Will Home Assistant Ever Develop Its Own PLC Flagship Controller?

[orange-assistant (wisecracker)]

@MrJelly17

The idea is not to have all the logic completely dependent on HA; instead, we should use an I/O board

Yes, that’s why I suggested to use a espHome based solution for advanced local logic possibilities

And well… for the rest you might get closer soon…

@MrJelly17

Here are some benefits of this approach:

• Manual Control Remains Independent: Physical switches can still directly control the relays, even if HA is offline.
• No Single Point of Failure: If HA goes down or is undergoing updates, the relays will retain their last state, and the physical switches will continue to function.
• Flexible Control: HA can still add automation on top of the manual switching without taking over the fundamental control of the lights.

For example, by wiring the switches and the I/O board in parallel

My bullshit meter says 100% of text is likely AI

@MrJelly17 pay special attention to point , it seems it is not your first AI “powered” reply here

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