Smart home without switches? P.Hue, Home Assistant, Homematic wired IP

Well, at the moment I see it like building the control cabinet myself.... I just need to know a few things.... What would interest me with the integration is this: You first configure the individual systems, e.g. Hue, completely.... You make a scene "living room" to which the 6 lamps belong, coordinated in a certain color.

If I now connect IO Broker with Hue, will I then find the living room again there, which I can simply turn on?

Or do I have to do the work manually again there....?

The same applies to Homematic... if I already have links there so that a virtual button lets my blinds 1-6 go up.... with the name "blinds living room." Will I find these parameters or what I created there in IO Broker again, or do I have to do everything again?

I will probably make a test board beforehand anyway....

Speaking of the control cabinet, what measurements actually need to be made during an acceptance inspection? Insulation, resistance, FI trip, etc.? I’ve been out of it too long.....

And no, I love craftsmanship and the affinity for it, and fair work also deserves fair pay..... on the topic of trust.... Got an offer for the shell construction and placed an order..... there was a position for crane erection and installation..... well, I thought to myself, he’ll know what he’s doing..... House demolished, companies engaged until the crane operator said he couldn’t get there.... As you see, even the guys don’t know everything....... maybe a bit of educating oneself like here and getting a grasp of the subject matter would have helped a lot ;)

free@home seems to have no interface to IO Broker..... that would be a shame....

So, the scenes and lamps under Hue are transferred to IO Broker, the same applies to the created links via Homematic, which is already good since you don’t have to do the work twice. For the acceptance of the control cabinet, you can probably hire a specialist company. What you should pay attention to with the lighting is to separate the bridges from each other; settings can probably be made for this. This is not necessarily required with Homematic. For planning, this means that the Hue Bridges must go into the apartments, but the CCU3 may probably remain in or at the control cabinet. The windows should be equipped with contacts as well as the door. The solution with the iPads is also possible; with IO Broker, separate views for each apartment can probably be created that only contain the control elements for the devices in that apartment. In this respect, that would probably be a way that would work without building switches.

So, one more addendum, the iPad solution is also off the table, there are wonderful NS panel displays from Sonoff for really little money that can be hung in a flush-mounted box. The firmware is rewritten there so that they can be used as control touch panels. I have already ordered the first one for testing. Is anyone already using these to operate the smart home?

So in the future we will offer such a system originally based on OpenHAB and MQTT broker on industrial hardware (Controllinos and SmartManager) etc. However, it has already been significantly further developed and transferred into proprietary software. This system can do everything! Yes, really ;-) Also, a very good programmer has been working on it part-time for a year now. Heat pump, controlled residential ventilation, lighting, blinds, whatever, everything is possible. Weather station, wallbox, photovoltaics etc. also optimally controllable (perfect energy management). BUS system wiring or star topology -> works, KNX or Loxone integration > works. Wireless lamps regardless of manufacturer or protocol -> works. What doesn’t work is integrated by force (reverse engineering). The system is offered as a server with interfaces including support! against a one-time payment + monthly fee.

Unfortunately, unfortunately, the OP will never become our customer. Meaning, we would not want this customer because he would certainly be very demanding.

But with a lot of time, he can probably implement it himself, others have managed that too.

Then just spill the info! Pictures, data sheets, descriptions, interfaces, etc. Sounds quite interesting.

So we will offer such a system in the future ...

I currently estimate the development speed and available manpower to be about 6-12 months ...