Hubitat for AUS/NZ Chat

saxnix · November 9, 2019, 8:00pm

If you wanted to go with a hardware solution for weather, I can highly recommend a WeatherFlow smart weather station. I got mine on Kickstarter a couple of years ago. They still have their version 1 available, but they have launched an upgraded 2nd version (currently $229 USD plus shipping).

You could create rules for when rain is detected, or high winds etc. I had mine set up so that if the music in the pool was playing, and lightning was detected, a message would play alerting us to the approaching lighting. I also intended it for closing blinds (when we eventually get them) upon the detection of rain.

bigrizz · November 9, 2019, 9:30pm

Adam, top work, mate. And you got the 3-state working too! Short, double, long all work for me. The long press seems to work reliably after 4 seconds. The button mapping was different on mine, so I reordered them in the driver and all is good. Thanks for your excellent work. I'm going to look through it and see if I can figure out how to write my own.

bigrizz · November 9, 2019, 9:55pm

Thanks for that. That's on the pricey side. I've been looking at this as an option. It's rebranded by a bunch of companies. Seems good for the price.

robert1 · November 9, 2019, 10:10pm

Before the local integration, I had between 2-6 seconds from keypress to light action. But, my internet was adsl2 and slow as well.

Implement the non-cloud version of the integration. It’s instant.

gbrown · November 9, 2019, 11:44pm

Thanks for that. I think I'll just turn mine up the other way so the buttons line up. A bit weird that the pictures show the bulbs upside down and yet the button mappings seem to indicate that they should be right way up. lol. You don't need the tile references, as that's for smartthings only.

gbrown · November 10, 2019, 2:07am

@at9 @bigrizz Hey Adam and Steven, I've done an iteration on the driver as well. Thanks Adam for your example, I included some of that as well, I've set it to set the buttons depending on the model (1 / 2 / 3 Gang), and a couple of tweaks. Thought I'd share it as well.

github.com

MorkOz/Hubitat/blob/master/Drivers/zemismart-zigbee-button-remote-driver.groovy

/**
 *  Copyright 2019 G.Brown (MorkOz)
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  Adapted and modified from code written by at9, motley74, sticks18 and AnotherUser 
 *  Original sources: 
 *  https://github.com/at-9/hubitat/blob/master/Drivers/at-9-Zemismart-3-Gang-Sticker-Switch
 *  https://github.com/motley74/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/devicetypes/motley74/osram-lightify-dimming-switch.src/osram-lightify-dimming-switch.groovy
 *  https://github.com/AnotherUser17/SmartThingsPublic-1/blob/master/devicetypes/AnotherUser/osram-lightify-4x-switch.src/osram-lightify-4x-switch.groovy
 *
 *  Version Author              Note
 *  0.1     G.Brown (MorkOz)    Initial release

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bigrizz · November 10, 2019, 4:26am

Nice work, Glenn. I'll try it out. I love how the HE community rallies behind a device and pumps out a driver in next to no time. I thought I'd have the switch kicking around in my drawers a while before either I figure it out myself or someone has a crack at it. Thankfully guys like you and @at9 Adam are around as sadly, I've got a ways to go on the skills and knowledge front. I'm trying to use my enthusiasm to make up for my skills and hack my way through. Ya gotta start somewhere, I guess.

gbrown · November 10, 2019, 4:43am

Once you understand some coding basics it's generally a matter of picking up the syntax and available methods. These drivers are coded as button devices, but we could code a switch version as well to store on/off state.

bigrizz · November 10, 2019, 5:09am

I hung up my coding boots 30 years ago after Uni. Need to recalibrate my brain for these fancy new languages. I only got as far as C and Pascal.

keith_munro · November 10, 2019, 10:34pm

has anyone got a recommendation for reliably measure distance ?
I want to put a sensor in the garage so when we back in we can still get the tailgate open.
I'm thinking when distance = x change lights to red and make announcement type thing

gbrown · November 10, 2019, 10:36pm

You could use one of those laser sensors between two points connected to the binary switch on a contact sensor. That way as soon as the car crosses the line it trips the contact and then you could automate from there maybe. Just an idea. Don't know of any sensors that measure distance itself.

keith_munro · November 10, 2019, 10:54pm

@gbrown - cool, was thinking distance that way the alarm could come in once it got waaaay to close...… Planning on having a play with trip wires, going to see if I can turn the Samsung smart things one into one...….

gbrown · November 10, 2019, 10:55pm

If you go this approach, the contact sensor needs to support having the binary switch. There are a few z-wave plus contact sensors that do I think.

keith_munro · November 10, 2019, 10:58pm

@gbrown - thankyou, I'll do some more research and see what I can rig.

pistnbroke · November 10, 2019, 11:19pm

You could always go old school and keep it simple... string and a tennis ball hanging from the roof...

gbrown · November 10, 2019, 11:24pm

Wrong forum for old school bro, we're new skool fancy auto stuff here. Maybe you could get an auto ball dropper to drop the ball when it detects the garage door opening.

at9 · November 10, 2019, 11:34pm

Good call on setting the buttons by model.
There's also a bunch of other items on AliExpress that are for the Tuya zigbee gateway that might be my next purchase to have a go at.

keith_munro · November 11, 2019, 1:27am

she pretty much ignores the beeping thing in the car, I had a lump of wood then she parked other way around...……….

Looking at something a bit higher tech to get her attention...…….

keith_munro · November 11, 2019, 1:45am

Fired an email off to cocoon about integration over the weekend and got this back, not an outright no

Customer Care (Cocoon Products Customer Care)

11 Nov., 09:49 AEDT

Hello Keith,

I have passed on your email to our team in Product Development.

That said, these products (our and Hubitat) are made by two different manufactures with separate intellectual property so any integration would require some time.

Kind Regards,

John

Customer Care Team

Message Body:
Hi Guys,
any chance you can integrate your products with Hubitat ? I'd love to be able to use your products with my Hubitat and I'm using it in a small museum so we might be buying a number of motion sensors and lights etc

gbrown · November 11, 2019, 2:00am

Unfortunately that is unlikely to occur Keith, as they use the Tuya SmartLife platform underneath, which is a cloud only integration. Tuya based devices can sometimes (with some effort) have a custom firmware flashed to them that allows for local integration, which there is a custom driver to support. @jchurch is the man with the plan on that side of things.