DaveL17 wrote:Hmmm... Didn’t think there were too many of us old farts on here.aldera wrote:(Sliderules and IBM punch cards were my tools of the day when I went to college in the 60s!)
You and Jon will get along famously, then.
DaveL17 wrote:Hmmm... Didn’t think there were too many of us old farts on here.aldera wrote:(Sliderules and IBM punch cards were my tools of the day when I went to college in the 60s!)
You and Jon will get along famously, then.
aldera wrote:DaveL17 wrote:Hmmm... Didn’t think there were too many of us old farts on here.aldera wrote:(Sliderules and IBM punch cards were my tools of the day when I went to college in the 60s!)
You and Jon will get along famously, then.
aldera wrote:... If I purchase a Hubitat C7 and used your plugin, is that all I would need to be able to control Zigbee devices from Indigo? I'm not familiar with MQTT so I'm not sure where it fits in here. ...
siclark wrote:... Jon, is above correct?
autolog wrote:Hi Ralph,aldera wrote:... If I purchase a Hubitat C7 and used your plugin, is that all I would need to be able to control Zigbee devices from Indigo? I'm not familiar with MQTT so I'm not sure where it fits in here. ...
Most likely yes.
Take a look here to find out more about MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport): MQTT: The Standard for IoT Messaging
On the Hubitat C7, you need to install a MQTT App. This will communicate with a MQTT broker which you have to install. This is done most easily by installing Docker Desktop on your Indigo Mac and then installing a Mosquitto Docker image which is a MQTT broker. Then it is just a matter of configuring the MQTT App on the Hubitat and defining Hubitat hub(s) and devices in Indigo via my plugin.
Please note that my plugin is not available (yet) on github / Indigo plugin store. I would have to PM you a link to it from my pCloud account. The plugin is still very much in Alpha state and subject to ongoing change and improvement.
siclark wrote:And read my and Clive's warnings about Aqara sensors. They are cheap and generally work, but are not as reliable as they should be. I have 4 temp sensors and 3 are fine, one is v buggy, but at end of range, and doesnt use repeaters.
Generally though the zigbee hardware, is good and some cheaper options than Zwave, but does show in some cases, but not in a way that impacts performance.
Interestingly though where I have zwave modules on switches for main lights, and zigbee bulbs in lamps all in same room, I constantly see the zigbee bulbs turn on much quicker, 1-2 seconds than the zwave ones.
aldera wrote:Looks like I'll have to do some reading up on the MQTT subject. I don't have any Zigbee devices right now but I noticed that a lot of them are somewhat cheaper now. When I first started playing around with HA, I could have sworn that Zigbee was at least as expensive or even more. Thanks for all the info so far and I'll take a look at the MQTT stuff and see if it's worth it.
Ralph
siclark wrote:I however have 3 Opple switches, one that is bound directly to a zig bee bulb and is great, instant control, the others control via actions and indigo triggers and are very fast and accurate. Better than wireless zwave controllers I’ve had. The temperature sensors less so.
Sounds like you’ve got a dud switch there.
Mine though all are in good range of the main controller so maybe that helps?
autolog wrote:aldera wrote:DaveL17 wrote:Hmmm... Didn’t think there were too many of us old farts on here.aldera wrote:(Sliderules and IBM punch cards were my tools of the day when I went to college in the 60s!)
You and Jon will get along famously, then.
Started programming using COBOL and Assembler on an IBM 360 mainframe with the aid of coding sheets, flowcharting templates and punched cards.
siclark wrote:And read my and Clive's warnings about Aqara sensors. They are cheap and generally work, but are not as reliable as they should be. I have 4 temp sensors and 3 are fine, one is v buggy, but at end of range, and doesnt use repeaters.
Generally though the zigbee hardware, is good and some cheaper options than Zwave, but does show in some cases, but not in a way that impacts performance.
Interestingly though where I have zwave modules on switches for main lights, and zigbee bulbs in lamps all in same room, I constantly see the zigbee bulbs turn on much quicker, 1-2 seconds than the zwave ones.
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