Casey Liss

And I'm expecting her to give me a huge, you know, WTF when she finally realizes it. To which Chris replied, which was so great. He said, that's great. I hope the commission accepts the fact that it was already installed as enough of a hassle to not require removal for lack of proper permits ahead of time. Which is very well put.

And I'm expecting her to give me a huge, you know, WTF when she finally realizes it. To which Chris replied, which was so great. He said, that's great. I hope the commission accepts the fact that it was already installed as enough of a hassle to not require removal for lack of proper permits ahead of time. Which is very well put.

So this morning, I forget when it was this morning, but it was not very long after getting downstairs. Perhaps, maybe it was when I was gone at Wegmans studying up for the episode today. It doesn't matter when, but at some point, I'd come in or come downstairs or whatever, and the kids were like, oh, dad, mm-mm. Yeah.

So this morning, I forget when it was this morning, but it was not very long after getting downstairs. Perhaps, maybe it was when I was gone at Wegmans studying up for the episode today. It doesn't matter when, but at some point, I'd come in or come downstairs or whatever, and the kids were like, oh, dad, mm-mm. Yeah.

And I look up at Erin and she's pointing at the, she's pointing at the, uh, the light switch saying, what is this? And the funny thing is there's so much more to the story that I haven't told her or you guys. Uh, so you didn't pick up on the important phrase that I mentioned when I read this earlier, I will repeat myself. Home seer HS hyphen WD 200 plus Z wave. plus scene-capable RGB wall dimmer.

And I look up at Erin and she's pointing at the, she's pointing at the, uh, the light switch saying, what is this? And the funny thing is there's so much more to the story that I haven't told her or you guys. Uh, so you didn't pick up on the important phrase that I mentioned when I read this earlier, I will repeat myself. Home seer HS hyphen WD 200 plus Z wave. plus scene-capable RGB wall dimmer.

I don't have any Z-Wave devices until just now. And let me tell you, if you want to think about what it would be like for the most nerdy nerd to design a home automation or smart home kind of thing, let me tell you all the good news about Z-Wave. It is so user-hostile and

I don't have any Z-Wave devices until just now. And let me tell you, if you want to think about what it would be like for the most nerdy nerd to design a home automation or smart home kind of thing, let me tell you all the good news about Z-Wave. It is so user-hostile and

so awful to interact with so what i had to do was i knew that chris was kind enough to send this to me and genuinely leaving aside aaron's opinion which i'll come back to in a minute genuinely i think this is the right solution to my problem because i have up to seven leds that i can use they're super easy to control within home assistant once you get everything wired up which we'll talk about here in just a second um

so awful to interact with so what i had to do was i knew that chris was kind enough to send this to me and genuinely leaving aside aaron's opinion which i'll come back to in a minute genuinely i think this is the right solution to my problem because i have up to seven leds that i can use they're super easy to control within home assistant once you get everything wired up which we'll talk about here in just a second um

but they're super easy to control it works really well it's a pretty good dimmer the button feels pretty great and pretty decent i wouldn't say it's great but it's decent and so on the surface this is a win-win-win you know it's not as not as much of an eyesore as my you know three leds popping through a wall plate would have been you know in a lot of ways i think this is the right answer um if it remains which is yet to be seen but um but narrator it will not remain but

but they're super easy to control it works really well it's a pretty good dimmer the button feels pretty great and pretty decent i wouldn't say it's great but it's decent and so on the surface this is a win-win-win you know it's not as not as much of an eyesore as my you know three leds popping through a wall plate would have been you know in a lot of ways i think this is the right answer um if it remains which is yet to be seen but um but narrator it will not remain but

to get this all to work not now i have z-wave in my world and let me assure you everyone you do not want z-wave in your world if you can help it because what i had to do was i needed to get like a 30 dongle which i will try to remember to put in the show notes um a $30 dongle that will allow you to communicate via Z-Wave. And so this is a USB-A dongle.

to get this all to work not now i have z-wave in my world and let me assure you everyone you do not want z-wave in your world if you can help it because what i had to do was i needed to get like a 30 dongle which i will try to remember to put in the show notes um a $30 dongle that will allow you to communicate via Z-Wave. And so this is a USB-A dongle.

I'm sure maybe the USB-C ones exist, but it was getting plugged into my Synology anyway. So I needed a USB-A dongle that was something like $30 that I got off Amazon. But then I need more containers because Home Assistant doesn't want to natively talk to via Z-Wave. You need to get Z-Wave JS UI.

I'm sure maybe the USB-C ones exist, but it was getting plugged into my Synology anyway. So I needed a USB-A dongle that was something like $30 that I got off Amazon. But then I need more containers because Home Assistant doesn't want to natively talk to via Z-Wave. You need to get Z-Wave JS UI.

which is a combination of, I believe it's Node, a Node interface to Z-Wave, and then a user interface on top of that. So I needed all of that. And a lot of people will then also add an MQTT broker, which I happen to already have in my collection of Docker containers that run my home. But I needed that.

which is a combination of, I believe it's Node, a Node interface to Z-Wave, and then a user interface on top of that. So I needed all of that. And a lot of people will then also add an MQTT broker, which I happen to already have in my collection of Docker containers that run my home. But I needed that.

And so now I needed to get a dongle, and I needed to get that USB device passed through to Docker, which I had never done before. And I assumed would be ruinous, but actually it was pretty straightforward, which I was very happy about. I then need to get this Docker container talking to that dongle. I need to get all that squared away.

And so now I needed to get a dongle, and I needed to get that USB device passed through to Docker, which I had never done before. And I assumed would be ruinous, but actually it was pretty straightforward, which I was very happy about. I then need to get this Docker container talking to that dongle. I need to get all that squared away.