Exactly this. The device either needs to be open enough that it can easily integrate to HA without internet access.
Or dumb enough that I can mod it with an ESP.
Anything that has to go through the manufacturer’s servers goes in the bin, the risks of data theft/rent seeking are too damned high.
If it helps for a future purchase, Focusrite’s external interfaces have been amazing for Linux support.
To the point where I didn’t even notice; It just worked perfectly out of the box.
I’m assuming you’ve already checked this, but is your interface set to the same frequency/bit depth between Linux and windows? Or if it uses optical, whether it’s set to the same word clock source.
I keep wondering if I should open a little non-profit shop, specialising in “cheap home assistant stuff that isn’t awful, that I’ve tested”.
Then I remember the absolute chaos involved in running a shop…
I’m currently eyeing up an Airgradient One, which uses the SHT40.
Unfortunately, I don’t have enough tinkering time at the moment to roll out much more kit.
In honesty, I use the relative humidity readings as more of a “it’s dry” “It’s OK” “it’s moist”, than expecting any sort of accuracy!
I’ve even considered mapping percentage ranges to “moist, normal, dry” in HA.
On the UK theory test, this question used to have an answer of “offer them a cigarette”.
I mean, that’s where all my sensors are, and they’re doing OK.
My outdoor sensors are classic 433mhz meteorology ones though, as I didn’t want to mess around waterproofing zigbee gear.
Have you considered mounting a door sensor (depending on the letterbox type).
If it has a shutter, you could mount the two parts on the inside, on the edge.
Do americans still use those flag things on mailboxes? As I guess you could also use a door sensor on the flag.
I swear it’s the blackout curtains. I’ll draw them tight on the first night, then have a surprise in the morning if I didn’t set my alarm.
I knew this would come up, which is why I threw in the “ok for consumer gear” line.
I don’t have any super accurate sensors at home to test against, but to be honest, cheap hydrometers are best for vague ranges. “It’s damp”, “it’s normal”, or “It’s dry”.
Which is actually what I use it for: It’s in the bathroom to send alerts to open or close the windows based on humidity and outside conditions.
Compared to the rest of the sensors in the house, when the windows are open and air in the house is normalised, it’s within 5%, which is about all I could really hope for.
Meeting summary:
Some meetings, I wish I’d bought a steamdeck.
I considered this, but was forbidden: The limescale would leave it looking manky.
I think live view is how mine are configured, with a snapshot that updates every few minutes.
Then if it’s clicked, the true video stream is opened.
That’s a very good shout, as it’ll save me mucking about in bash.
That was going to be my backup plan, as I didn’t want to use any more resource if I could avoid it 😅
The good news is, we figured it out, and got the file serving out of /config/www without an auth requirement.
Aha, that was what I was after, big thanks!
So, after a bit of meddling:
The location I was placing things in was media>my media (from the HA UI).
Assets there are stored in /media, and served in 8123/media/local, but require an autoSig.
Changing permissions doesn’t affect the availability, no sig is a 401 error.
However, if the file is copied from /media to /config/www/ , it’s then served (as you said) under 8123/local.
Brill, not too painful a process for a few static images (or indeed if I’m feeling brave, I could just symlink the folders).
Maybe one day there will be a way to upload background images for picture elements cards from the UI :)
I can appreciate that!
I do have standard layouts which are mostly big button to do a thing in the room.
But I also fancied having by-floor layouts.
And you’re right: The button I have that sets the kitchen spots on/off/dim as a group is 10x more useable than a scale representation of their location in the ceiling!
HAOS under proxmox.
It’s definitely one of those “many ways to skin the cat” situations!
Whichever one best justifies the lifestyle and decisions.
Part of me also thinks that fediverse doesn’t need growth for the sake of growth.
That it’s primary function is to be an alternative if people want to use it.