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This is also one of the reasons I've moved most of my "hub like" functions to home assistant https://home-assistant.io/ https://home-assistant.io/ which is open

by SEJeff 11y ago

This is also one of the reasons I've moved most of my "hub like" functions to home assistant https://home-assistant.io/ https://home-assistant.io/ which is open source 100% https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant I was burned by them buying Revolv, the most promising of all hubs due to having multiple antennas and touted as supporting multiple new protocols via software updates (which never happened post merger).

zeveb 11y ago
That's a really nifty bit of software; I look forward to checking it out. Sounds like it does what I want: runs on my desktop, can be made accessible to the world. That has security implications, of course, but those can be addressed.
hatsix 11y ago
So... are there any hubs that specifically work with home-assistant? I like the idea of home-assistant, but I've already got a ton of z-wave already in my house.
- zyxley 11y ago
  For Z-Wave, they use OpenZWave, which has a list of compatible controllers: https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave/wiki/Controller-Compatibility-List https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave/wiki/Controller-Comp...
- SEJeff 11y ago
  Yup! https://home-assistant.io/components/#hub https://home-assistant.io/components/#hub But if you want to simply put home assistant on a raspberry pi and use the zwave integration natively you can: https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave/ https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave/ Otherwise it works with vera z-wave hubs (https://home-assistant.io/components/vera/ https://home-assistant.io/components/vera/) or the ISY944
- JshWright 11y ago
  I am in the very early stages of home automation. I've had a Nest for years, but only last week I installed a Z Wave dimmer (one of the Cooper Aspire series) and set up Home Assistant with with Aeon Labs Gen5 Z Wave dongle[1]. I've been very impressed with Home Assistant. The developer is very active, and happy to discuss development proposals in the project gitter.im chat room. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-Aeotec-Z-Wave-Z-Stick/dp/B00X0AWA6E/ http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-Aeotec-Z-Wave-Z-Stick/dp/B00...
  - SEJeff 11y ago
    Yup, balloob is about as nice as it gets for an open source maintainer. He is why I started trying to contribute to Home Assistant (that and it is actually overall very good python code and how an OSS project should be organized).
hoodwink 11y ago
As an early adopter, I'm used to being burnt by technology, but for some reason, the Revolv disappointment really hurt. It actually reduced my early adopter tendencies ever since. I think it hurt so much because the product underdelivered from day one (I purchased it on day one) and did not improve over time in an area of technology that should have been doable. Oh well.
- driverdan 11y ago
  This is why you never buy on day one. You wait to buy on day seven after the reviews come out.

by SEJeff 11y ago

zeveb 11y ago

That's a really nifty bit of software; I look forward to checking it out. Sounds like it does what I want: runs on my desktop, can be made accessible to the world. That has security implications, of course, but those can be addressed.

hatsix 11y ago

So... are there any hubs that specifically work with home-assistant? I like the idea of home-assistant, but I've already got a ton of z-wave already in my house.

zyxley 11y ago
For Z-Wave, they use OpenZWave, which has a list of compatible controllers: https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave/wiki/Controller-Compatibility-List https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave/wiki/Controller-Comp...
SEJeff 11y ago
Yup! https://home-assistant.io/components/#hub https://home-assistant.io/components/#hub But if you want to simply put home assistant on a raspberry pi and use the zwave integration natively you can: https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave/ https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave/ Otherwise it works with vera z-wave hubs (https://home-assistant.io/components/vera/ https://home-assistant.io/components/vera/) or the ISY944
JshWright 11y ago
I am in the very early stages of home automation. I've had a Nest for years, but only last week I installed a Z Wave dimmer (one of the Cooper Aspire series) and set up Home Assistant with with Aeon Labs Gen5 Z Wave dongle[1]. I've been very impressed with Home Assistant. The developer is very active, and happy to discuss development proposals in the project gitter.im chat room. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-Aeotec-Z-Wave-Z-Stick/dp/B00X0AWA6E/ http://www.amazon.com/Aeon-Labs-Aeotec-Z-Wave-Z-Stick/dp/B00...
- SEJeff 11y ago
  Yup, balloob is about as nice as it gets for an open source maintainer. He is why I started trying to contribute to Home Assistant (that and it is actually overall very good python code and how an OSS project should be organized).

hoodwink 11y ago

As an early adopter, I'm used to being burnt by technology, but for some reason, the Revolv disappointment really hurt. It actually reduced my early adopter tendencies ever since. I think it hurt so much because the product underdelivered from day one (I purchased it on day one) and did not improve over time in an area of technology that should have been doable. Oh well.

driverdan 11y ago
This is why you never buy on day one. You wait to buy on day seven after the reviews come out.