PoE with a Pi 5 to connect to TSW-1060 panel with HA

Hardware
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Hello
Im looking to install HA on a Pi 5 soon.

Was wondering if possible to utilise the Poe functionality to ultimatly connect to a Crestron TSW-1060 panel to run HA?
or do I need to just use a POE switch or injector.

Apologies if in wrong group or not following guidelines.
Wee Peem

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Well, yes, that’s how PoE work.
Not sure I understand your question

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First things first - HA is a headless server. Connecting a screen to it will only show you a command line - you won’t see a dashboard or anything visually pleasing. You will just see white text on a black background.

There are ways you can show a dashboard on a directly connected screen (like this one), but it’s not really a beginner project.
There is also this guide specifically for your Crestron panel, but I believe that is just for using it as a dashboard - the actual HA server is running somewhere over the network on separate hardware and is not directly connected to the Pi.

Regarding your PoE question. If you want to know whether you can use the Pi’s ethernet port as as a power source for your Crestron panel, no, you can’t.
Use a PoE switch or power your panel with DC voltage (or whatever type of voltage it accepts).

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Hello,
Thanks for reply.
I realise i cant use the Pi rj45 directly.

There seem to be add on Hats that do PoE.

Perhaps i didnt word my question properly.

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Hello,
Thanks for reply.
I realise i cant use the Pi rj45 directly.

There seem to be add on Hats that do PoE.

Perhaps i didnt word my question properly.

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I understood your question, but you need to understand my answer.

There is no way (addon hat or otherwise) which can use the Pi a a source of power for your display. They are meant for getting power TO your Pi, not for getting power FROM your Pi.

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Hey wee_peem,

  • You can power your raspberry pi with a PoE hat.
  • According to the docs, you van power the Crestron with PoE.

This means you will need either a PoE injector for both the PI and the Creston, or to invest in a PoE switch.

There are a couple of things however that you cannot do:

  • Power the Crestron from the Pi
  • Simply connect a screen to the Pi when running HAOS on it, HAOS will have a CLI (command line interface) to show, the GUI (Graphical User Interface) of Home Assistant is through its IP:8123.

Be aware that you apparently can use the Crestron as linked in the project, know that the compute power is limited and I see they are using DDR3 memory, this gives you an indication of the age of the equipment.
Not sure how often it is updated anymore so shield it off network-wise from the Internet (no to or from) and only allow it to display your HA dashboards.