I have just bought a Homey Pro 2023 with the ethernet adapter. Yeah!
I have not set it up yet. I like some advice before I begin. So “What would you have done, if you knew what you know now?”
Background:
Up until now, everything we have, is centred around Apple HomeKit. However, I have found the automations are not advanced enough. So, I am looking forward to playing with Flows.
Besides that, the cloud-based setup is unstable. The response time often have delays. And sometimes some products don’t response for a short period and then out of the blue response with a delay.
Today we have:
Apple TV 4K
Philips Hue (Bridge, indoor lights, wall switches, Dimmer switches, wall plugs)
Yale Linus lock (Incl. Bridge)
Fibaro (WiFi/AHK compatible: Wall plugs, The Button, Leak sensor)
Tado Smart Radiator Thermostats incl. Bridge
Yeelight Light Strip (AHK)
VocoLinc (WiFi/AHK compatible: Wall plugs, Light bulbs, light strip)
Flic buttons inkl. bridge
LifeSmart (StarterKit with APH compatible bridge, humidity/temperature/lux sensor, buttons, motion/lux sensor, smart plug, and door/window sensors. Apparently, LifeSmart is using a radio protocol called CoSS)
Ecovacs robot vacuum cleaner (Google Assistant compatible)
I have been told that you should have maximum 8 meters between your zigbee products. So, I have bought four Nous Zigbee smart plugs to create a Zigbee mesh network.
But how should I start?
Should I just integrate my current setup in my Homey? Or would I be better off setting it all up again?
Should I delete all my automations in Apple Home and set them up in Homey instead?
