Smart Hub & Plugs

[GizmoIT]

Has anyone had any sucess in school with a Smart Hub (Google Nest) and associated plugs to set schedules for turning on & off devices? we currently use timers but would like to see if these would be a better option.

[Davit2005]

My main issue at the moment is getting reliable plugs. The ones I get apart from Hive the relays seem to fail. I have 4 Hive smart plugs at home none of which have failed but the TPLink KP115 I've got 2-3 bad ones out of 6, the relays seem to give up, even the button on side of the plug does not control the power to the connected device when the relay fails.

 

I use HomeAssistant to control the plugs on a schedule rather than Alexa/Google/Apple etc. Jus trying to keep as much local and not reliant on cloud as possible.

Edited February 28, 2024 by Davit2005

[Scrambles]

We've got a couple of plugs from LocalBytes for a few of our chargeable devices. When the power draw dips below a certain power level (at the end of charging cycle) it will cut the power off. Controlling these through Home Assistant. These are on a completly seperate network in our office so not doing anything major.

 

We've also got a Shelly Relay doing our school bell. Being able to configure that through a web interface and have it accurately keep time has been useful for us. This one is one the main network but it's sitting in a vlan by itself.

[Davit2005]

We've got a couple of plugs from LocalBytes for a few of our chargeable devices. When the power draw dips below a certain power level (at the end of charging cycle) it will cut the power off. Controlling these through Home Assistant. These are on a completly seperate network in our office so not doing anything major.

 

We've also got a Shelly Relay doing our school bell. Being able to configure that through a web interface and have it accurately keep time has been useful for us. This one is one the main network but it's sitting in a vlan by itself.

 

Will have a look at those, I see they can come pre-flashed with ESPHome too :-)

 

Yep that is handy, I have tablet displays that display Home Assistant Dashboards at home and have set them up so when the battery drops to 20% they start charging and when they reach 80% charging stops.

 

 

 

But yep defo keep IoT on it's own network segregated from the rest of the network.

Edited February 28, 2024 by Davit2005