Shabby4582

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[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As an addition after re-reading your post requirement for multiple chargers, if you had a cheap smart plug on each charger, you could measure the current draw and use that as a condition for different automation actions (combined with the mobile app charging state sensor). That way you could identify which charger your phone was placed upon.

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Agree that this is probably best, maybe combined with a time condition (if you have a regular bed time!).

Something to note with iPhones- you can’t scan a tag for home assistant and have it auto-execute your automation. It prompts that a tag has been scanned and then asks if you want to open home assistant…at which point just make a Lovelace button to toggle your automation as you’ll have to interact with your phone! There are hacky work arounds (last time I checked) with the shortcuts app to bypass this, but at that point maybe just use the mobile app sensors!

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Could you explain why this is the same?

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You have the ability to whip up this BS about proton, but a web search for “private email provider” was too much?

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Looks like one of the qotom/topton boxes you can find on aliexpress.

Can also pick them up with preinstalled *sense from Protectli (which I did I regretted nothing, totally great experience.)

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I have two window units and a switch on the wall wired in to turn power on and off to them like yours. It would be the same as pulling the plug. I added a Shelly relay to each of them to turn them on and off via home assistant.

I can’t change any settings on them as they are physical dials on the front of the unit. However, I generally keep the dials the same and just turn them on and off with the relays.

There’s a warning not to turn the units off and then back on in 3 minutes (I’ve seen this on quite a few units), but I think lots of units only enable the fan if they are switched on in that time frame as a precaution. The compressor comes on after the warning period passes. No idea why.

[–] Shabby4582@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use a Broadlink RM4 for exactly this! Works great once set up. Had to let it connect to the internet to set up the first time, then blocked it on my iOT vlan so only Home assistant can talk to it. Has worked without any intervention for several years.