I'd like to think I'm a pretty normal Homey Pro user - single household, not doing anything crazy. No outbuildings and decent wireless reception throughout the house.
With prices going up though - any reason I might be overlooking to buy a Mini now, for the future?
Hi,
Looking to get 2 mmWave sensors to place in the garage.
I like to put them on the door tracks with magnet so when the door is open it could detect people entering.
PIR sometimes don’t work that good in the summer due to heat.
Anyone have the Thirdreality do they have a metal plate on the back for magnetic mounting?
Any experience with them welcome.
Thanks!
I love the flow system, it is amazing and intuitive, and truthfully, a lot of fun coming up with automations. The system is amazing in that regard. All of the included ways to connect to devices (Matter, Zygbee...). It is great, when it works.
I had this issue before, constantly having to power cycle Homey Pro. Last Summer, I was having to power cycle daily from this issue. I thought that it could have been our bad internet from XFinity, who refused to fix the issue. I switched back to Home Assistant, and while their system isn't very user friendly, or intuitive, or fun to setup, it just worked, even with our bad internet issues. We switched to Ziply last October, and things have been great and I finally decided to give Homey Pro a chance again. I redid several of my flows from before, with different devices I have since added into my smart home ecosystem, and I loved setting up the flows again, just like before. It felt great to be back into Homey Pro. I did this last week.
A week later, I have to unplug and replug in my Homey Pro daily, and even then, it might last half hour, hour, a couple hours, all day. I don't know when it's going to fail again. I simplified many of my flows and removed the apps I am not using, yet. Even just in normal use, there is always a delay on Homey activating lights. I literally walk into one of the hallways, thinking "oh, it's just the delay..." but then it never turns on, so I know I have to power cycle my Homey Pro again. If it was dependable, and worked consistently, I can put up with a delay. That won't be a dealbreaker. I have tried different cables and outlets, it hasn't changed.
I spent a very long time trying to get my Aqara FP2 added to Homey Pro (Early 2023) and in the end it turned out to be a user mistake that I kept repeating without realizing it.
Maybe this helps someone else.
My setup:
I installed the HomeKit Controller app for Homey:
Homekit Controller for a better Homey
The first issue:
When adding devices in HomeKit Controller, it asked for a code.
To get the Homey HomeKit PIN:
If you already enabled it before and need a new PIN:
Now the MOST IMPORTANT part and the actual reason the FP2 would never appear in Homey:
I already had the Aqara FP2 added to Apple Home on my iPhone and Mac.
That was the problem.
The Aqara FP2 can apparently only provide access to one external ecosystem outside of Aqara itself at a time.
So if it is already added to Apple Home, Homey may not detect it.
What finally worked for me:
After that the Aqara FP2 finally appeared in Homey.
The code you need to enter is the code printed on the FP2 device itself above the QR code.
One more tip:
After pressing OK, wait patiently.
Do not press OK multiple times because pairing takes slightly longer than expected.
For me it completed within about 60 seconds.
After that the device worked correctly in Homey with the features provided by the HomeKit Controller app.
Hopefully this saves someone else a lot of frustration.
Today I installed the Homey app on my LG television, but all I got is a black screen.
Has anyone had success already?
I'm trying out Homey SHS as a long-time HA & Homeseer user. I'm really liking the advanced flow builder, but can I seriously not see when the last time a flow was triggered? There's no master log or history page either unless I'm missing it? It would also be nice if there was a visual indication of it being triggered when I'm viewing it (Like in HA).
Is there some sort of app that adds this functionality? Is this something that's on the roadmap?
I have a simple BILRESA dual button from IKEA, hoping to control some blinds.
Everything's set up and ready to go, except I'm stuck on the logic. Help greatly appreciated 🙏
I'd like to be able to raise the blinds w a single press of the top button, but pause / interrupt the motion with a second press of the button. Same (opposite) for the bottom button.
I can get the blinds to raise and lower, but only completely.
Any suggestions? Hoping I'm missing something simple...
I am looking to automate this new ceiling fan/light I bought as part of a bedroom makeover.
I really like the fan. It passed both the wife and mother test.
The problem is that we want to integrate it into a smart temperature control setup, e.g. when the window opens, turn off the radiator and turn on the fan. Switch off when my wife gets up in the middle of the night to prevent her getting too cold etc.
We use a homey pro 2023 as our hub, which i am still a novice to, but the rf radio on that doesn't appear to be in the same range as the remote, i also picked up a cheap broadlink rm4 pro to take a gamble on it, with the same issue.
I am willing to replace the driver in the fixture if that helps as it was just a separate box wired in any way.
Hi,
I’m discovering the possibility of migrating/starting over in Homey SHS with a bridge coming from Home Assistant.
At first glance my most critical devices seem to be compatible with Homey, however my biggest concern is migrating my Zigbee devices.
I currently have 116 Zigbee devices, of which around 35% are battery powered and the rest are router devices.
I’m mainly wondering:
- How well does Homey SHS/Bridge handle larger Zigbee networks in real-world usage?
- Is anyone here running 100+ Zigbee devices on Homey successfully?
- Would this be realistic on a Homey Bridge, or is Homey Pro basically required?
- How stable is the Zigbee mesh over time?
- Any issues with routing, latency, devices randomly disconnecting, or repairing?
I don’t mind rebuilding automations, but I do care a lot about long-term stability and maintainability.
Would love to hear experiences from people who migrated from Home Assistant with larger Zigbee setups.
Thanks!
I have a dashboard which I'm displaying on my iPad in kiosk mode. From time to time I'll notice that the dashboard isn't up to date with what is actually going on in the room. For example a light shows on in the dashboard but is actually off. Force closing the Homey app on the iPad and then opening it back up always refreshes the dashboard and it's back to normal.
Is it possible to automate a dashboard refresh in a flow? Currently I'm not seeing any cards that do that but would love to know if anyone has been able to solve for this.
Hi, I was thinking of getting the Homey Self Hosted Server to run on my UGreen NAS, and getting the Homey Bridge to get the wireless radios, but I read it does not support Thread or Matter? Is that right? It may be an issue for me as all my smart plugs are Matter. Would I in that case be better off with the Homey Pro?
Hi everyone,
I’ve built a Homey app for a vast amount of internet radios. Any internet radio based on the Frontier Silicon chipset that is compatible with the UNDOK or OKTIV app is supported. This includes radios from brands such as Kenwood, Roberts, Sharp, Blaupunkt, Hama, Medion, Revo, Ruark, and many others.
The app connects your radio directly to Homey over your local network — no cloud required.
App features:
My own use case
Both of my children have a Kenwood M-7000-S radio in their room. Previously, a fixed alarm time was configured on those radios. On school days, Homey gradually turns on the lights and, at the set alarm time, the radio starts playing.
Homey "knows" whether it is a school day by using other apps and therefore skips turning on the lights on non-school days. However, the radios kept waking the children up because I forgot to disable the alarms on non-school days.
The radios could already be controlled using the UNDOK and OKTIV app (Android and iOS). After reading through some documentation, I built a simple script that I used for a couple of weeks. Over the past few days, I couldn’t resist building a proper Homey app, which is now live in the Homey App Store.
Homey now starts the radios only on school days. As a result, the children are no longer woken up by the radios on non-school days. Happy wife, happy life.
Enjoy!
Control your radio however you want. Turn the radio off automatically when you leave the house, mute it when the doorbell rings, or wake up to your favorite radio station.
I bought a couple of Alpstuga air quality sensors and Grillplats plugs. Everything should be matter over thread. I can add them to homey (I use the ikea app inside homey, but not the ikea bridge). However I noticed these devices keep on disconnecting from time to time. I added a few more hoping to make the mesh more stable but no luck. Some of these plugs are within line of sight of the homey. I am curious to hear what your experiences are with the ikea plugs?