When you get into home automation and want to control your heating intelligently, there's one essential component: temperature sensors. Without them, it's impossible to know if it's 18°C or 22°C in the living room, and therefore impossible to regulate anything. After more than two years tinkering with my heating system using Home Assistant, I'm sharing my experience with two models of Zigbee…
In 2021, I renovated my house. When you're redoing all the electrical wiring, might as well add some home automation, right? Here's my initial setup — the one I'm currently upgrading by replacing Jeedom with Home Assistant, but that'll be another article.
En 2021, j'ai rénové ma maison. Quand on refait toute l'électricité, autant en profiter pour domotiser un peu, non ? Vieux motard que jamais, comme on dit. Voici donc mon setup initial — celui que je suis en train de faire évoluer en remplaçant Jeedom par Home Assistant, mais ça, ce sera pour un autre article.
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