Hey everyone,
I’ve been having a bit of trouble with one of my sensors lately, and I wanted to share my experience and see if anyone else has encountered something similar. I’ve got a multipurpose sensor that’s been acting up—it keeps telling me my door is open when it’s clearly closed. It’s been doing this for about four days now, and I’m not sure if it’s a battery issue or if the sensor itself is faulty. The battery life is showing at 66%, so it doesn’t seem like it’s time to replace it just yet. Has anyone else had this happen with their sensors? Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
On a more positive note, I’ve been working on a water meter project using a YF-B5 pulse counter and a NodeMCU with EPS-Home. I’ve managed to get it up and running, and the calibration process went smoothly. The sensor now accurately measures water flow and cumulative usage. However, I’ve noticed that the total liters counter resets to zero during power outages or device reboots. While this doesn’t seem to affect the overall statistics or the energy dashboard, I’d still like to find a way to make the total water consumption display persistent even after a reset. I’ve heard that using globals in the code might help, but I’m not entirely sure how to implement it. If anyone has experience with this, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Another thing I’ve been curious about is the best way to integrate different smart home devices, especially when it comes to using both Zigbee and Z-Wave technologies. I’ve seen some discussions about TRVs (thermostatic radiator valves) and which ones are recommended for compatibility with SmartThings. If anyone has firsthand experience with specific models or brands, I’d be grateful for any recommendations!
Lastly, I’ve been exploring ways to optimize my OpenHAB setup on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. I’ve made some tweaks to improve performance, like adjusting the swap and zram settings, but I’m still experiencing slow rule loading times. Even with a decent amount of RAM and CPU usage not maxed out, it’s taking much longer than expected to load simple scripts. I’ve tried tweaking the thread pool settings in runtime.cfg, which did help a bit, but I’m still looking for more ways to fine-tune the system. If anyone has tips or tricks for optimizing OpenHAB on a Pi, I’d be happy to hear them!
Thanks in advance for any advice or insights you can share. It’s always great to learn from the community!
Best regards,
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