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I'd like to get an outdoor Temperature Sensor that can be used with HA and Google Home. Anyone have any recommendations?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's really easy. The rtl_sdr software interprets the info and passes out to HA. There's an add-on that scans that info and looks for devices it recognizes, and adds then to HA as a sensor. You'll get weather, tire pressure monitors, and other things.

[โ€“] Foreverwinter 2 points 2 years ago

Yup! In addition to temperature/humidity sensors, I'm also pulling in my gas meter and my home security sensors(I was using a big-name security company, but when my contract was up I kept the sensors installed and tapped into them with my SDR)