Follow-up of this thread by the initiator.
After a month or so being on openhab, I am more satisfied than with my few weeks of experience on home assistant.Though no final results have been attained, I am learning and I am still interested to get my things running under openhab.
This adventure on openhab is similar to the one I begun around 1995, leaving windows for linux. Now I work within a slackware environment as a stable system and when necessary to have access to more software pasture, I go to ubuntu (debian) or archlinux derivatives (Artix, manjaro, or rather Nemesis). I do not possess programming skills.
openhab installation
I am working with the docker installation of openhab, with a preference for command line than for the openhab main ui (or gui). Though I would really appreciate to be able to run some of my devices from the main ui as you call it. The os on which the openhab docker engine led installation is running is kubuntu.
openhab projects
I have been accompanied on my projects:
- replacing an aqara hub M2 with a sonoff usb dongle to connect zigbee devices with zigbee2mqtt.
[HOWTO: Beginner's Guide to Installing openHAB, Mosquitto, etc. with Docker on Debian/Ubuntu + Tips on backup and more - #2 by jimtng]
Yesterday I have returned to the vendor the aqara M2 hub, to get a refund. With it I could see my zigbee sensors (temperature and humidity, movement sensors and door sensors. It was useless to pursue with the M2 hub, as I wanted a home alarm system plugged into the tuya alarm siren.
However, with the sunoff usb dongle I still see none of my devices. Though I still hope to be able to do.
- running tuya for many of my connected devices, smart plugs and smart radiant heaters and an alarm siren which are apparent on the smart things and tuya android phone apps:
[Tuya-mqtt-docker installation by a unexperienced user]
https://community.openhab.org/t/tuya-mqtt-docker-installation-by-a-unexperienced-user/163921
It seems that I am progressing, although none of these devices could be operated from openhab. The devices that I are now identified with the tuya api method.
The struggle with the learning curve to intelligent home devices is really steep. Presently, until my prayers to the new american pope are heard, I read on docker and openhab and .yml.
Any additional cues would be appreciated.