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Home Assistant Core (0.88.2) configuration - Z-Wave node

This was my Home Assistant Core configuration for my Z-Wave node, it was running 0.88.2 due to problems with the original Z-Wave stack. It was decomissioned in 2022 when the batteries in one of my Sensative strips finally failed, and it was easier to switch everything to Zigbee.

It was installed on a Raspberry Pi 3, using the old All in One installer (effectively a manual install like this, on a 16 GB card, that I've upgraded to Python 3.6. I used a Razberry board for Z-Wave control.

The configuration for my primary instance can be found here. The primary instance used Home Assistant Remote to connect to this instance.

To limit the risk brought by SD card corruption (a known risk with Pi3) I store the Home Assistant database on a USB stick, and use a multi-port USB charger with sufficient power for all ports, but have left one unused. The power cables are short, and high quality, to minimise issues with voltage drop. Of course, I also take many different backups to reduce the risk of losing anything.

This is one of a number of Pi3s I've got, and they're all in a Multi-Pi stackable case, to keep the footprint down. They share an HDMI cable to a nearby monitor, and an old USB keyboard I've got kicking around, because having a Pi fail to respond isn't that uncommon.

Each directory has a short readme explaining what's in there, and the purpose of each file or group of files.

On this Pi I run

• Home Assistant

The devices, services, and software I use with this Pi

• Sandisk Extreme micro SD cards
• Z-Wave
  • Z-Wave.me Razberry Z-Wave board - it has the advantage of not using a USB port, but does require that the onboard Bluetooth is disabled
  • Aeotec MultiSensor 6
  • Fibaro motion sensor in the living room
  • Fibaro FGK10x door sensors (previous generation, superseded by the FGDW-002) on the garage doors
  • Sensative door/window strips on the external house doors
  • TKB TKB TZ69E - metering wall plugs
  • Foxx Project Smart Switch (which identifies itself as an Aeotec ZW075, aka Smart Switch Gen5). These are cheap, but there's no local switch control for the attached device. Mostly I'm using these as range extenders.
  • NodOn Octan Remote in the master bedroom to provide manual control of the Yeelight. It was originally used by the kitchen door, where the next item is now mounted.
  • NodOn Soft Remote in the second bedroom, to also provide manual control of that room's Yeelight.
  • Z-Wave.me WALLC-S wall controller, to provide a wall switch for the garden lights

Other software

• netdata so I can keep an eye on the performance
• rpi-clone for bootable backups
• rclone for offsite backups
• rsnapshot runs on another system, and pulls backups

Notes

• These are (automatically) modified versions of my actual configurations