Hello everyone - I am having a problem that I hope you guys can help with. I am also hoping that learning how to fix this problem will help me learn more about HA.
Ok, so first I need to quickly go over my Franken-setup. I have multiple eco systems going. Homey Pro, HomeKit, Google, Alexa, Home Assistant topped off with a light sprinkle of the Aqara M3 hub with other Aqara devices hooked up to it.
In my kitchen, I have an automation setup in Homey Pro: when the Aqara FP1 senses a presence, the main kitchen light turns on. When it hasn’t detected a presence for 60 seconds, the main light turns off. It has worked fine for weeks. I also have some LED lights in the kitchen, they are hooked up to a smart plug so I can have them turn off when I go to bed. Again, everything has worked fine for weeks.
About a week ago, I hooked up Home Assistant and have been integrating it into my setup - someday it may end up being in charge of my setup, but for now, Homey Pro is “top dog” in my setup, mostly because I like the automation system the best.
Anyway, now that HA also has access to my kitchen, when the Homey automation kicks in, the main light AND the LED light turns off. It seems that in HA, there is a main kitchen switch above all the individual switches in the tile. When the main light turns off, the main kitchen switch also goes off which turns everything off in the kitchen that is “smart.” This just started tonight. I was gonna wait to fix it until I realized that my coffee pot is also hooked up to a smart plug so it can turn on automatically in the morning - but obviously that is now going to be a problem - and that is bad for everyone around me… I NEED my coffee.
I thought maybe moving the LED plug from the kitchen (in HA) would solve the problem, but it didn’t. How do I separate the main light switch from the other switches? I am very very VERY new to HA. I know SLIGHTLY more than nothing about HA, so please be patient and explain it to me like I am 5 lol!
Are you currently running 2 competing services? because that’s what it sounds like.
If so you need to go with either option A) or option B). which ever you choose is your choice. HA is probably more than capable to do what you want but you can’t have 2 chefs in the kitchen making dinner and expect it to work correctly.
If you want to use HA for just your kitchen you need to migrate all that over and drop Homey from doing anything in that area. Cut out the variables and examine the outcomes.
Well, right now, HA isn’t doing much. I have no automations, no scenes, no scripts - it’s just hooked up.
This all started because I tried HA, failed miserably and unhooked it (was going to just send my HA Green back). I then found Homey and really liked it. But many MANY people told me not to give up - that HA could work very well with Homey. So that is what I am trying. I am going very slow though. I suspect HA will eventually take the throne, but one step at a time.
I was just wondering why the entire kitchen was being turned off. I tried disabling (in HA) the smart plug that the LED lights were hooked up to, but that didn’t work. I tried moving the plug (in HA), that didn’t work. But moving the main switch (in HA) DID work.
Now I am trying to figure out how to find and re-enable that LED plug (in HA - it is still working just fine in the other eco systems)
In both area and group if a single light is turned off the main switch for the all stays on, until all are off. The group/area switch turns off individuals but individual dont effect the whole
You may have some automation doing this?
You can look at logbook after this occurs. I think it will tell you if group was off or individual
I don’t have any automations or anything in HA - it’s just hooked up. The only automations are in Homey Pro. Right now, Homey Pro is “the boss” - it’s what I have controlling everything. I am 99% sure HA will eventually take the lead, but I am just trying to learn it right now.
I was able to get around the problem by removing the main light switch (in HA) from the kitchen. But I would still like to know WHY it was happening at all.
What are you actually using? An entities card with each individual entity? That will have a ‘main switch’ that toggles everything. If you were to post some screenshots or yaml it would probably clear up a lot of what you’re asking about.