I’m running a closed source home automation system and facing more and more limitations. Therefore I did a quick test of Home Assistant in a VM with a Zigbee dongle. It looks exactly what I need.
Since I need to migrate a few different devices, it would be great to get some advice to avoid getting the wrong hardware. What I would like to integrate
- A bunch of Zigbee devices
- Some Intertechno switches
- 3T-Motors shutters
- Another Jarolift shutter as a nice-to-have
What seems clear to get is a decent Raspberry Pi and a Zigbee dongle. I already have a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle from the test.
The next parts are more challenging for me.
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For the Intertechno switches, I found RaspyRFM - Home Assistant with RaspyRFM – Seegel Systeme to do the job. So far, so good. Or not?
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For the 3T-Motors shutters, this question mentions https://github.com/MrBatschner/Polladen that works with “a cheap 433MHz transmitters”. I assume an XY-FST would work. What I don’t understand is if this transmitter can do more than the RaspyRFM. Maybe there is no software support at the moment but is there also a hardware reason for having two transmitters?
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For the Jarolift shutter, the question is similar. This and this thread explain how we can run https://github.com/madmartin/Jarolift_MQTT on a NodeMCU board (ESP8266) that controls a CC1101 transmitter. I understand that the ESP8266 is needed because Jarolift_MQTT compiles for it. From a hardware perspective, could the Raspberry Pi not send directly using the transmitter without going over Wi-Fi/MQTT?
Some hints would be greatly appreciated so that I can get the right hardware and start playing around with it.