Hi everyone,
I was wondering if any of you guys are running a system in parallel with your Home Assistant setup?
As much as I love Home Assistant, I must admit I keep breaking things, and keeping up with breaking changes etc. in updates is a lot of work so far. Also, I am obviously a little bit worried about relying so heavily on a single docker container, for controlling everything from ventilation, to heating, lighting etc.
I don’t know if this is something I will do yet, but I was wondering if it could be a good idea to run a proprietary system in parallel, that is compatible with Home Assistant? What I was thinking, was having the (hopefully always working) proprietary system, having all my Z-wave, Zigbee etc. devices connected to it, so I can catch them through there. And then having it integrated into Home Assistant, so I can also visualize it in lovelace, do advanced automations and all that good stuff.
Can you please comment on whether or not this would be a good idea, and why, or why not, you guys are, or are not, doing something similar?
I have been looking at what systems exist, and primarily find Vera, Fibaro Home Center, Samsung SmartThings, Athom Homey, Zipato, Hubitat, Wink and HomeSeer.
Which one of these would you recommend for the case I am asking about?
If it matters, the connected devices I currently own are:
Xiaomi(sensors, vacuum, cubes, buttons), Hue lighting, Nanoleaf Aurora, Netatmo Presence camera, Netatmo healthy home coach, Sony Bravia TV, B&O Speakers(Chromecast/airplay enabled), iPhones, iPads, an Android tablet, NVIDIA Shield, Vero 4K+ (media player), Denon AVR. Also I do own a Logitech Harmony Elite, that is not currently in use, as I got a NEEO remote recently(yes, just before they announced they are selling out).
It seems that I can pretty easily get Samsung SmartThings running by purchasing a dongle for my NVIDIA Shield, if that would be a good choice.
Hope you will chip in and comment! My decision will be based on your input