I’m planning to build several WiFi connected devices for home automation: an AC remote control and air quality sensors. These devices would send data and be controlled through a local server. I’m considering two approaches: running custom software on a server PC (hardware to be determined) or integrating with Home Assistant’s protocols and purchasing their hardware. Would using Home Assistant be excessive for this use case?

  • Canuck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Before HomeAssistant, OpenHab was the undisputed king. I still like them because they let you remotely access you home without having to subscribe to anything or set up any remote access methods

    • baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      10 hours ago

      This implies that I am paying to access HA outside my network. I am not. You do not need any kind of subscription to access home assistant externally.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      I choose to pay for remote access, but it’s for convenience and to support the developers. You are free to configure it yourself in a couple ways (and there is decent documentation) or do without remote access

      I don’t know how you set up remote access for OpenHab, but from a quick glance at the web site it looks similar