Hi all,
This is my first post here so please bear with me. I’m currently thinking about switching over to HA. I like the simplicity, clean interface, Lovelace but still I think it is powerful. I’m not new to smarthome, currently using Homey, and also trying out ioBroker. So I have some questions, I’m hoping to get an answer to. I also started to read through the community here and also the docs, and some things are getting clearer.
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What is the recommended installation method? I do own a Rasperry Pi 3, I’ve currently installed HA on, just to try it out. However I have ordered a new Raspberry Pi 4 (4 GB) which I would like to use as production system.
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Sonos: I use several Sonos speakers and right now I have some “clean-up” jobs running at night. This means setting back the volume to a certain level, re-grouping them etc. Can I do this in HA too?
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Coffee maker: I have a big italian coffee maker which requires some time to heat up. So I start it 45 min before I get up with a Shelly plug. I have a 3 hour countdown running, which switches it off, after the coundown has reached 0. But I also have a Aqara switch which triggers the countdown as well. Or when it is already on, it would reset the countdown to the initial 3 hours. Can I do this in HA? Would someone provide an example script? Or maybe a link.
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What is the difference between a script and an automation? When to use what?
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I played around with a lamp and a motion sensor. So the motions sensors switches on the lamp and after it turns to “off” it switches off the lamp after 1 minute. Worked so far. However I have created two automations for this. Is this the right way? Or is there a better way? (I want to learn as much as I can right from the beginning… otherwise it is hard to change it. Do it right for the first time. :-))
So far this is what I have in mind and what I need some clarification on while evaluating if HA is the right thing for me. Might add one or another point.
Thank you so far!
Johannes