Smart up Fan in Master Bedroom

[CCOSTAN]

The Fan Broke. Needs replacing. Now I need to decide how to smarten up it's replacement.

Should I just go regular Fan/Light with smart switches? or Smart Fan like #98?

[CCOSTAN]

I do have some Noon ON/OFF Switches that I can use for Fan control (no dimming capabilities).. Might be a good use for it.

Also useful for the Closet light if I don't use the SemiSmart light fixture. I don't know where else I would use them though. Maybe upstairs..

[jmart518]

I'm using GE z-wave fan switches for all my fans, they work very well

[CCOSTAN]

I'm using GE z-wave fan switches for all my fans, they work very well

Thanks @jmart518 , I've been trying to get rid of the ZWave stuff so I can phase out my Wink Hub. But I may have to revisit the Zwave stuff. Really wanted to find a WiFi Fan or Fan switch.

[jmart518]

Oh yeah definitely understand that! What about an Aeotec Z-stick?

[CCOSTAN]

I used to run one of them with my Pi but when I switched over to Docker, I ditched it. #196 But I technically still have it but I'm not sure how to go about linking it into a docker container/image. I do have fans throughout the house so I guess once I have my Bedroom Fan worked out, I'll go ahead and replace them all to get control. A generic fan with switch controller would be a LOT cheaper than a #98 BigAssFan though.. so it probably makes the most sense to go this route. Wonder if there are any good Wifi Based Fan Controllers (Tuya?)

[brent20]

For me when I moved in to my new house, I added 433mhz canopy controllers to the fan in my bedroom and office (there was only a single switch for both the light and fan, so the GE Z-Wave switch was out) the canopy controllers allow for separate RF control of both the light and fan, but I put hue bulbs in the fan and leave them always on, and use a Broadlink RM Pro to send the RF commands to turn on/off the fans and control the speeds, this works great and highly recommend this route. The canopy controllers can be found at most hardware stores for $20-$30.

[ZetaPhoenix]

@CCOSTAN

To get the zwave stick working with Docker:

$ cat 95-usb-serial.rules 
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60", ATTRS{serial}=="0001", SYMLINK+="ttyZWave"

Note, this is for a Gen 3 stick but the concept is the same. Source: http://hintshop.ludvig.co.nz/show/persistent-names-usb-serial-devices/

Then pass the persistant name to HA:

  devices:
    - /dev/ttyZWave:/dev/ttyZWave

HA config:

#Enable Z-Wave:
zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyZWave
  device_config: !include zwave_device_config.yaml
  network_key: !secret zwave_key
  autoheal: false

The other option for the fans are running tasmota on Sonoff iFan02 (replacement may be iFan03) https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/Sonoff-iFan02

Fan package:

#https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/Home-Assistant#ifan02-1

homeassistant:
group:
  guest_bedroom_ceiling_fan_group:
    view: no
    icon: mdi:fan
    name: Guest Bedroom Ceiling Fan
    entities:
      - fan.guest_bedroom_ceiling_fan
      - light.guest_bedroom_ceiling_light

fan:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Guest Bedroom Ceiling Fan"
    command_topic: "cmnd/br2-fan/FanSpeed"
    speed_command_topic: "cmnd/br2-fan/FanSpeed"
    state_topic: "stat/br2-fan/RESULT"
    speed_state_topic: "stat/br2-fan/RESULT"
    #state_value_template: "{% if value_json.FanSpeed == 0 -%}0{%- elif value_json.FanSpeed > 0 -%}4{%- endif %}"
    state_value_template: >
      {% if value_json.FanSpeed is defined %}
        {% if value_json.FanSpeed == 0 -%}0{%- elif value_json.FanSpeed > 0 -%}4{%- endif %}
      {% else %}
        {% if states.fan.guest_bedroom_fan.state == 'off' -%}0{%- elif states.fan.guest_bedroom_fan.state == 'on' -%}4{%- endif %}
      {% endif %}
    speed_value_template: "{{ value_json.FanSpeed }}"
    availability_topic: tele/br2-fan/LWT
    payload_off: "0"
    payload_on: "4"
    payload_low_speed: "1"
    payload_medium_speed: "2"
    payload_high_speed: "3"
    payload_available: Online
    payload_not_available: Offline
    qos: 1
    retain: false
    speeds:
      - 'off'
      - low
      - medium
      - high

light:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Guest Bedroom Ceiling Light"
    availability_topic: "tele/br2-fan/LWT"
    command_topic: "cmnd/br2-fan/POWER1"
    state_topic: "stat/br2-fan/POWER1"
    payload_available: Online
    payload_not_available: Offline
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_on: "ON"
    qos: 1
    retain: false
    optimistic: false

[AaronArgent]

Brilliant AC Ceiling Fan controller https://www.jdlighting.com.au/brilliant-smart-wifi-ceiling-fan-remote-kit.html has light dimming and speed control. Tuya based so should be able to put tasmota on using tuya convert.

[CCOSTAN]

https://neon.ninja/2019/12/taking-the-old-ceiling-fan-for-a-smart-spin/

[joshuakinn75]

Ty For the info

[CCOSTAN]

Took almost a Year but finally Replaced the FAN.. Leaving this open since I still need to smarten it up.

[afterthought325]

If you have a zigbee hub in your setup, you might want to checkout the hampton bay universal controller. It was designed to work with wink, but can be used without it just fine. Plenty of reports of it working with smarthings, hubitat, HA, etc. I've been looking at this for my home.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Universal-Wink-Enabled-White-Ceiling-Fan-Premier-Remote-Control-99432/206591100