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Turns on if the stovetop is turned on (measured by power draw)
[/quote] Nice, what equipment do you use to check power usage for the stove? Is it one of those meters using clamps around the wire?
My fav is more about the cost and hardware than the automation, but the automation is simple and helpful.
I have a dash button in my bedroom, so when i goto bed i leave everything on and on getting into bed, i press my dash button and everything shuts down. £5 button for quite a time saver, great! 
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I have a Blukii beacon left inside the glovebox for exact same purpose along with Bluetooth LE Tracker setup.
Works reliably and has been for last 6 months
how long do the batteries last?
This particular one has a large battery and I haven’t changed it yet(More than 6 months). Batteries on the small beacons has lasted only for about 3 months though.
Can you change the battery on the beacons or do you have to buy new ones? Can they be re-charged from a USB charger or the cigarette lighter?
Battery can be changed, no charging port
My favorite is roomba automation. I have two:
- Run roomba if nobody is home during the weekday. Standard scheduling doesnt account for sick days, long weekends, or other events that change the week.
- If someone does come home, just stop the roomba.
Second favorite is a simple light on the patio, managed by the sun. I live on the ground floor, it helps the patio cam, and acts as a deterrent.
Third would be some presence detection’s to flick stuff on/off. I have an inside camera, and I like to keep the paranoia to a minimum when we are home.
My favorite WOULD be the automation for climate, but I am having trouble figuring out what makes us ‘feel’ cold. Half the time it triggers, we don’t want it. The other half is when it doesn’t trigger but it does actually feel cold… winter is gone so will have to wait till next year to play with it.
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What version Roomba do you have
I’ve tried some formulas on “feels-like” calculations in the past but didn’t have a humidity sensor in the house. We should start a thread about this now that I have one. Maybe some other people can chime in.
http://aeotec.com/z-wave-plug-in-switch/1014-high-power-z-wave-switch.html
No idea why it says coming soon 
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In my case the climate is dead easy:
if temp < 19 then I’m freezing
I could not live now without those two babies (not really automations because I trigger them vocally):
# Good night script
goodnight:
alias: Good Night
sequence:
- alias: Tv light off
service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: light.tv
- alias: Lamp light off
service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: light.lamp
- alias: Bathroom light off
service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: light.shower
- alias: Stairs light off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.stairs
- alias: Pc light off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.pc
- alias: Pitendo off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.pitendo
- alias: 1215n off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.pitto_1215n
- alias: Pc off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.pittopc
- delay:
minutes: 15
- alias: Bedroom light off
service: switch.turn_off
data:
entity_id: switch.bedroom
And
game_mode:
alias: Game mode
sequence:
- alias: Tv on
service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.philips_tv_power
- alias: Pc on
service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.pittopc
- alias: Gaming light scene
service: scene.turn_on
data:
entity_id: scene.livingroom_gaming
- delay:
seconds: 30
- alias: Change Tv source to Steam Machine
service: script.turn_on
data:
entity_id: script.tv_source_hdmi_1
tv_source_hdmi_1:
alias: Game mode
sequence:
- alias: Tv key source
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBUAFgdDh0ODw4PKywODw4PDg4PDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4dDw4PDh0ODw4PDgAKuFceDh0ODw4PKywODw4ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODw4dDw4PDh0ODw4ODwANBQAAAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key up
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDx0ODg8OLCsPDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDg8OHR0dDg8cDw4ODw4ACrlXHQ8cDw4PDissDg8ODw4PDg4PDg8ODw4ODx0dHA8OHQ4PDg8OAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key down
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgAmAFcdDh0PDg8OKywODw4PDg8ODw4ODw4PDg4PHR0cDw4dDg8dAA0FAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key down
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgAmAFcdDh0PDg8OKywODw4PDg8ODw4ODw4PDg4PHR0cDw4dDg8dAA0FAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key down
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgAmAFcdDh0PDg8OKywODw4PDg8ODw4ODw4PDg4PHR0cDw4dDg8dAA0FAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key down
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgAmAFcdDh0PDg8OKywODw4PDg8ODw4ODw4PDg4PHR0cDw4dDg8dAA0FAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key down
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgAmAFcdDh0PDg8OKywODw4PDg8ODw4ODw4PDg4PHR0cDw4dDg8dAA0FAAA=;"
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
- alias: Tv key ok
service: broadlink.send_packet_192_168_178_109
data:
packet:
- "JgBQAFcdDxwPDg4PKywODw4PDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PHRwdDw4PDh0ODw4ACrhXHg4dDg8ODiwsDg4PDg8ODg8ODw4PDg4PDh0dHQ4PDg8cDw4PAA0FAAAAAAAAAAA="
- delay:
milliseconds: 100How do you control the Roomba? Is it the wifi one or do you have a module?
Its a roomba980 and I run koalazak’s rest980 in docker. I then use a command line switch and some rest sensors to pull it all together.
If you don’t want to run/host rest980 he also has dorita980 that I used to use for command line use prior.
In the three toilet rooms, I am using these. I didn’t have one when I did the exhaust fan over the shower and tub in the master bath so there I just used a standard GE smart switch (not the fan model).
https://www.amazon.com/Enerwave-ZWN-RSM2-Converting-Switches-REQUIRED/dp/B01G7OD3ME/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FJT284A0R0AS1B2YZ85Y
Do you mind sharing the code for pausing media when you get a phone call? I currently have to yell at Alexa to do it, I tried to automate it before but I couldn’t get Tasker to work for me.
I think I can help with this one. For MQTT, I use the MQTT Publisher Plugin
The Tasker profile is simple:
- Create a new profile
- name can be blank or whatever you want
- Select the category: State -> Phone -> Call
- Call Type: Any
- Number: blank
- Create a task for when the profile activates (incoming/outgoing call), this will be the first MQTT publish message, but for now just create a task using something simple, like a Beep to make sure it’s triggering like you want.
- Back out again and expand the new profile, longpress the task and select “Add Exit Task”. Create an exit task, just like in step 2. Add a different beep for now, and when that work you can change it to the MQTT message.
The MQTT settings is easy enough, so I won’t go through them here.
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How do you control the TV’s specific HDMI input ?