A bit about the project.

On this blog you will find a description of my struggles with the smart-home system. It will be completely subjective, based on my personal experiences and conclusions.

I have been working with smart home for several years and I decided to help people like me who are at the beginning of their adventure with such systems. 

More and more manufacturers are placing "agitated" devices on the market. Not all of them are polished, not all are suitable for real use. And here you will find information on what and how to use.

The current state is already a working Home Assistant, but it is preparing to move to a new home, where I will do everything from scratch, using the experience from previous years. 

After several years of working with Home Assistant (and smart-systems), I know _ a little_ which are suitable for use, what errors to avoid and what is a good solution. 

Below are a few graphics so that you know what solutions I use (but these are not all - I try to constantly expand the system).

Home Assistant as an aggregator and control center. Also as a point of contact with Google Assistant and Alexa.

Lights, bulbs and switches

Communication protocol for devices - used by eg Fibaro

Communication protocol for devices. Used e.g. by Philips Hue but also by Aquara and IKEA.

Voice assistant. Unfortunately, he doesn't speak Polish at all. 

Asus is the manufacturer of the Wifi routers I use. It integrates well with the Home Assistant but also provides a very stable Wifi network - both in the 2.4MHz, 5MHz band and in the new 6MHz standard

Printer and scanner in one. In Home Assist, for example, I can see the level of toner consumption.

USB Dongle and Drivers for LED strips running on Zigbee

The entire ecosystem based on z-Wave

Cameras

Voice assistant. He can speak Polish (but only on tablets / phones). Dedicated devices do not work in our language yet

Great multi-room audio system. He talks to the Home Assistant.

Cameras with recognition of people / animals and vehicles.

Xiaomi is what everyone can see. Provides lights (yeelight) and the Aqara system