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Thanks, Simon!

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

Thank you for the kind words. Hopefully you like the other videos as well. As my channel has matured, I do provide some commentary, and even have a small series containing rye whiskey reviews along with the smart home stuff, if that's your thing. I do try to keep the commentary on-topic as much as I can, and once the tutorial section begins, it's go time, no-nonsense. Feel free to skip ahead if you just want the nerd bits. :) Thanks for watching!

@@mahmoudsaad5656 fair point. But is there anything actually still functional on the x86 platform that can't run 64-bit code? Pretty much anything from Intel or amd made in the past 15 years will work.. Lol

@@aaroncrandal all my videos are full of hope. And yet, there's always someone who manages to blame me because they couldn't follow instructions. Lol Thanks for watching!

@@fasthowto 🤣

You'll have to configure us pass thru. VMs don't get access to hardware by default. Thanks for watching!

Correct on both counts. This type of install is good for "I just want to test this out", or "I have a big complex deployment and I want a system I can mess with to figure something out without breaking the rest of my house." I would not run a production deployment using this method, but some people do...

I appreciate the ideas, but I'm not an esp expert, and I don't own a ps5...

Do you have a cellular card installed in your Home Assistant server?

Did you watch the video?

@@fasthowto not really. I was drinking and playing Rocket League 😂. I'll go back and watch but from what I remember, you said it doesn't work on Windows. I'll watch again 😮‍💨🤣

It is local, and does not rely on the cloud. Likely you have something not configured quite right. I hope you are able to figure out what it is, because Home Assistant really is a great system! Thanks for watching!

Uhh, what?

@fasthowto the power part or the really slow over bluetooth? Lol I noticed after commenting you made a video about using esp bluetooth proxy that's what I did. Is yours not slower then the cloud?

Both. How did you power it, and the bt proxy is IMMEDIATE, the cloud is crazy slow, and unreliable.

@fasthowto I don't know how to add pictures or if you can. Send me an email or something; I'll send you some pictures. I just took it apart, figured out where I could slip a wire through, drilled it out, and then ran the wire through the door. I was going to use a powered hinge but ended up using a cable whip. But on the Bluetooth proxy, it's terrible. I always thought it was the locks. The cloud is literally faster. I don't know, I'm going to have to dig some more now that I know it's not the lock.

It's possible, though I've not bothered with it. That would make each file unique, which means you would be chewing up storage saving all those old files. Without a specific use case, didn't seem worth it to me. Since I'm capturing the images from my NVR, I already have historical footage of all the events saved. This was just meant for real-time notification. Thanks for watching!

@@fasthowtothanks. I wanted to have the previous 5 snapshots on a dashboard. I think I’ve figured it out though. Thanks again.

I don't have any tuya devices, but there are multiple integrations you can use to get local control of tuya. Check the documentation and the forums for more info. If I ever get any tuya devices, I'll be sure to make a video about how to do it. Thanks for watching!

Not bad! I'll add it to the list of possible candidates. Thank you for the idea, and thanks for watching!

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah, I don't currently have any tuya devices (yet?), but if and when I get some, I'll make a video about them. Upcoming videos include roborock S8 pro ultra (next), tempest weather station, and Bond RF blaster, among others. As for the whiskey, anybody who consumes this stuff by the mouthful is much better off than I am. Lol little sips at a time, this bottle will last me over a year, just like the last one. Lol Thanks for watching!!

In my experience, even the cloud versions of the integrations do not expose the full featureset of the native app - for example, defining rooms or flooring types in the roborock app, or specifying the room priority in the resideo (honeywell) app. Because of that, the local versions of the integrations aren't really at much of a disadvantage. That said, I'm sure there are probably other integrations where the cloud-based version *does* expose more, but depending on what the specific missing feature(s) was/were, I'd likely still take the hit.

Actually, the issue is the "How to" in the channel name, so neither of those will work. Thank you for the suggestions, though, and thanks for watching! :)

Yeah, I'm pretty bad at the 5 minutes... I just liked the alliteration. LOL If you like how blunt I am about product, just wait until you see my next video... Roborock S8 Pro Ultra review (and integration, of course). I do kind of like "Frankly Smart Home" though, or something along those lines. I'll add it to the list, thank you, and thanks for watching!

Time is definitely the biggest difficulty to overcome lately for me, especially now that summer is here. Maybe one day I'll get everything done that I want (doubt it, but it's good to dream, right?)... Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for watching!

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Yes, you've missed something then. All instructions are provided.

Great question! Depending on the system, I've had issues in the past where some extra non-printable characters, such as line feeds or carriage returns, were inserted into files. It may no longer be an issue, but ever since then I've always just used a native editor to prevent that type of problem. Thanks for watching!

Won't work manually? Can you still unlock the door using the key? Sounds like something else might be wrong there. In any event, that sucks. Is it still under warranty? Did you contact August about it? If you watch my follow-up video, they eventually replaced mine, and I've not had any issues with the replacement. In fact, now that I've gotten local bluetooth control working, I've added several more. Hope you get it sorted, and thanks for watching!

If there's an integration for it, I would imagine so. Try it out and let me know! I'm always looking to earn about new stuff. Which lock do you have?

@@fasthowto Well I have a Adaproxy that came with my fingerbot which worked to connect to the BLE Tuya lock, and it showed up within HA but it has no controles in it; so I’m thinking it’s not compatible with HA. But I was thinking of making my own gateway as mentioned in the video would make it compatible with HA. 🤔

Yes, your zigbee stuff would be messed up, but there is a process to migrate zigbee stuff. I've not done it before, but I've read about it. Doesn't seem too complicated, although based on reports on the forums it appears the success is mixed depending on the individual devices. Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for watching!

My pleasure, glad to hear it helped you. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I've got another #5minutefRYEday coming up next. Orphan Barrel Scarlet Shade! Thanks for watching!!

@@zgordon86 no idea, sorry. Never owned one of the chimes.

I chose chromecast because chromecast audio was discontinued...

You're only "tied to Google" in so much as you need to use the Google home app to configure them, after that they are locally addressable and don't rely on the cloud. This is no different than many other products, such as kasa switches. In the video, I demonstrate exactly what you describe. I have 1 chromecast that plays to all zones at once, and I also have individual chromecasts per zone for different music in different rooms. I'm glad you liked the video, though! Thanks for watching!

Not a bad idea, but I think it's a bit lengthy, no?

@@JosephDawson not all of them....

I tried setting up Z-Wave on my Aug-SL03 Pro and failed repeatedly. So... Not so much.

You'll probably be interested in my next video then - why is local control so important!

@@fasthowto in that case I can’t wait. I’m on the fence to buy two more eufy locks for my last two exterior doors. Without spoiling should I wait or should I buy and expect that I can use them down the road 😂😂.

@@Masrimadden flip a coin, I guess? I didn't even try hard and came up with half a dozen examples of products that have either lost functionality, or no longer function at all, because the manufacturers either abandoned them or made changes. If it were me, I'd buy something you can control locally.

Awesome! Let me know how it works out for you! Thanks for watching!

You are most welcome, thanks for watching!

My pleasure, I'm glad this worked for you!! Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for watching!

I think your caps lock key might be broken.

@@seanys you know what the entire world wants to see? That is extremely useful information. Do you offer that as a service, or do you just run around randomly dropping little nuggets of gold like a modern-day superhero?

@@justinbell5771 sweet, glad to hear it!! Thanks for watching!

Yeah, I've had that take 2 minutes to complete, I've had it take 20. No idea why the variation.

I don't understand the question?

That's actually a pretty great idea for a device that will be out of sight. I may just adopt that, if you don't mind. :) Thanks for watching!