Casey Liss

I need to then get the Docker container talking via WebSockets, my favorite thing in the world. Here we are. Everything is full circle, baby. I needed to get the Docker container to talk via WebSockets to the Home Assistant Docker container. It was a lot.

I need to then get the Docker container talking via WebSockets, my favorite thing in the world. Here we are. Everything is full circle, baby. I needed to get the Docker container to talk via WebSockets to the Home Assistant Docker container. It was a lot.

Then I get everything installed physically and I am running against the clock because as everything is hanging out of my wall, you know, there's two switches that preexisted in this new one that I'm trying to plug in, including tapping a new neutral wire, which I've done before, but all everything's hanging out of the wall.

Then I get everything installed physically and I am running against the clock because as everything is hanging out of my wall, you know, there's two switches that preexisted in this new one that I'm trying to plug in, including tapping a new neutral wire, which I've done before, but all everything's hanging out of the wall.

And I get a buzz on my watch that, Hey, uh, Aaron has just added a new calendar event to the shared calendar for book club for next month. Oh no. That means they're wrapping up. She's got like 15 minutes drive to get here. And this wall, everything is just hanging out of it.

And I get a buzz on my watch that, Hey, uh, Aaron has just added a new calendar event to the shared calendar for book club for next month. Oh no. That means they're wrapping up. She's got like 15 minutes drive to get here. And this wall, everything is just hanging out of it.

So now I'm trying to like quit Carl, shove everything back in the wall, put the face plate back on and then act nonchalant when she gets home. Hopefully when this is all done and be like, oh no, nothing's weird. What are you talking about?

So now I'm trying to like quit Carl, shove everything back in the wall, put the face plate back on and then act nonchalant when she gets home. Hopefully when this is all done and be like, oh no, nothing's weird. What are you talking about?

Right. Exactly. Exactly. I was able to do so. Thankfully, she ended up chatting with a friend who she gave a ride to two book clubs. So that gave me a little spare time. But then I needed to connect this device to this. I needed to connect it to my Z-Wave hub thing. I'm this terminology, I'm sure is wrong, but

Right. Exactly. Exactly. I was able to do so. Thankfully, she ended up chatting with a friend who she gave a ride to two book clubs. So that gave me a little spare time. But then I needed to connect this device to this. I needed to connect it to my Z-Wave hub thing. I'm this terminology, I'm sure is wrong, but

I needed to get the device, the dongle that acts as like the Z-Wave hub and this light switch to talk to each other, which you would think would be easy. But have I told you the good word about Z-Wave? Everything in Z-Wave makes no f***ing sense whatsoever. And so what I needed to do was I needed to put the device and the hub in inclusion mode.

I needed to get the device, the dongle that acts as like the Z-Wave hub and this light switch to talk to each other, which you would think would be easy. But have I told you the good word about Z-Wave? Everything in Z-Wave makes no f***ing sense whatsoever. And so what I needed to do was I needed to put the device and the hub in inclusion mode.

Because when I think I want to add a device, I think of the word inclusion. it makes no damn sense. And then on top of that, apparently there's like 17 different flavors of Z wave, not unlike USB-C. And there's like a stapled on feature called smart setup or something like that. I already forgot what it was called, where you can scan a little QR code, a smart start.

Because when I think I want to add a device, I think of the word inclusion. it makes no damn sense. And then on top of that, apparently there's like 17 different flavors of Z wave, not unlike USB-C. And there's like a stapled on feature called smart setup or something like that. I already forgot what it was called, where you can scan a little QR code, a smart start.

you can scan a little QR code and it will allegedly make things faster or better. But I did that. And then basically nothing happened. So it might've been user error, but who knows, but I'm trying to like figure all this out. And, you know, Aaron is now about to walk in the door and. Thankfully, finally, after some help from a friend of mine, I was able to put the hub in inclusion mode.

you can scan a little QR code and it will allegedly make things faster or better. But I did that. And then basically nothing happened. So it might've been user error, but who knows, but I'm trying to like figure all this out. And, you know, Aaron is now about to walk in the door and. Thankfully, finally, after some help from a friend of mine, I was able to put the hub in inclusion mode.

I was able to figure out how to get the switch to be in inclusion mode because you basically got to do this dance on both sides. The hub will only stay in inclusion mode for 30 seconds at a time. It's such a mess, but I finally got them talking to each other. And once I did that... It all ended up being very straightforward to use in Home Assistant.

I was able to figure out how to get the switch to be in inclusion mode because you basically got to do this dance on both sides. The hub will only stay in inclusion mode for 30 seconds at a time. It's such a mess, but I finally got them talking to each other. And once I did that... It all ended up being very straightforward to use in Home Assistant.

The only problem I really had at that point was you needed to tell the switch, oh, I would like full control over the LEDs because by default it shows how dim or bright the lights are. And once I found that switch, then everything was good to go. So Aaron gets home. We chit-chat for a little bit. We go up to bed.

The only problem I really had at that point was you needed to tell the switch, oh, I would like full control over the LEDs because by default it shows how dim or bright the lights are. And once I found that switch, then everything was good to go. So Aaron gets home. We chit-chat for a little bit. We go up to bed.