Hubitat for AUS/NZ Chat

Damn! Now I've got another thing to check out! Like I haven't got enough hubitat related projects on the go already :grin:

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Someone's got to keep you busy and off the streets :stuck_out_tongue:

EDIT: btw I am doing the automation in NodeRed the sensor is in HE but the rest is all done within NodeRed here is the node i am using.

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Nice dude if mine didn't already have lights and a camera built in i'd have done exactly the same. I do wish mine worked with Octoprint though but unfortunately it's a fairly contained system.

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Are you saying that the triple will not work, or may not work. I'm thinking of getting one, but want it to work, obviously.

Edit: are you able to point me in the direction of the best conversions for tuya/esp86 (and also the best hubitat integration). I've just purchased a single gang Deta light switch from Bunnings, and I've got no idea....Newbie here when it comes to tuya.

Any one need SmartThings devices jb hifi have good discounts at the moment on all sensors

Thanks - might get a leak sensor!

Yes the water sensor works well for me. The xiaomi one has better form/shape but I like the reliability of the SmartThings one.

I as tempted to try the sensor submersed in a bath for temperature measurement but haven't done if yet. I know they aren't meant for that but pretty sure it'll be fine submersed. I use mine for the bath level now so know they can be submersed a little just haven't fully submersed yet.

I think youโ€™ll be unlikely to get radio signals from underwater.

Fair point. I'll check tomorrow. As it'll be stuck directly on the wall of the bath hopefully it can propagate through..

The 3 and 4 gang units are not flashable atm with Tuyaconvert but @markus and @Hongkey determined that chip while not supported under Tuyaconvert OTA it's still flash able with a gig. You can see them talking about this further up.

No worries the 1 and 2 gang is still flash able until Tuyaconvert unless they change them out in the future as well but my guess is they have ton's of the same stock because those units have been around for some time now. You can learn how to setup and flash using Tuyaconvert here. Also given you use NodeRed you have two choices you can A) just use NodeRed nodes here or B) use @markus Hubitat Tasmota firmware and drivers here.

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Thanks. I think I was going in the right direction, but now I'm more certain. I'm going to give it a whirl today and see how I go. One question: do i need to download the right binaries for the Deta lights, or does the software do it automatically?

Also, today I'll have a go with flashing a single gang and a double gang. In place of the double gang, I previously have been using a triple gang (zigbee), but I dont really need the triple now home automation is involved, so I'll fall back to the double, and hopefully get the OTA tasmota thing going.

Thanks for the help. It looks daunting for a first-timer, but I guess it's just follow the instructions and everything should work well.

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They all seem to use the same Tuya module TYWE3S. Basically the tasmota firmware for these are all the same. You then use templates to configure them to have different functions. Let me know if youโ€™re having issues.

Regarding 4-gang variants that I have, we believe it should be flashable via serial. This is because they use the sale Tuya module. The new firmware that are shipped with these seemed to have made changes that removed the known weaknesses that allowed the tuya-convert folks to derive the pre shared key. I donโ€™t have 3-gang, but I assume they are the same.

Finally, I know you may have bought the 2-gang already, but I really like jchurchโ€™s idea of using the spare button for other automation functions. Iโ€™m going to use 2 spare buttons on 4-gang to do trigger rules.

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Good question you will also need this or this once Tasmota is loaded.

Thanks. I have not yet bought the devices, however, I dont think I'm up to serial flashing the first time, and I need it to work today. One of the main thoroughfares in my house has a dead light switch. If later, I want to change it, I do have other places where I could place this double gang (where only a 1 gang suffices), so I can use the extra switch for automations.

No matter what I do, I cant get it the Deta switch into pairing mode. I've tried everything. Weird.

That is weird. I think I just held the power button down until it did it. I didn't have to do anything special. You'd still need to enter pairing mode to use their app too.

EDIT: if you are able to pair to their app but not get Tuyaconvert to find it then it's highly likely they have changed the module in these ones as well :frowning: . Maybe open it up (pretty sure it's simple) and take a couple pics.

Anyone aware of any au approved light switches that don't need neutral? I have multiple touxh panel Rf based ones that I have setup with feedback from an esp8266 device and also two fibaro dimmers (but expensive to make a 3 gang switch from the fibaro dimmer).

I don't really want to add a neutral as its a bit of a pain on an existing wall, but one of my rf switches is playing up so time to replace it.

Did you end up testing the switch?

No, went another way. Sorry.

ok Im still looking switches, what do you do in the end?