Greetings!
I’m currently on internship as an mechanical engineer in a company, i got tasked for an interesting project of creating a smart workplace for which i’ve decided HomeAssistant is the best choice pricewise, compatibility etc.
Issues that i’m faced with currenlty & would like to know if there’s any possible fixes/ideas:
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In the workplace we use Mitsubishi roof panels (MODEL: PLFY-P15VFM-E1R1.TH MITSUBISHI) there is no internet module installed… what would be the next cheap version, some kind of external module etc.? The air con’s do have remotes in every office (14 Rooms)
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Smart TRV’s, not sure how reliable the batteries are on these & would it be possible to wire them directly, the number of TRV’s would be 20+ but the main line is right next to the radiators.
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We also have a large solar production, the inverter we have is Inverter “SolarEdge 100kW, on-grid, 3-phase, 1 mppt, no display, wifi”, the boss would like to be able to switch the solar panels off remotely & possibly automate it according to the regional price per day/next day of solar energy.
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We do not have a battery as of right now.
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He’d like the main gate of property to be opened by a LPR camera (license plate recognition), i looked thru some options and cheapest solution might be ReoLink with the LPR integration, does anybody have experience with that whether it’s reliable?
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Next/close to the main gate which is about 30m away from building we have a main water flowmeter & it’s bit underground. Would an ESP32Cam be able to transfer the data/picture at that range.
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The blinds will be upgraded, but i’d need to automate the blinds tilt according to the Lux inside of office. This would also help with saving costs on heating.
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He would like to also read the amount of air used & warm water which goes thru a “ZENNER zelsius® C5 IUF”, with research i found it transmits 868Mhz LoraWan, would that be readable with a normal LoraWan adapter on any PC?
I’ve never worked with HA before, i’ve done KNX and have decent experience with ETS programming. Would such a project be viable to do with HA and i’d appriceate any tips & tricks.