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I wish it would have support for Zigbee so I can pair it with other open data aggregation systems like Home Assistant. AirGradient, another cool air quality mon

I wish it would have support for Zigbee so I can pair it with other open data aggregation systems like Home Assistant. AirGradient, another cool air quality monitor, for example, does not have this.

patrickk 1y ago
They integrate with Home Assistant via MQTT: https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab/updates/a-deep-dive-into-integrating-air-lab-with-home-assistant https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab/upda...
scottlamb 1y ago
The trick with the AirGradient is to use one of the ESPHome configs available [1] instead of their crappy Arduino sketch. Then it integrates with Home Assistant perfectly. [1] e.g. https://github.com/MallocArray/airgradient_esphome https://github.com/MallocArray/airgradient_esphome
westurner 1y ago
Matter protocol support would also be a useful feature. Potential integration: Run HVAC fans and/or an attic fan and/or a crawlspace fan if indoor AQI is worse than outdoor AQI This says that Air Quality Sensor support was added to matter protocol in 2023: https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-new-device-types-improvements-across-the-board/ https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-ne... : > Air Quality Sensors – Supported sensors can capture and report on: PM1, PM2.5, PM10, CO2, NO2, VOC, CO, Ozone, Radon, and Formaldehyde. Furthermore, the addition of the Air Quality Cluster enables Matter devices to provide AQI information based on the device’s location /? matter protocol Air Quality Cluster: https://www.google.com/search?q=matter+protocol+Air+Quality+Cluster https://www.google.com/search?q=matter+protocol+Air+Quality+...
- 256dpi 1y ago
  We'll definitely look into supporting Matter in the future, as it would allow integration with the most common home automation platforms/apps out there.
  - westurner 1y ago
    FWIU Thread and Matter work better when there is a "Border Router" ('hub') in the system; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32167256#32186688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32167256#32186688

I wish it would have support for Zigbee so I can pair it with other open data aggregation systems like Home Assistant. AirGradient, another cool air quality monitor, for example, does not have this.

patrickk 1y ago

They integrate with Home Assistant via MQTT: https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab/updates/a-deep-dive-into-integrating-air-lab-with-home-assistant https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab/upda...

scottlamb 1y ago

The trick with the AirGradient is to use one of the ESPHome configs available [1] instead of their crappy Arduino sketch. Then it integrates with Home Assistant perfectly. [1] e.g. https://github.com/MallocArray/airgradient_esphome https://github.com/MallocArray/airgradient_esphome

westurner 1y ago

Matter protocol support would also be a useful feature. Potential integration: Run HVAC fans and/or an attic fan and/or a crawlspace fan if indoor AQI is worse than outdoor AQI This says that Air Quality Sensor support was added to matter protocol in 2023: https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-new-device-types-improvements-across-the-board/ https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-ne... : > Air Quality Sensors – Supported sensors can capture and report on: PM1, PM2.5, PM10, CO2, NO2, VOC, CO, Ozone, Radon, and Formaldehyde. Furthermore, the addition of the Air Quality Cluster enables Matter devices to provide AQI information based on the device’s location /? matter protocol Air Quality Cluster: https://www.google.com/search?q=matter+protocol+Air+Quality+Cluster https://www.google.com/search?q=matter+protocol+Air+Quality+...

256dpi 1y ago
We'll definitely look into supporting Matter in the future, as it would allow integration with the most common home automation platforms/apps out there.
- westurner 1y ago
  FWIU Thread and Matter work better when there is a "Border Router" ('hub') in the system; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32167256#32186688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32167256#32186688