Hello,
I am looking for a comprehensive smart home platform that can integrate devices from different manufacturers.
So far, I have come across the following options:
Home Assistant
OpenHAB
ioBroker
Which of these platforms is the best or most widely used?
It is important to me that it runs stably and allows for creating good automations.
Additionally, there should be a smartphone app available that can be used on the go to control the smart home or at least check the status of devices remotely.
Are all of these programs open source and available for free?
Which of these platforms would you recommend, or should we perhaps consider WiButler or Homee, which also support various wireless standards?
I am looking for a comprehensive smart home platform that can integrate devices from different manufacturers.
So far, I have come across the following options:
Home Assistant
OpenHAB
ioBroker
Which of these platforms is the best or most widely used?
It is important to me that it runs stably and allows for creating good automations.
Additionally, there should be a smartphone app available that can be used on the go to control the smart home or at least check the status of devices remotely.
Are all of these programs open source and available for free?
Which of these platforms would you recommend, or should we perhaps consider WiButler or Homee, which also support various wireless standards?
Alexa and F&H are compatible. However, I cannot tell you the exact limitations, as I do not use Alexa myself and do not recommend it.
You need to clarify your questions with the electrician. They are your point of contact and know the best approaches. It won’t help if we advise you here and the electrician ends up not following it. See the last 10 pages or so.
You need to clarify your questions with the electrician. They are your point of contact and know the best approaches. It won’t help if we advise you here and the electrician ends up not following it. See the last 10 pages or so.
We will have to do a lot of work ourselves later.
The electrician should only prepare the absolute minimum because of the costs.
That’s why I wanted to know what the absolute minimum is that the electrician needs to prepare to avoid any complications later on.
Can you explain how the access point is connected? Only via bus?
The electrician should only prepare the absolute minimum because of the costs.
That’s why I wanted to know what the absolute minimum is that the electrician needs to prepare to avoid any complications later on.
Can you explain how the access point is connected? Only via bus?
I am at my wit’s end.
What would you recommend to us?
Should we have Free@Home prepared by the electrician and later connect the decentralized actuators ourselves, linking them to the bus cable installed by the electrician and upgrading it later?
Free@Home:
+ Wired
+ Easy to retrofit once the bus cables are installed
+ Easy to program
+ Good weather station available
+ Controllable via Alexa
- Only one manufacturer
- Only certain partner systems compatible (Hue, Sonos)
- Automations are limited in complexity (probably also with Matter)
- More expensive than Matter
I think Matter will cost only half or a third of Free@Home.
So far, I have no experience with smart home systems.
I have only tried to research and figure out what will be best for us.
I don’t know how well or poorly these wireless systems will work.
If everything is built on Matter with Thread, there should be a sufficient wireless mesh to avoid signal issues.
What would you say—is the more expensive Free@Home worth it, or would the cheaper Matter wireless system be enough?
What would you recommend to us?
Should we have Free@Home prepared by the electrician and later connect the decentralized actuators ourselves, linking them to the bus cable installed by the electrician and upgrading it later?
Free@Home:
+ Wired
+ Easy to retrofit once the bus cables are installed
+ Easy to program
+ Good weather station available
+ Controllable via Alexa
- Only one manufacturer
- Only certain partner systems compatible (Hue, Sonos)
- Automations are limited in complexity (probably also with Matter)
- More expensive than Matter
I think Matter will cost only half or a third of Free@Home.
So far, I have no experience with smart home systems.
I have only tried to research and figure out what will be best for us.
I don’t know how well or poorly these wireless systems will work.
If everything is built on Matter with Thread, there should be a sufficient wireless mesh to avoid signal issues.
What would you say—is the more expensive Free@Home worth it, or would the cheaper Matter wireless system be enough?
R
RotorMotor11 Sep 2022 11:09You keep asking the same question here.
It’s really just about fun or a hobby.
There’s simply no way to give proper advice.
If you have the interest and budget to modify a new build once it’s finished, then go ahead.
If you’re not interested, then don’t.
It’s really just about fun or a hobby.
There’s simply no way to give proper advice.
If you have the interest and budget to modify a new build once it’s finished, then go ahead.
If you’re not interested, then don’t.
What does remodeling mean?
In both cases, you only need to replace the light switches and roller shutter switches with the smart versions.
With F@H, you also need to connect the bus cable.
The electrician would already install the bus cable to all switches during new construction.
I just want to avoid making the wrong decision.
Retrofitting the bus cable later isn’t possible anymore.
But I also don’t want to spend a lot of money on the bus cable and then realize that a wireless smart home system would have been sufficient for much less money.
In both cases, you only need to replace the light switches and roller shutter switches with the smart versions.
With F@H, you also need to connect the bus cable.
The electrician would already install the bus cable to all switches during new construction.
I just want to avoid making the wrong decision.
Retrofitting the bus cable later isn’t possible anymore.
But I also don’t want to spend a lot of money on the bus cable and then realize that a wireless smart home system would have been sufficient for much less money.
R
RotorMotor11 Sep 2022 11:38TaiiTvv schrieb:
What does remodeling mean?
In both cases, you just need to replace the light switches and roller shutter switches with the smart versions. If that’s your idea of a smart home, I would really reconsider.
Reasons:
- A smart home hardly needs any push buttons
- The switch layout would be completely different (classic is sometimes 6 stacked vertically; smart usually only one with different dimensions)
- You also need various actuators (lighting, roller shutters, outlets, heating, ...) and sensors (temperature, windows, presence, air quality, ...)
So, if you just want to install a few Shellys in the existing switch locations anyway, you don’t need bus wiring.
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