Hello,
I have been following the project for a few months now and I must say I like it.
For my part, I had never tested home automation before, but being a bit of a geek and a DIY enthusiast, I thought I should give it a try. So I don’t have many connected objects yet, but I still encounter some problems, so I come to share them.
My first integration is a SonOff module (which I put on Tasmota firmware). This allows me to control an air extractor for the bathroom. But here, I wanted to couple it with a homemade module based on an esp8266 to measure humidity, but the scenarios are not yet very complete so impossible to use it except for the lamps. So I thought no problem as I use MQTT instead of using the integration module for Tasmota I will use the MQTT module and put that it is a lamp while waiting for the integration in the scenarios. But it is impossible to force a specific topic in Gladys and I have not found how to completely change the topic on the SonOff module either. So never mind, I will wait for the integration in the scenarios. But I find it a shame that we do not have the possibility to change the path of the topics.
I saw that recently it has been added the possibility to see the path of the topic as well as the possibility to copy it, really a very good idea. However, the copy function does not work for me. I have an installation with the Raspi image of Gladys v4 and I use Brave as a browser which is based on Chromium.
2nd integration: a homemade module that allows me to control my tension while keeping the basic buttons of the latter. The integration in MQTT is going well, I have switches that appear and I can control my module. However, I try to call my switches differently, they all take the name of the device instead of the names given in the features unless I put them in « it’s a sensor sending data to Gladys only » mode but in this case I only have the state of my switches but not the control.
In addition, I would like to have the state of my physical buttons when it changes but I send my switches to Gladys and my switches do not move.
The features in the MQTT module are not all very clear, it would be great to have a description of what they can be used for.
Still in the MQTT module, the possibility to change the external_id of the device even after registration.
In the Home tab, the ability to move a card from column to column without having to delete it. To readjust the order of the devices in the « device in room » card, or to be able to delete some of them whose data you do not want to see.
I assume it is planned but a user manager would be nice.
That’s it, I think I have covered everything I had to say for now.
In any case, congratulations on the work done, I find Gladys on a very good path and I will continue to follow all this closely.
Good evening
Sylvain
