I suspect the network needs to sort itself out as it's nearly two months 'old' Direct control from web interfaces / voice commands seems fine so I'm not overly worried.

    So, barring any unforseen failures, I have a fully virtualised system. Better even, when reading about the Synology range, I decided to source an older unit as a backup cluster device so I have some serious resilience 🙂

    Thanks for all the support an input!

    C

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  • RFC: When disaster strikes (sorry it's a bit verbose)

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    CatmanV2C

    OK here's a useful resource:

    The Synology RAM megathread II

    With a linked sheet of all results that people have entered.

    Despite the thread I originally found, no one has got that particular RAM to work on the sheet. There's another Crucial item:
    CCT16G4SFD824A

    Which has 10 reports of working in the 224+

    Return initiated, new RAM arriving tomorrow. £10 more expensive so £35.

    <edit> New RAM in and booted fine. Takes a little longer to come up (I assume it takes a bit longer to check 18G of RAM than 2G 🙂 I think I'll start another thread about how I'm going to do this.

    C

  • Eachen No Neutral smart wall switch to lights and Sonoff Mini R4 switch for LEDs

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  • Hello and first network question

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    CatmanV2C

    Apologies for the delay. Unless you've done some vlanning, those two networks cannot see each other directly so they must be communicating via China. Unless I'm missing something!

    C

  • Lights switches for warehouse

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    PablaP

    @sammybizz there are quite a few options out there, best to look into what suits your needs best

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  • 'Random' lights turning on

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    M

    Have you asked the wife? Mine likes to randomly turn lights on (never off!) just to get me confused 😁
    Cheers Rene

  • New to Home Automation Looking for a Single app?

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

  • Sending data to a USB port to interface with a wireless switch

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    therealdbT

    what kind of things do you need to send the USB port? because that's achievable with any language, and that's possibile with a Powershell script, to start with. but I think Excel VBA is not the right tool for the job and it's not easy to drive something from it.

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    akbooerA

    Not sure if your controller handles WiFi controlled devices?

  • Just starting what hub is best.

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    akbooerA

    Hi there.

    'Best', of course, is subjective. What are your needs/wants really?

    Also, what type of IT infrastructure do you have, or are you used to? Apple, PC, Linux, ...?

    Lots of choice, to be sure.

  • Logitech logic

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    CatmanV2C

    Just to close this off, new unit installed today and we now have IR back up and running. Even more remarkably despite having to reconfigure my TV activity from scratch in the Harmony app, both Alexa and HASS appear to have managed to remain functional.
    Logitech were always the bees knees for Universal remote products but at some point they will turn the servers off 😞
    No apology needed for the Hijack. I'm off to look!

    C

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  • Recommendation for a smart in-wall plug

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    Peter19P

    It’s a smart idea to use a smart plug to reset your Ecobee remotely. However, the high temperatures in the attic (up to 135°F) are definitely a concern since many smart plugs aren’t rated for that heat. Unfortunately, Wyze and Lutron Caseta don’t offer in-wall smart plugs that are rated for those temps. You might want to look into industrial-grade smart plugs that can handle extreme conditions, or maybe relocate the smart plug to a cooler spot near the attic access, if possible. Kasa makes some Wi-Fi-based options rated up to 104°F, but you'd need to confirm if they can handle brief periods of higher heat. Be sure to double-check the specs to ensure safety and longevity.

  • Expression Evaluation - Last Seen Date/Time

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    therealdbT

    @sidmsmith said in Expression Evaluation - Last Seen Date/Time:

    If I don't hear back within a few days, I will go ahead and update this as Solved.

    your solution is correct. This code will give you the ability to use it in notifications (ie: Door left open for 5 minutes) or when you want to do things programmatically (ie: house is away since 12 hours, do that, 18 hours, do this, etc).

  • UK - Yale Smart Locks and Wi-Fi Bridge

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