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OpenMQTTGateway now reads Xiaomi Mijia Temperature and Humidity sensor
In the path of integrating BLE devices to OpenMQTTGateway I have found the Xiaomi Mi Jia Humidity and temperature sensor to be a good candidate.This little indoor sensor is able to measure temperature...
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A community space for OpenMQTTgateway discussions
With the increase of OpenMQTTgateway users the current community ecosystem composed of github + a gitter chat is showing its limits, especially for the chat which doesn't enable to structure...
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Connected terrarium with arilux module
One easy thing that you can build with your child is a terrarium, but what about mixing this achievment with your DIY competencies and transform it into a connected terrarium.Here is how to do it:Bill...
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After a few years of contributing to OpenMQTTGateway project I see that the scope of the project is exceeding my own home usage, more and more use cases are found by the users. Request of...
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Add of LORA technology to OpenMQTTGateway
The V0.9.1 release of OpenMQTTGateway will introduce the compatibility with LORA RF technology based on the work of Sandeep MISTRY.LORA is a technology used on Low Power Wide Area Network, the 3 first...
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SONOFF RF BRIDGE + Pilight or How to extend the supported protocols by our...
With version V0.9 of OpenMQTTGateway @steadramon & @puuu (the ESP library creator) enabled by their work to integrate Pilight library on OMG.Permiting to increase significantly the list of RF...
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Integration of Mijia clock, temperature and humidity sensor to OpenMQTTGateway
Mi flora and Mijia temperature/humidity sensor are now well integrated with OpenMQTTGateway, you can have a temperature sensor that last months just with an ESP32 and one of these 2 devices.Just upload...
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SONOFF PIR2 PIR sensor
I had the chance to receive a whole set of ITEAD 433mhz stuff from them to test and see if they are compatible with OpenMQTTGateway, let's first begin by a look to the sensors and remote control.As...
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SONOFF DW1 door sensor (one state)
This door/window sensor is powered with a 12V 23A battery and send one signal when opened.The protocol used is compatible with these different gateways: ZgatewayRF (ESP32 or ESP8266 with an RF...
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SONOFF RM433 remote control with 8 buttons
It’s a nice little remote control with 8 buttons, it is powered with a 12V 27 battery.You can also buy a base, the remote fits into it by a magnet.The protocol used is compatible with OpenMQTTGateway...
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NEW SONOFF RFR3 as a 433toMQTT gateway?
I had the occasion to test the new Sonoff rfr3. This device is the evolution of the Sonoff RF basic.The Sonoff RFR3 act as a relay, you power it with AC and you can pilot the relay with the app...
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ADAPTATION of RF WIFI GATEWAY USB STICK
For this new article we will adapt a new device; the SMART RF & WIFI GATEWAY or SMART HOME MODEM (difficult to have the real name with this kind of generic product ...)The shape of the stick and...
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SONOFF MICRO USB switch review
I had the chance to test the sonoff micro (product given by itead), this device is an USB connected switch. You can control it from the Ewelink app and by the way power ON or OFF your USB devices. You...
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AVATTO S06 IR gateway compatible with OpenMQTTGateway
For this new post we will make it compatible with OpenMQTTGateway; the BAKEEY IR remote on banggood or AVATTO S06 on Aliexpress (the links are affiliated).Note that this article apply only to the non...
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A reliable Raspberry Pi 4B setup with UPS (power bank) and SSD
After more than 4 years spent in home automation, the thing that bothered me the most was the regular failure of my Pi SD cards.These failures were the consequences of power supply issues and too much...
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Low power ESP32 BLE gateway
For a few years now we are able to read BLE sensors with an ESP32. These sensors are advertizing their data with a one to many communication principle.This type of BLE communication has the big...
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Get your BLE sensors data into Home Assistant in 5 minutes
You can now upload your board directly from the web browser! So let's imagine you want to read data from a sensor like a Mi Flora, an LYWSD03MMC, a weight scale, or any other BLE sensor from this list...
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Externalize the BLE devices decoding in a library - TheengsDecoder
These last years OMG has grown leveraging different types of libraries for device decoding:RCSwitch at the beginning for RF/433mhzIRRemote and IRRemote ESP8266 for InfraredESPilight and RTL_433_ESP...
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OpenMQTTGateway BLE on Windows, Raspberry Pi or Apple MAC !
From a long time it was asked if OpenMQTTGateway could run on a Raspberry Pi.100%75%50%imageWith the externalization of the part of OMG BLE code into Theengs Decoder and the multi-platform...
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Get your BLE sensors data into Home Assistant in a snap without ESP32
The power of OpenMQTTGateway BLE is now accessible without an ESP32 and can be installed to Home Assistant in a snap. Theengs Gateway can be installed as an Addon in Home Assistant thanks to the work...
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Theengs mobile application to read your BLE sensors
I’m excited to announce the release of Theengs Android mobile application, the application uses Theengs Decoder to read data from BLE devices and display those to your mobile,you can download it on...
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OpenMQTTGateway and OpenHAB 3 with auto discovery of Things
This tutorial will show how to integrate the BLE gateway to OpenHAB3 leveraging the auto-discovery functionality. After this tutorial, you should see your Bluetooth Low Energy devices compatible with...
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Playing with the B-Parasite
One of the most successful Bluetooth Low Energy devices that started appearing in our Smart Home is the Xiaomi Mi Flora. Decoded and integrated into OpenMQTTGateway in 2017 this device enabled us to...
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The first OpenMQTTGateway powered off the shelves device !
The first OpenMQTTGateway-powered device ready to set up is available!The smart home is a fragmented space with difficulties in making ecosystems talk together, it should improve with the new Matter...
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Bluetooth usage that could help in disaster situations
Bluetooth usage that could help in disaster situationsI read a tweet about communication protocols that could be used in a disaster. Then I asked myself how existing technologies could help.As a...
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