I'm looking at setting up #alarmo to replace an ADT system. The software side looks easy, but I'd like a hardware recommendation for a keypad. I'd prefer #zigbee but I have a #zwave mesh too.

Right now I'm thinking of a Ring v2 for the keypad and Aquara contact sensors for the doors and windows.

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Any recommendations for local-only IoT devices (Z-Wave, Zigbee, or a device I can flash with ESPHome) suitable for switching a relatively large, inductive 120V AC load?

Specifically, it's a septic pump that draws about 15A while running, but spikes up as high as 40A when it first starts. Makes me a little nervous to run it via a Sonoff POW or similar which would have been my go-to otherwise.

Helped a friend with a #ZWave issue. Was having issues with slowness and lost messages.

Looked at the network graph found in zwave-js-ui in #HomeAssistant we could see a lot of devices routing through a specific device. Once we power cycle it we had big improvements. Also did a network heal so the the routes are rebuilt just in case.

I've seen this multiple times where a specific device could be causing issues and just needs to have the power cut for a few seconds.

Sharing just in case.

Before I go old testament on this #ecobee for dropping their API access, are there any known workarounds for integrating it with #HomeAssistant without relying on #HomeKit ?

I have a basic stat that supports #ZWave, but would lose out on the remote probes feature which sadly I'm pretty invested in.

Hmm, maybe someone has written a system to replicate the ecobee's remote probes features within HA using generic temperature sensors?

Grateful for any suggestions.

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Hrm. First time tried Matter in my Homeassistant. Ended up removing that again, will send them plugs back and get me ones with Zwave or Zigbee. Those at least do work.

First of I had to get a different phone, or that companion app always insisted on "No wifi available" (a clear lie, obviously, just accessed my HA over wifi). And then when trying to setup the plug, the app hang right after the configure step (I saw it on the wifi router) trying to speak to it again. Just never found it. Device was pinging nicely, but the app never found it.

Marked as beta, so will try again in some months time, but now the stuff needs to work, no time for debugging sessions.