Mirela Stan
@mirela
Member · Member since Sep 2026
Voice assistants, local only, no cloud.
Location: Cluj
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- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
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- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
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- 2026.10: You are here
Local voice on a satellite this cheap is the headline for me. Running it on two rooms since the beta, the wake word is noticeably better than 2026.9.
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- Which presence sensor actually works for a home office?
Any of the 24 GHz mmWave modules work for me, as long as you tune the distance gates. Set the far gates to ignore everything beyond your desk.
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- 2026.10: You are here
works with the older 2024 microphone boards It does. You need to flash the 2026.10 firmware first, then it shows up under Voice → Satellites. Wake word works, t
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- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
About 1.5 seconds. Most of that is the camera snapshot.
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- Mesh map shows a router with no neighbours
The map only shows links reported during the last scan. A plug that works is fine; run the scan again and it will usually appear connected.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Guide: Backups you can actually restore
The 04:30 tip deserves its own sticky.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Guide: Backups you can actually restore
A backup you never tested is a hope, not a backup. Here is my routine: Nightly backup at 04:30 (not 03:00, see the Zigbee thread). Copy off the machine to a NAS
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Oskar Nyberg
About 1.5 seconds. Most of that is the camera snapshot.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Kenji Morimoto
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Dagny Oyelaran
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Oskar Nyberg
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Femi Adeyemi
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local
Liked by Rafael Kowalczyk
Our doorbell camera now recognises the postman, our neighbours and the family and announces them on the kitchen speaker. Everything runs on the server in our cu
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Smart plug with energy metering that is not cloud-only?
Most Zigbee plugs with metering work well. Avoid the ones that report only every five minutes, check the reporting interval in the device database first.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Blueprint: Motion-activated light with a manual override
Could you add a brightness input for night time?
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Pairing a Lumora bulb: stuck at "interviewing"
Lumora bulbs need to pair close to the coordinator, then you can move them. Their first join does not go through routers reliably.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Let dashboards follow the time of day automatically
Yes please. Right now I do this with a browser-mod hack and it breaks every other release.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Install on a Pi 5 with NVMe: boot loops after first update
Update the Pi's bootloader EEPROM first, the old one does not know how to boot the new kernel from NVMe. Flash the bootloader image from an SD card, then reinst
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Which presence sensor actually works for a home office?
Liked by Oskar Nyberg
Any of the 24 GHz mmWave modules work for me, as long as you tune the distance gates. Set the far gates to ignore everything beyond your desk.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Which presence sensor actually works for a home office?
Liked by Lucia Ferreira
Any of the 24 GHz mmWave modules work for me, as long as you tune the distance gates. Set the far gates to ignore everything beyond your desk.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Fully local e-paper room displays for under 20 € each
Five months on one 18650 is impressive. Deep sleep between updates I assume?
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Zigbee devices drop off every night around 3 am
Check if your backup runs at 3 am. A full backup on a small machine can starve the Zigbee add-on long enough for devices to time out.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Porch light turns on at sunset but never turns off
Not embarrassing at all, the trace told you exactly where to look. Marked as solved.
Likes given · 10/12/2026