Hello peoples,

We've had a Canary home security system since its crowdfunding days. They never did much to improve the experience, chances of connecting during critical moments (and/or recording similar) seemed to go down and down, sensors were unhelpful ("air quality is bad" Okay, HOW is it bad?) and all of the ads in the free version makes me feel like they're always looking for a way to monetize me and my data. I finally canceled my subscription this month and am looking for a replacement solution.

Here are my requirements:

• Wide-angle camera with night vision and audio via a hardwired network port. I can connect from camera to network/NAS/etc

• Self-hosted. I have a NAS that could help with recording and can deploy a raspberry pi† – but also I could get a turnkey box if that's better. No cloud solutions unless I'm hosting the cloud and can do end-to-end encryption.

• Viewable live footage from my mobile device, even when not in my home wifi network

• Motion sensing and recording for up to 24 hours' worth of motion instances

Here are the nice-to-haves:

• No systems built by a Chinese company that is prrrrobably a front for their government and/or could contain their own backdoor code

• Extendable to bring in future cameras

Any advice from you Thunderbirds would be f-a-b. Thank you!

† I am not a complete newbie when it comes to assembling/flashing a raspberry pi – I have set up easy things like a Magic Mirror and an Octoprint – but I'm also not a Linux guru. I'd like something that's mostly deploy & forget

I picked up a couple of these fans for my home, and after some initial setup quirks, they're working reliably with Matter and HomeKit. HomeKit lets you adjust fan speed and oscillation; you cannot adjust the oscillation angles. These fans can push a lot of air if you want, and on lower settings they're totally silent while still providing a pleasant breeze.

Folks are discussing it on that other site, but since I don't use it, I wanted to post some things here. Hopefully so DDG/Google/Bing can still find useful results. Someone can link Redditors to here if they want:

• Pairing and control (when not responsive): Any HomeKit pairing and control issues could be because the Govee app cannot be open or running at the same time. I have to force quit the Govee app on my phone in order to get it to relinquish control to HomeKit. I hope Govee figures out how to remove this limitation, but I don't use their app so I don't care too much.
• Hard reset instructions: The Reddit thread (and Govee website!) have it wrong. To reset the device, you have to hold the Mode and Timer buttons for 5 seconds. This is mentioned on a little paper insert they included with the fan.

I recently got a touch screen panel, 1280X800, and the screen is on 24/7 (which is fine). The only problem is it's in my peripheral vision when I'm at my desk and it by default cycles through some stock images when not in use. The image changing catches my eye easily, and it's just a little annoying. So I decided to put a single static image on it.

Does anyone here have any static image you keep on your wall-mounted displays when they aren't in use, or any ideas for such an image?

I was going to fall back on just disabling the image all together and have the actual interface showing, but that's boring.

I was thinking of something related to my home, saying like the {surname} household, or maybe a picture of my cats or something funny, I am not sure either way.

I figured some of you here might have thought about this already and might have some good suggestions.

Hi, moved to Italy and live south in rurale area where I bought house. I want to setup domotics at home using KNX and Openhab. I can't find decent online shop. UK is not an option as I'll end up paying customs. Anyone can recommend a good shop?

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I'd like to avoid anything from Amazon and locally functioning sensors are preferred.

Can anyone advise on how to pick good devices? There seems to be tons of info out there, but I'm having trouble sifting through it for the info I need. This is a surprise for a family member who has been considering replacing an older system. I'd like to get it in place before they have the chance to buy a crappy, locked down, spyware riddled system from a company like Amazon so that I can be sure everything will transition smoothly to Home Assistant later.

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(Airgradient is prob ideal but too expensive)