Ghostwire
(Wolfgang Korff)
May 27, 2020, 11:08am
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In the near future I will move to a new house an can start my smart home from scratch (Yeah…paradise!!)
Currently I am doing the research and my first problem is: Wall switches
With the wall switches I don’t only want to control the light, but also trigger OpenHab rules, etc.
So I would like switches which match the following parameters:
No wiring
Do work with OpenHab without complicated adjustments
Cheap
Do look like “normal” wall switches
I like the Friends of Hue switches, but they are way too expensive and the basic Hue Switch doesn’t look too much like a “normal” switch.
Any input appreciated
Greetings,
Wolfgang
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I doubt you will find “good, cheap & simple” all together.
Depending on where you are in the world, Z-Wave switches can look close to normal switches, at least in North America. I understand in Europe there are modules that can fit in the box behind the switch.
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I missed the no wiring
part. My suggestions use the normal mains wiring & power.
Ghostwire
(Wolfgang Korff)
May 29, 2020, 1:38pm
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@ljsquare :
No wiring: Battery or kinetic energy
Cheap: <30€
I noticed the Xiaomi Aquara switches. Can they be integrated in OpenHab?
ljsquare
(Laurens Jan Merkx)
May 29, 2020, 10:01pm
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Yes it can. It depends on your interface. For example I use the conbee/raspbee zigbee module and according to there compatibility list , it supports the aquara series.
Ghostwire
(Wolfgang Korff)
June 8, 2020, 1:39pm
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Do you use ZigBee Binding or Zigbee2MQTT ?
ljsquare
(Laurens Jan Merkx)
June 8, 2020, 2:57pm
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No, you need the deCONZ binding for switches and sensors and the HUE binding for lights.
I run the deCONZ (software) hub in docker
OpenHAB is very flexible. People do not need to run any particular binding. The Zigbee binding is very well supported here.
ljsquare
(Laurens Jan Merkx)
June 8, 2020, 3:10pm
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But it does not support the Deconz (ConBee/RaspBEE) adapter
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