I am new to home automation and plan to use Home Assistant.
The first thing I will address will be smart lighting. For family acceptance, it is important that the existing switches can continue to be used.
But i cant find an Solution for this. When i am searching the web i only find in wall modules, that make ādumbā Lights smart.
So here is my question, maybe someone can help me with this
Iām looking for an in wall module that enables me to control my Zigbee lamps (Hue / Tradfri) with my existing light switches.
For this I would short the switch wires to the smart light so it is always powered.
The module would be more of a remote control that sends signals to Home Assistant and HA then switches the corresponding scene.
It should communicate with Zigbee and act as a router to expand the zigbee mesh.
I would like to avoid wifi because there are about 20 switches and I donāt want my network to become unstable
I have the following switches: Pushbutton switch 2-gang, so 4 buttons. Just like the Friends of Hue Switches.
I re-used my existing switches by turning them into a pulse switch with a piece of foam rubber
Iāve been using this for almost 2 years now, and works perfectly stillā¦(although i did move from tasmota to esphomeā¦faster and better for the 2 channel dimmer)
ps: why would your network become unstable??
My wifi network now has approx 50+ devices of all kind,ā¦(have to admit that i use a 2nd router for the 2nd floor, it was an old one laying around anyway, and wifi coverage on that floor was poor)
Maybe time to get a better wifi router??
pps: the switches also work fine when wifi is down
