Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup
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@akbooer said in Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup:
I'm about to replace a Zwave switch controlling a timed thermostat with one of the relays which will have its own built-in timer schedule... no need for a scene!
Done! ... and I have to say that the switch's weekly schedule web interface is the simplest and clearest that I have ever come across.
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I just orderered two shelly uni (just to test them) and two shelly buttons. I'll use those in the cars to automagically handle presence and trigger some scenes. The buttons can call an HTTP endpoint (or send an MQTT message) anytime they'll attach a WiFI network and can ping to signal their presence. We'll see.
Plus, two EMs I had in my cart since the summer, in order to monitor AC consumption on the floors and detect if it's running or not (it's central air and I can already turn on/off, but status is alwasy hit and miss).
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Yes a multi-button handheld remote would be nice. There are not so many nice Z-wave options either.
I ordered one EM, two Uni, two 16A wallplugs and two i3 units.
The plan to monitor the power consumption of my AC unit with the EM.
I also intend to replace an ageing Fibary Multsensor on my UI5 VeraLite that I use to detect the state of the alarm with an Uni. I tried to include another Fibaro Multisensor into Zway, but it did not perform that well, so I will phase them out. The Uni looks suspiciously similar to the Fibaro Multisensor, let's see how it performs.
The idea with the wallplugs is to monitor power consumption for washer and/or dishwasher, hence 16A to have some margin.
The i3's are just to experiment with for the time being.//ArcherS
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@archers said in Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup:
There are not so many nice Z-wave options either.
I love my Aeotec MiniMotes for ZWave, but looking to move now to WiFi.
@archers said in Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup:
The i3's are just to experiment with for the time being.
I love my i3s. They’ve restored some functionality that I haven’t had since X10, for which there was a very nice 4-input unit. Would be even nicer if they ran on 12V.
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There was this, of course...
NiceThings on Tindie
I've been enjoying building smart things for a while now, maybe it's time to share the ones I find useful with others. I like to make thing…
...but it doesn’t seem to be available.
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There was this, of course...
NiceThings on Tindie
I've been enjoying building smart things for a while now, maybe it's time to share the ones I find useful with others. I like to make thing…
...but it doesn’t seem to be available.
@akbooer I agree it would have been better if it supported 12V such as the Uni does.
I assume it should be possible to run the i3 on a small 12/24V DC/DC converter, e.g. something like this TRK-1-1215 depending on space available and taking the temperature/ventilation into consideration.//ArcherS
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I gave up Vera 5 month ago to Hubitat and I Have discovered Shelly. Fast and easy. I sold all my fibaro dimmers and switches... The only device that doesn't have a Hubitat driver now is Uni.. so smart implant still runs... But they work good. The Shellys is almost for free compared to zwave products.....
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@therealdb Where did you put the shelly i3 ? And which switches are you using ?
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It’s in the box and I’m using standard switches. In Europe (mostly France and Italy) we have a different style for flush-mounted boxes (called 503 box, 504, 506 depending on how many switches you could fit), so it’s very easy to do.
It’s basically a system that could be combined and where items could be added.
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It’s in the box and I’m using standard switches. In Europe (mostly France and Italy) we have a different style for flush-mounted boxes (called 503 box, 504, 506 depending on how many switches you could fit), so it’s very easy to do.
It’s basically a system that could be combined and where items could be added.
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So these Shelley modules, we can use them with HA-bridge I assume? They look great, if so!
C
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@catmanv2 said in Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup:
Well that makes things a lot cheaper all of a sudden!
Yep. While I'm a fan of Shelly, I have not deployed so many of them, because it'll cost you time to manage them.
I'll probably add them to the new office we're building, but offices are less complex than houses, because you'll simply turn lights on/off based on presence and time, and automations are simple.
While I have a lot of friends going the WiFi route, I'm sure they'll find problems when they'll reach my size (100+ devices).
Things are better on home assistant, with autodiscovery, auto fw update, and so on, but it's too many moving parts for me.
I'm OK with a couple of them in strategic places, where Zwave mesh sucks or when a Zwave equivalent is not available (or for very low budgets situation, where I want to add automation but be on a budget).
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@akbooer said in Shelly i3 as a cheap scene controller for Openluup:
I just so much wish that they produced a four button handheld controller.
…and now, they do (well, not quite, it’s not handheld, but mains powered)…The (relatively) new Shelly Plus i4.
Just received and installed one… the latest (beta) firmware is vastly different from the old i3s, but I configured it in the end. However, the MQTT function doesn’t broadcast to the generic Shellies/ topic, so isn’t recognised by openLuup at this time.
Anyone else have experience of these devices? I missed the old Zwave Fibaro 4-channel input device, but this seems like an excellent replacement.
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