Hi Kiwi friends!
Does anyone have recommendations for a wireless, battery-powered smart button available in NZ (or that ships to NZ)? I’d like to use it with Home Assistant to act as a doorbell.
I can see things like this online, but the “easy to use, free app!” is off-putting… I’m after a button that has minimal capability to spy on me, and that can be integrated with HA.
Any suggestions welcome - or if anyone has any better ideas on an alternative option, go for it! We can’t get mains power or PoE where I want to put the doorbell.
Zigbee button.
Just grab a USB dongle that’ll work with zigbee, pair and off to the races.
I’ve got a ton of these: https://www.aqara.com/us/product/wireless-mini-switch/
I’ve used them for everything from being a light switch in a weird spot (my daughter’s lamp and a button at her height) to counting the number of diapers changed for my son.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/
Yeah, I use the Aqara buttons with zigbee2mqtt and a cheap ZigBee dongle - works great. Batteries in the buttons last for ages, but does take a second or two for home assistant to register the press
Amazing, thank you so much! This gives me a great starting point. I love your creativity with the diaper-counting - there’s so much cool stuff that tech can do, but I especially love when it’s helping out with the mundane daily tasks!