Start or not...?

[Egnos]

@peter thanks for your precious advice!
I would like to start but for work I am often around Europe and time is always a little … !!
I’ll start soon … promised!:smiling_face_with_halo:

@peter said in Start or not...?:

But I find it more fun to say: “Hey Google, turn on the fountain …”

Ok, but how do you connect a sentence to GA with a command to Sonoff?

Thanks for your patience!

[Peter]

You have to make GA (on your cellphone) look for smart things.
Sonoff has an app (eWelink) but there are a lot of smart switches, thermostats and other.
After connecting the Sonoff with the app, it was recognized by GA.
But again: you do not need a MM to make smart things work.
Google home works even better; but building it yourself is a great part of the fun.

I started my MM project about a year ago and it took me a lot of time to make it the way I liked.
Now I am building a second one for my daughter and it takes me much less time.
But it is really a lot of fun to make your own personalized project.
Just try it!
Good luck!
Peter

[j.e.f.f]

@egnos It’s free to subscribe to receive notifications from apps or services that broadcast via PubNub. Likely there is a cost associated if you want to send notifications through PubNub, but I don’t know what that cost is.

[Peter]

@Egnos: one last advice: start with a Raspberry Pi 2B or 3B (not a zero or a 3B+).
I have 5 RPI’s (bought them all secondhand).
A lot of people buy a RPI and don’t know what to do with it.
Peter

[Egnos]

Sorry guys,
exist a wireless sensor (WiFi, bluetooth,etc…) that transmits the temperature to the Raspberry?
Maybe there is some MM module that manages the communication …

Thanks
Good night! :sleeping_face:

[j.e.f.f]

@egnos said in Start or not...?:

exist a wireless sensor (WiFi, bluetooth,etc…) that transmits the temperature to the Raspberry?

Pi 3B has WiFi and bluetooth built-in. Pi 2B needs a USB dongle, but they’re not expensive.

If you want to display your house temperature, you need a smart thermostat like a Nest or an Ecobee. There exists a module for Nest, but I don’t know about Ecobee. Maybe you would relay that through Home Assistant?

If you want to display the weather outside, there are a bunch of weather modules available. I’m sure will suit your needs well.

[Peter]

I use cheap Xiaomi sensors in all rooms in my house, displayed on MM.
Peter

[Egnos]

@j-e-f-f said in Start or not...?:

Pi 3B has WiFi and bluetooth built-in. Pi 2B needs a USB dongle, but they’re not expensive.

Yes, I have Raspberry PI3.

@j-e-f-f said in Start or not...?:

If you want to display your house temperature, you need a smart thermostat like a Nest or an Ecobee. There exists a module for Nest, but I don’t know about Ecobee. Maybe you would relay that through Home Assistant?
If you want to display the weather outside, there are a bunch of weather modules available. I’m sure will suit your needs well.

I would like to display the “real” outdoor temperature, if possible using a temperature sensor.
I would like the real external and internal temperature (the internal one I will take from a smart thermostat) always be visible on my MM.
The temperatures acquired by the various modules are estimates…correct?

@peter said in Start or not...?:

I use cheap Xiaomi sensors in all rooms in my house, displayed on MM.
Peter

Which module for MM do you use?
Which xiaomi sensor do you use?

I have another questions:

• I bought the “Sonoff 4ch pro r2” but I do not understand how to make the Sonoff work together with the physical switch.
  Example:
  STEP 1: I turn on the light 1 with Sonoff
  STEP 2: I turn off the light 1 from the physical switch
  STEP 3: I turn on the light 1 with Sonoff
  It’s possible?

• Is it possible to receive feedback from the “Sonoff”?
  Example: I would like to know if the house gate is open or closed or if the garden light is on, etc …

• the “Sonoff 4ch pro r2” has a 433Mhz receiver (I think it is used to open the automatic gates …) and I would like to use it using a 433Mhz transmitter.
  Are there transmitters with 433Mhz for Raspberry?
  Have you tested someone?
  Could I use GA to open the gate at home?

Thank you for your precious help!!

[Egnos]

Hello everyone and happy new year!
I returned the “Sonoff 4ch pro r2” because it was not for me!

During the Christmas holidays I started the installation of the Magic Mirror with all its modules.
These days I’m trying to install the module MMM-Assistantmk2 but I did not understand how to activate the assistant with my voice.
In the configuration of MMM-Assistantmk2 module I did not find a way to insert a watchword to wake up the Assistant.

Can you help me?
Do you need to install modules like “MMM-Hotword” and “MMM-NotificationTrigger”?

Thanks guys.

[A Former User]

@egnos
MMM-Hotword is needed if you want to activate it with voice hotword.