Yup, I am trying to stay away from battery operated sensors. First the 12v small batteries are not easy to find locally. What I am looking into now is setting up 18650 batteries on the important switches/setups (like the ones that have door sensors attached to them), and maybe even on some cameras. That way my clients can get a UPS for their modem/router and the raspberry pi, if someone cuts the power to the whole house, the main sensors and cams would remain active for a few minutes, as well as the internet connection and the HA setup.
Hi ! did you something with your project ? I brainstorming on the best way to do it with all the new versions⊠Just want to know if you realized it !?
gracias amigo !
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Was wondering how business went? Managed to find your website but your social medias donât seem to work and not show up on google.
You can charge a one-time fee for the initial installation of the system. Besides, you can offer ongoing support for the system.
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Could anybody please tell me how to turn of auto update? Is this possible on all instaltions like HASSIO or only on supervised ?
I donât think auto update is feature of homeassistant.
The supervisor auto updates, other than that you are right.
Not necessarily thoughâŠ
Yeah I have seen that, but if you leave that alone it will update soon.
Hi,
I am a newbie in the home automation world and was planning to use home assistant for my project. Would like to have a view of an experienced person like you, on why would you not use home assistant in a clients home ?
Thanks
Thatâs a comment I made in June 2020.
Four years later, much has changed in Home Assistant. Some of those changes have made it a far more stable and reliable.
However, the one thing that has not changed is that technical support comes from unpaid volunteers. So if you, a for-profit installer, encounters a problem at a clientâs site, you have no priority access to technical support. Your client will have to wait until either you solve it on your own or you get assistance from a volunteer who is not responsible for meeting your deadlines.
So unless your knowledge of Home Assistant is extensive, you will be relying on volunteers to solve your clientâs problems and that means solutions may not be very timely. As a consequence, clients become disappointed by your slow after-sales service.
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Hello mate, and thank you for the update. I had put the idea to rest for a while, but I am actually now working on actually starting the business.
I plan to âKISSâ it (keep it simple stupid). I plan to pretty much copy what I have at my place. I can test updates on my end, and it no issues, then roll it out to the clients.
I do plan to let the clients know the limitations of my service. For example at the moment the Alexia media player integration is working, but it is not an official integration, and at any point it can stop working.
Good luck with your business. Give us a progress report in a year or so. I wish you all the best!