I’m finally taking the time to introduce myself on the forum…
I’m an electronics technician by training, but I’ve always been very interested in computer science.
I’m passionate about connected objects (IoT) and therefore attracted to home automation for many years (I even almost started a business in the field, back in the day!).
I’ve tested quite a few configurations for home testing (Domoticz, personal dashboard, Zigbee, RF, WiFi…) and tinkered with « my own things » but I’ve never done a completely « clean » installation to the dismay of my wife.
If it interests some, I will detail a bit my (my) installation(s) following this post.
I had seen Gladys, a long time ago and came across it again this summer. Given the progress and the direction that V4 is taking by focusing on technologies that I know and on which I have also converged for professional needs, I thought it would be nice to participate in this adventure.
To conclude, congratulations to all, for all the work accomplished over the past few years and especially Pierre-Gilles for his dynamism.
A multiroom audio solution based on Logitech Media Server (LMS runs on NAS and the clients are made of Docker containers that I deploy on different RPi in the rooms of the house).
I am a big fan of Docker and in this configuration, the same duplicated container allows me to emit music on 2 or even 3 sound outputs on the same RPi.
For example, I have in my veranda, a RPi equipped with a Hifiberry card that allows to send music to speakers on the terrace and the audio jack output is connected to a portable speaker that plays tracks in the veranda. One can consider an additional USB sound card on the same RPi.
Temperature measurement in various rooms: I take advantage of the distribution of the different RPi on which I mounted DS1820 temperature sensors and I have a Docker container in each RPi that takes the sensor measurement and saves it in an InfluxDB database located on a NAS.
I think I will add a publication on an mqtt server to retrieve the data in Gladys.
On the same principle, I made myself a Téléinfo module that retrieves my electricity consumption on my EDF meter and stores it in the same database.
I flashed, with Tasmota, a few connected plugs and recently an RGB LED spot for the outside. I would like to be able to control it with Gladys… With Mqtt?
For the RGB spot, I don’t know which module to start with. Is there one that shows a color palette to choose your lighting? Those for Philips Hue or Yeelight?
Xiaomi sensors: Like many people interested in home automation, I also stopped at Zigbee technology and in particular Xiaomi objects that offer a great quality-price ratio.
Moreover, being allergic to cloud storage, I have been practicing Zigbee2Mqtt for some time.
One last thing that may interest some: living in the countryside in a white zone, my box is a 4G router based on OpenWRT. I have developed a few scripts on it that allow me to perform a few simple operations by sending it an SMS. It can also send me alerts or messages in the same way. It might be nice to integrate this into Gladys as a module.
