My (almost) daily request for recommendations: People with Home Assistant, what IR blaster are you using? Most likely I'd use it to control a heat pump.

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use a bunch of zwave gear so I got one of these https://activeautomation.co.nz/remotec-z-wave-to-ac-ir-extender-zxt-600

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for commenting, it's interesting to see what everyone is using. And how many protocols there are! I'm using a skyconnect dongle, which is multi-protocol but doesn't mention zwave.

I've ordered a couple of wifi based ones that others have said they are using. I got them from ali express so it will be at least a month before they arrive, but I'm hoping they will work for me.

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah zwave tends to be standalone as the Zwave Alliance owns the rights to the protocol and they test everything for conformance, so it's more expensive. I just don't like sticking random iot stuff on my network.

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah fair enough. I'm only just getting started, and I'm sure over time I'll start to build some preferences for what kinds of things I'm happy to connect.

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