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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/GrandpaSquarepants on 2025-12-13 22:50:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/BlackAndBlue1908 on 2025-12-13 21:19:56+00:00.

Completely vibe code with Claude but it works pretty well.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Informal-Athlete3771 on 2025-12-13 17:24:12+00:00.

It got down to -30°C this week and my nest doorbell froze and went into hibernation 😅

Phlilps Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor Temp

We had a few deliveries scheduled so I wrote a "Please knock or call..." note and stuck it the door.

Starting thinking of work arounds and remembered I have a Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor that points right at the door.

It took me all of 5 minutes on my phone to:

• Download doorbell ding sound online and upload to HA media

• Create automation to play the sound when motion detected at door to a couple sonos speakers

• Send notification to my phone and spouse's phone

• Add a quick toggle button to dashboard to turn off automation when nest doorbell finally wakes up

I've been really impressed with the Hue Outdoor Sensor. Its been rock solid.

ps. Nest doorbell is awake now at -25°C

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/GeeHiAmyGee on 2025-12-13 16:50:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ntilley905 on 2025-12-13 17:42:22+00:00.

Seriously, just go buy them right now in all the stuff in my basement’s memory. I had them in my cart but put it off waiting for a sale or having a few extra dollars in the HA budget. Turns out they would’ve been one hell of an investment - a few flood sensors to save probably $10,000 in damage.

Whatever add on you’re considering to monitor something that could cause actual damage, the cost is worth it.

On that note, anyone have a particular flood sensor that has worked well for them? And how are you all monitoring the status of sump pumps? I monitored how often ours ran but didn’t have any logic to alert us if it wasn’t running. Obviously a non-smart backup system (secondary pump on a battery backup system) is the first line of defense, but I’m curious to see how other sump pump protected basement folks are doing it.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/NRG1975 on 2025-12-13 16:42:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/timetravelerfrom2027 on 2025-12-13 05:15:35+00:00.

I'm a bit overwhelmed.

I bought a house three months ago and found a Google speaker in a box. In a few days I had some wifi switches setup, along with a couple of LED lights. Started writing custom scripts in Google's system... super neat! Hey Google, Movie Time and my sequence of lights and colors happens... sweet! Then days later the Gemini update happened and everything I just created broke. Learned my lesson. Don't be reliant on third party control.

So a few days ago I bought a Home Assistant Green. It's configured and up... and now I want to only buy hardware that is the easiest to integrate. This is a steep learning curve and there is SO much info that I just can't parse it.

Is there a topic here or in the HA community that just has a list of recommended basic "getting started" devices that are optimal for use with HA? I am in need of some interior and exterior outlets... but I feel like I have to make a choice between Zigbee or Z-Wave or Matter right off the bat, and I just don't know!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/siestacat on 2025-12-13 14:16:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/IPThereforeIAm on 2025-12-13 07:30:36+00:00.

I built a “voting system” in Home Assistant to control my backyard lights so they only turn off when no one wants them on. The system combines multiple “votes”: a motion vote turns them on when Frigate detects someone in the zone at night, a door vote turns them on when the side door opens at night and keeps them on for a few minutes after it closes, and a manual vote turns them on if I switch them on manually. All votes feed into a template binary sensor that tracks whether any vote is active, and the lights turn on or off based on this sensor. This prevents lights from turning off unexpectedly, like if the door closes while someone is still in the zone.

Is there a simpler or more elegant way to manage multi-trigger smart lights like this?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/TheWaev on 2025-12-12 23:31:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/igerry on 2025-12-13 03:37:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/zacs on 2025-12-13 02:40:14+00:00.

I've been trying to make my smarthome more reliable, and migrating to PoE devices when possible. I've seen people ask about PoE devices here and in the HA community forums, so hopefully this list can grow and be helpful.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Future-Operation-283 on 2025-12-13 00:48:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/MoneyMeal4242 on 2025-12-12 20:35:19+00:00.

For me it is the automation of our robot vacuum for door openings. Three minutes after the main door closes our robot vacuum goes there to vacuum and mop the area. This generated an awful high number of cleaning events so I have placed a cancel button. If it gets pressed within 3 minutes, the cleaning gets cancelled.

My wife hates it regardless of that this "mop immediately after someone steps in the house with shoes" is her tick and I made the automation to resolve it.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/third_najarian on 2025-12-12 20:07:47+00:00.

Just saw this pop up on YouTube. It looks great, but really expensive. I was really thinking I was finally going to grab some of the new Aqara FP300s whenever they come back in stock but now I’m undecided.

For those of you with EPs, what has your experience been like?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Ok_Swimmer_1745 on 2025-12-12 19:34:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/WhatsThatHoldMusic on 2025-12-12 17:05:37+00:00.

My local Ikea hasn't received any yet, but I found this article (https://matter-smarthome.de/en/products/how-ikea-masters-the-combination-of-thread-and-zigbee/) that states not only does the new Bilresa remote have the necessary hardware for Zigbee (in addition to Matter), it's backward compatible with Ikea's previous generation of Zigbee devices. However, it specifically mentions Zigbee’s Touchlink function which I'm not familiar with.

I don't see the new devices listed in ZigbeeMQTT (https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=IKEA&s=Bilresa). Can anyone confirm this behaviour or clarify my understanding? Would this be compatible with my existing Zigbee network in Home Assistant?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/patricktr on 2025-12-12 16:35:09+00:00.

I didn't want to expose an MQTT server to be publicly accessible to the internet for security risk reasons. But NLE has an API, so I created a repo for HACS that integrates the No Longer Evil thermostats with Home Assistant using the native NLE API. I've tested it on my home and it is working wonderfully.

https://github.com/patricktr/NoLongerEvil-HomeAssistant.git

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/FrankFu85 on 2025-12-12 10:54:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/iamtherufus on 2025-12-12 15:48:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jamalwilliamsyoung23 on 2025-12-12 13:59:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Admirable-Permit-452 on 2025-12-12 12:01:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/loaprovar on 2025-12-12 06:06:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Syntox- on 2025-12-11 23:20:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/rororo99 on 2025-12-11 18:55:56+00:00.

Hi guys, I recently got into HA and want to add some Reolink POE cameras and connect them to my routers (via lan). I luckily still have some lan cables in some places in the house so I can add 2-3 cameras at critical places. I saw adding the cameras to HA and 2MQTT is quite easy, but what is concerning to me is that the cameras can call back to China when they are connected to the internet which I really don't want. I already googled but I am not sure if there is a quick and easy way to block them from having internet access? I have a pretty cheap router that came with my internet provider and I can't edit any ports for specific devices/ips in the router, otherwise I thought maybe just blocking in in the router would be a relatively easy way. Is there another way to maybe block them? Would appreciate some help! Thanks!