The ongoing saga of getting mailbox notifications into #HomeAssistant continues. I've tried Sonoff and Samsung motion sensors with both the Sonoff and #SkyConnect zigbee bridges. In all combinations, it eventually goes offline at some point and needs to have the battery popped out to reset.

I am experimenting with a #ThirdReality motion sensor. I'm working on the assumption that using 2 AAA batteries gives the radio more juice to cover the ~60 m. So far so good.

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@greppy the #thirdreality motion sensors control the lights in both home offices, the basement, and the "guest" bathroom, currently. Eventually, they'll be in the other 1.5 baths. My original motion sensors were #sonoff ones, but one never worked properly, the other developed the same false triggers constantly.

The temp/humidity were just added tonight for all 3 bedrooms (2 as home offices), the hallway upstairs, main level, and basement. Eventually I'll feed that data to #mqtt or something.

@greppy and that's because they're both cheaper (so damages or theft won't make me cry as much). A 2 tube fluorescent fixture above the washer & driver uses a #SmartThings plug-in module, which acts as a #zigbee repeater, as well as a few #innr plug-in modules across all 3 floors of the house. Some control fans, one my cable modem so I can power cycle it from my couch, and some used to control recirculating dog water bowls.

I have #thirdreality motion sensors and (now) temp/humidity ones.

That didn't take long to assign all 6 temp & humidity #zigbee sensors from #thirdreality that arrived today. Eventually, I'd like to shuffle the data into a DB or something to look at trends. Just, not today.