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Need help converting dumb switches; one w/o any lights, one w/ Hue bulbs (self.homeassistant)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Backfire to c/homeassistant

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I'm looking for a smart home solution use two switches in my living room (EU), in order to make them just smart enough so I can control some devices. The setup isn't very complex in itself, and I'm pretty sure it's doable - I'm just unsure what I'd need in order to use these switches in a 'smart' capacity...

This is what I had in mind:

On-off switch, connected to a single light with three Hue filament bulbs. I'd like this one to always be powered, as to make them always controllable
On-off switch, which should be connected to a light which isn't in use at all. Once this one is 'smart', I could control all other smart devices in the living room like a 'turn off everything'-button.

I have a Hue bridge and a Home Assistant instance running in my home.

With regards to wife-approval-factor, I'd rather leave the original switches in place, but I'm open to suggestions. I hope one of you can steer me in the right direction.

Edit: if this isn't the right community for the question, I'd understand, but I wasn't sure where to put it otherwise... I'd be open to suggestions to that too.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don’t say if you have any IoT networks yet, like zwave or zigbee, or if you’re looking for wifi. All have advantages / disadvantages, wifi is cheap and doesn’t use a separate dongle, zigbee devices tend to be cheaper, and a good variety available, Zwave is solid and doesn’t conflict with wifi or zigbee networks.

For the Hue bulbs you want a switch that lets you disconnect the relays from the physical switch. I don’t know what devices to suggest for EU, but my preference is to make the switches smart so they continue to do switch-like-things instead of having to retrain people.

[–] Backfire 1 points 10 months ago

Well, I did mention the Hue bridge so I've got Zigbee around the house (as well as some other Tuya wifi devices).

I'm currently in the process of converting to an additive setup so my wife and I don't need a smartphone to do smart home stuff. I think I can work with the info, thanks a lot.