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.

  • Backfire@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’ve come across Shelly relays as well, they seem like a viable option to me. I’d probably prefer a separated network like Zigbee, but that should be doable. Thanks!

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You can do this with Shelly Zwave relays.

      That would generally preferable to ZigBee for such a system from an RF perspective.

      Aeotec or Zooz usb dongle on your server, every Shelly acts as a signal relay.

    • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You can get zigbee 3.0 relays on aliexpress. I got the GIRIER store ones, but while I’ve done a test with a bulb and a switch on a board, I haven’t gotten them properly installed yet. Seems promising tho.