[ale] [ALE] Stroke and Home Assistant

[rajaw at c64.us]

Sorry to hear about your stroke Chuck.  Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Home Assistant (HA) is a really cool piece of home automation software, I’ve been running it for years.  I started off with Z-Wave gear and recently switched everything over to ZigBee.  I have HA automate most of the lights on the outside of the house I have a few internal lights that are controlled by some simple push button switches (my wife has MS).  I have HA turn on the lights in the morning, start the hot water kettle, and even turn on the lights outside when the garage door opens if it’s dark. I do have HA integrated into Google Home so I can just tell my Google device to open the garage door, turn on or off X light… it’s really fun stuff.  You can even get simple ZigBee relay’s to control various devices that would not normally be controlled by ZigBee.  I have one of the cheap relay’s wired into my garage door opener so that I can control my garage door in the HA app. My house cameras are also integrated into HA.

My HA is just a Raspberry Pi 4 in an Argon ONE V2 Aluminum Case, with the nvme attachment (uSD cards die fairly quickly with HA). I’m using the SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Gateway for the transmitter/receiver (a.k.a. gateway).

You have embarked on a fun journey!


From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Cc: Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com>
Subject: [ale] [ALE] Stroke and Home Assistant


Greeting,

Well,  I might be down right now for the next few months, as I try to learn to walk again. I am not out. This is one old tuff cranky dog,

Feb. 28th, I had a small stroke. I am lucky compared to some of the folks I was with in the PT center. I learn to the right, this is affecting my walking and balance. I can't see straight unless I wear a patch over one eye.

I am refusing to go quiet into the night. I am still trying to do tech. Which brings me to this email to the group. I asked Ameridroid for a kit that would get me started with a home assistant. I have a few smart plugs which work with my google assistant, I can hear the moaning already because I stated that, but I am looking for things to help me, which I am again re-learning to walk.

I like to ask, as anyone on the mailing list down anything with home assistant kits, I got Odroid M1S that came with connect zbt-1, I am stilling a ton of things I can hook up. I like to replace light switches in places like the bathroom and kitchen, maybe plugs for devices, but I am open to anything that might help me.

Beside the easy stuff is anything one does anything like this.

Using a walker helps, but I could ask, "Computer, bathroom on" at 3am in the morning, instead of trying to walk straight feeling like I am in the house of funs because my brain doesn't want to walk with me, would be a major help.

I am a bit lucky that my 20 year old son is living with me, but unless I am about to fall on my ass or screaming for him to help me, I am pretty much on my own.


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