OK so I’m coming from HomeSeer installs and moving into a new property.
I have a need to place a sensor (temp/humidity/light/movement) etc in a distant building well away from the main property - wifi is just not going to cut it (and I’m not exposing the home automation wifi vlan to distance anyway) .
The remote build will have a Cat6 cable installed so I can run a h/w TCP/IP connection to it…
With HomeSeer I could have had a remote/slave device and used that over the Cat6 cable - but with Home Assistant I’m not seeing that option (or its not obvious and I’ve had a man look)
Any ideas how I can get Home Assistant to see the remote sensor over the Cat6 IP connection?
Probably most of the users would recommend the zwavejs2mqtt project. Quick Start (zwave-js.github.io)
You can prepare a RPi and a z-wave USB dongle, and then install zwavejs2mqtt to control your z-wave. HA could talk to zwavejs2mqtt either directly or via MQTT.
(Maybe something else? I’m sure other users would chime in.)
None of those is straightforward, and YMMV, but I guess you are ready to dive in.
EDIT:
Fast forward to May 2024, I looked around and looks like Homeseer has a better integration into HA these days.
If you still are using the Z-NET or Homeseer’s SmartStick+, then this document from Homeseer doc should help: Z-NET Integration with Home Assistant (homeseer.com)
Also, this new (?? maybe it has been a while…) method likely could replace #1 & #2 above.
Doc from HA website: Z-Wave Controllers - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)
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If you don’t do Z-NET, and instead want to bring Homeseer Z-wave devices into existing z-wave network with HA, #3 would still be applicable. I would start here as of today: HomeSeer - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)