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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

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Help with tasmota + presence simulation/away mode (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by slug45@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I'm new in the automation world and choosed tasmota for being opensource. I bought a couple of refoss smart plugs and updated the firmware to the latest version.

The idea is to have a couple of smart plugs working by their own from hour n to hour m and turning on/off at random without the need of being connected to the internet.

Is there an easy way to setup an standalone (just the plug(s) and nothing more) away mode or presence simulation?. I'm getting started and I just read I have to recompile the firmware, enable scripting and then create a script in order to manage that functionality. I'm ok with doing all that, but I'd appreciate some pointers or an easier way to get to it or a way to do it without rebuilding the firmware, etc. Thanks in advance!.

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[–] schadwick@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are 16 on/off/toggle timers you can configure by default, from the "Configuration->Configure Timer" screen. There is no randomizing ability, but for me this has not been important; no one will be staking out your place over several days recording your light actions. The timer actions can be relative to sunset, so they will vary slowly from day to day. Just remember to check the "Enable Timers" box at the top.

[–] slug45@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Woah... that's so coool!.

[–] slug45@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For now, I created time ranges with ±15 min time window both on power on and power off via timers (1 timer for power on at time n ± 15 min, 1 timer for power off at time m ± 15 min)so I have a bit of randomization (0-15 min before and after specified time). I will check other solutions if needed.

Thanks a lot Schadwick for give me a tip! ... kinda :D.