It’s been a few weeks (months) that I’ve been looking a bit into home automation to choose a solution and I finally opted for Gladys.
I really like the design aspect (Mac user obliges…), the French-speaking support and the active community. That’s why I want to get started with you on my project. I don’t have a lot of equipment at home (it will come) but I have two things that I want to be able to communicate with: my Netatmo weather station (I think with the API) and my connected stove (that’s going to be hot, no pun intended…)
By the way, you can see that I have a space on the internet.
I’m going to start this weekend with the Raspberry Pi order, I’m going to keep it simple and not complicate my life by ordering what Pierre-Gilles recommends in his installation section. Or maybe you see something better according to what I want to do…
I just have 2-3 questions:
to order Zigbee, is it with a Z-wave module or is it something else?
the question that follows from this: are the Hue bulbs actually controlled via WiFi in Gladys? (I’m drooling over these bulbs)
to control 433 MHz, is the Arduino solution effective (range?) or is it worth investing in a real receiver for Raspberry? (I think we’re around €100)
Hello @Hamtaro and welcome to the adventure ^^
Nice website
It’s something else! These are two totally different communication protocols!
For Zigbee, you can use la Zigate and for Z-wave there are plenty but I recommend this one!
I don’t have bulbs of this type (I find them really expensive for what they are) but yes Gladys uses the network to communicate orders to the Hue bridge.
Personally, I use old things bought on Amazon and it works quite well at my place (between 10 and 15 meters)
I came across a tweet from @pierre-gilles about the zigate, he had received one.
What about Gladys support for this? Is it plug’n play?
For 433 MHz, I’ll put that on hold. It’s just in case, the last resort. Not a fan of the system since it can be controlled by anyone within range, but unfortunately, I think some old stuff in my house might be sending data like that.
When I have time, I’ll listen to it, bought at iKea, I think there’s a chance the temperature sensor sends data:
Moreover, I’m in a renovation with some walls 70 cm thick in stone… It’s not cool at times, I had to install a WiFi repeater and I’m not far from installing another one.
No idea! He hasn’t communicated the follow-up! We’ll have to wait for him to come by for an answer
That’s the biggest problem with 433, but you can use the network ^^
Gladys has a very complete HTTP API and with a small NodeMcu for 7€ you can avoid range and security issues
