In instructions that came with box it says “connect to router that directly connects to modem”. For me that is upstairs in my office and I need the box downstairs in my video rack which has a rack mount switch that is connected to the router in my office.
Is it ok to plug the Home Assistant box to my Video cabinet ethernet bridge downstairs?
Last question: I see an IR light on the HA box does it use Infrared? i.e. do I need the box not in my video rack but across the room pointed to the video rack and its components?
Thanks!
Don
As long as that ethernet bridge eventually connects to you router on the same vlan & has access to the internet for downloading updates, it should be fine.
We’re not there next to you.
At the very least tell us which box you’re referring to & which IR light.
None of the officially supported hardware has built in IR support AFAIK. If you’re dealing with those repurposed android boxes from a random supplier, I suggest you get in touch with them & ask.
Thanks I bought it off Ebay since WEMO dumped its app and all support for its light switches. Was also trying to combine my Smart devices as now use 5+ Apps for devices around the house. On Ebay was listed as “Home Assiantant Smart Box with Pre-installed Home Assistant”
Yeahh, that seems to be an ancient repurposed android box on which they slapped some version of HA (probably Core version, which is no longer officially supported).
I doubt you can do anything with the IR, at least not in HA directly.
Guessing this: Home Assiantant Smart Box with Pre-installed Home Assistant | eBay
Since you already have it might as well run it for a while and see how it goes, but I would be cautious buying things without photos of the actual item, no returns and misspellings in the title.
Makes it easier for them to keep using the same listing when the next batch of unsold android boxes arrives & looks different.
Also, 2Gb ram & 32Gb storage is the bare minimum for running HA. It’s a $150 toy for playing around.
And the roi for the units has to be phenomenal.
