I looked into that when investigating Node-RED. Looks very similar with the visual workflow aspect. Someone would need to create an N8N integration in HE.
Still prefer NR as the HE Nodes are fantastic and have been able to do pretty much everything I need to with sequences etc.
edit: upon reading it again while the visual component is similar the difference seems to be you end up generating API calls you can use to do/trigger "stuff"? Sounds a bit more flexible with the API call but the end result is the same...
1.99 is still too much for me. I know they have server prices go keep up with, but my IFTTT usage goes up and down. I used it for simplicity then realise how slow it is and look at alternative methods
1.99 a month would be tolerable IF they were held accountable for failed actions. I only have 4 recipes and they all ROUTINELY fail to run.
1 & 2 - Turn off/on wifi based on hub presence (Hub presence always fires - evidenced by Home/Away modes, but regularly does not trigger wifi through IFTTT,) - Moved these to Tasker. Will see how that works.
3&4 - Arm/Disarm Arlo - Same as wifi. Although, this may be as good a reason as any to finally toss Arlo.
Amazon Prime or this? That is the bar they are setting, saying their value is the same as the annual expense of Prime and all that it provides. It is an insane over exaggeration of their value.
All I'm doing is pairing Tuya switches to virtual HE switches right now, but under new rules, this would probably mean Pro (4 applets per switch). If so, oh well, Sorry IFTTT, my $120/year goes to Prime.
But with prime, you supposedly have other features like the shipping, movies, and so on. With IFTTT, you have a buggy, often slow and limited cloud based thing. It isn't even half as good as Stringify was. That might have been worth paying for.
You are essentially correct, that $120 can get you Amazon Prime, or IFTTT. I know which I would rather have.
Hmm... Not sure mine all work. I know Tuya disappeared from IFTTT around March and came back. I missed all of that and added the SmartLife setup about 3 weeks ago. They work (for now)
It turns out I can move my IFTTT automations over to Amazon Alexa routines. This worked with a Virtual Motion sensor on HE, and the Tuya dimmer. Rule A Motion = Turn on Dimmer, Rule B No Motion = Turn off Dimmer.
Works for me, I'll be dropping IFTTT now!
I thought most people were converting tuya to tasmota with a firmware then directly integrating to he without cloud. I don't have any of those devices. I just think I read a few posts about it.
They do... Long story... I got these Dimmers, and they have an MCU, and the newer firmware which prevents Tuya Convert. Since they have an mcu, the only way to get tasmota is to solder pins and flash. It also requires cutting the legs off of a super tiny chip, then repairing that cut when complete. That takes mad microscope skills and tools that I don't have. Non dimmers are much easier, I've done 10 color bulbs and 8 on/off switches to Tasmota.
I have the DS01C, which is newer firmware - can't easily flash. The marcus HE integration works great, btw. Tasmota with HE is a great combo.
My last on/off switches were $7.50 each in a 4 pack on Amazon. Extremely affordable.
This has been a very long road trying to get tasmota on these! I've been on the digiblur discord channel and have had long discussions about the DS01C, There is one guy who could flash these with a 3d printed jig. Me and two others are trying to duplicate that. I'm actually meeting the guy tomorrow - he made me a jig to try since his worked. I'll try to flash it yet again once I get it!
I was trying that, It doesn't appear to have a way to do that, so my solution is 'half baked' - my dashboards might not be accurate, but at least 'good night' modes will work to turn them off.
I've got 16 applets. Though, half are duplicates since you can only do a single action. I do see when I log in, it says "Created by me (16 of 3)". Can anyone figure out of the limit of 3 is being enforced yet, and if so how do I know which 3 are active?
Also, a few of my rules are just triggers for Google Assistant, so I can say "okay Google, do this thing." Is there an easy way to move those type of automations to HE?
