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This is why I ended up having to use an older release of RPiOS. but yes, I fully intend to figure out an updated mechanism and version of this.

@HiveMindAutomation Great that's amazing thank you for the reply. I look forward to seeing that. I have been trying to figure it out but I only found something called screenly 🤔 not sure what I'm going to use yet. I was hoping to figure out to use vlc over omxplayer but can't seem to find any info for that with displaycameras from github 😩🤦

Mine said obstructed initially too, but that went away after a while. I don't recall if there's a setting that you can modify for this.

This particular monitor does not have an integrated WebCam. To be honest, I don't think the integrated Webcams are ever that good anyway, so you might be better off with a standalone one anyway.

this was several years ago, so yes, it was the hard way. it's probably much easier now. That said, the Tuya software has changed a lot since then and the newer versions of these bulbs no longer run on ESP microcontrollers, and may not be able to run Tasmota.

Interesting. I just got a second one of these recently and will be installing in my home office over the Christmas break. If you're having trouble setting the limits it might be worth resetting the whole unit and starting the process from scratch.

I don't know anything about the Qubo Smart Cam, or even if it supports RTSP, but you might need to look at doing network scans of the device using something like nmap or other "hacker" tools. That said it's only going to get you part of the way. Your best bet is always manufacturer documentation, followed by open-source community forums/blogs/knowledge bases.

You might have some luck with something like: rtsp://192.168.1.100/channel1

I'd suggest checking if all your bulbs are on the same network as your Home Assistant installation, as well as the Lifx app. It can also be helpful to restart the bulbs that aren't connecting if you're having trouble.

I'll be looking into this in the not too distant future as I have a lot more use cases for ESPHome and would prefer to give my ESP-32's double/triple duty and not have my MQTT traffic be so chatty.

I know there's been a lot of changes to the Cloud Developer Toolkit lately, I'll need to take another run at local-tuya. To be honest though, I've given up on Tuya devices as - in spite of being part of the CSA developing Matter, I'm yet to see any Matter enabled devices from Tuya or their partners.

You can normally use the same IP as your Home Assistant Instance if you're using the Home Assistant Add-on. The mosquitto port should automatically be forwarding to the mosquitto container.

As far as I know, No. You explicitly need a standalone server. There might be a way to do it but - in my opinion - it's not a good idea as a mobile phone is not designed to stay in the home 100% of the time, therefore would frequently disconnect from the smart home. There ARE ways to install Linux onto Android phones and you could potentially install Home Assistant on top of that install of linux, but the Phone would then need to stay in the home to be of any benefit to you.

Thanks for the kind words

I don't pay anything to Tuya. No subscriptioon or anything. I believe there ARE some advanced features you might unlock with a subscription, but I'm yet to find any that are compelling enough for me to pay them.

depends on the button. If they're "Capacitive" buttons then it's extremely unlikely to work. You might be able to trick a capacitive button to trigger by wrapping the tip of the switch in some aluminium foil or something else, but it's not really what these are designed for.

I made it work. But not like this at all but close mentality and it works perfect :)

in your "Devices & Services" -> "Helpers" menu, click the 3-dot stack on the right end of the list item for the group. then click "Group Options" and you can add or remove entities.

The LED Fixture itself needs to support dimming. If it works on a regular old - hard wired by an electrician - dimmer switch, it'll work with the Shelly. Safe bet is to look for "Dimmable" on the packaging for the Light fixture and steer away from smart fixtures as the Dimming feature will be built into the controller of the fixture, not through modifying the input power.

Yes, recent updates have changed the layout of the Developer Tools page. Actions will be where you want to look now, and the function calls are all in the drop down of the Actions page.

Thanks for watching. Hope it helped.

You can always come back to re-watch the video if you forget something :D

I'll test it out and let you know.

@@HiveMindAutomationthank you!!! you are so kind

My only issue now with LIFX is I WISH they'd embrace Thread Technology instead of sticking with Wi-Fi

Provided it has an ESP Controller in it, yes, you can flash firmware. In the New-Year I'll be swapping out the ESP-8266's in these in favour of the more powerful ESP-32's. it requires some soldering skills and patience, but is sure to be a fun project.

I know exactly what you mean! I hope to catch up a bit over the Christmas break.

Glad I could help.

If you want a plain, non-coloured curtain, these lights should be fine. there's enough animation for them to be a bit better than static colours. Honestly I'm a bit spoiled having tried the Govee and Twinkly curtain lights prior to this.

Very true, I also discovered that the numbers of the code are printed on the side of the controller, so you can manually enter them.

Not really sure what you mean here. I've had no issues with the data accuracy in Home Assistant from my Inverter. Are you able to clarify?

Glad you like the video and the curtain lights. I found with them in the front window, the spill onto the white curtain backing was enough to make them look pretty great at night anyway, regardless of the orientation.

I've not yet played around with the Local MQTT only functions on these. Theoretically, with the MQTT integration there should be no need for the cloud connection, but I'll definitely be getting into that in the new year.

@@HiveMindAutomation Thx for the quick reply, I think it should be easy enough for local - i have many MQTT devices which I have set up locally, and haas works really well. Let me know if you try it, i'll also be experimenting with this over the holiday weekend. Cheers, Howie.

Provided your devices are connected to a Wi-fi network with Internet connectivity, and your phone has mobile data coverage, there should be no reason you can't connect when you're away from home.

I'll definitely be looking at that in the new-year.

You're definitely right.

Sorry to hear that. My only real gripe is that they're Wi-Fi connected. Would like to see a Zigbee or Thread opetion

I honestly couldn't say whether it would work. Some manufacturers use Bluetooth but their communication is proprietary preventing interaction through any 3rd party hardware or software

So I look for the Entity State to change to "Finished" instead of looking for Progress % to change. What you might find is that your print percentage NEVER changes to 100% because it immediately moves into a Finished state. You could maybe set the automation to trigger when it changes FROM 99%

From what I can tell, the Yumshare doesn't weigh the food in the feeding bowl. The other thing was for the better ergonomics of the higher bowl and not having the cat have to crane her neck to eat. Yes.... she's spoiled.

I'm honestly a LOT behind on my comments. Yes, I'm in Melbourne Australia. There's been a lot of changes to the Tuya Developer Portal which may or may not be causing some of your pain points here. It really depends on the issue you're facing with the outdoor unit. I've noticed more recently, it's harder to get the local-keys out of devices, if you can get them at all, so I wonder if that's what you mean here? I've gotten to the point where I'm now starting to avoid any and all Tuya products unless and until they stop removing features and functionality. Hard to offer a solution or even advice without knowing exactly what's going on, or an error message or something.

okay then.

I'll be doing a follow up on this pretty soon as there's been some updates to the Energy Dashboard and I want to cover them off, I'll figure out the solar forecasting too. I know I HAVE had it working before, so I'm sure I can do it again.

Is there some way I can perform a hard reset to hopefully clear the message out?

The hard reset instructions are in the manual

As in the video, no. It's only temp and Humidity.