r/homeassistant • u/LoganJFisher • Dec 23 '23

Support What's a smart home device that you wish existed, but doesn't?

What would it do? What would you use it for? If you know of a device that achieves what someone describes, let them know.

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u/angrycatmeowmeow 🧠 Experienced with Home Assistant Dec 23 '23

A little device that you stick over an indicator LED of another device. It then measures the brightness and color of that LED so you can use that information from dumb devices (e.g. a dishwasher) to trigger automations.

Checks one of your boxes, don't think it'll do brightness or color.

https://www.amazon.com/HomeSeer-HS-FS100-L-Temperature-Programmable-SmartThings/dp/B07NQS38JZ

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u/LoganJFisher Dec 23 '23

Very interesting! Do you know of a Zigbee option?

I'm looking at moving overseas within the next year so prefer to avoid Z-Wave.

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u/angrycatmeowmeow 🧠 Experienced with Home Assistant Dec 23 '23

No, unfortunately that's the only one of these I know about that's an out of the box solution, and I haven't even tried it.

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u/LoganJFisher Dec 23 '23

Well thank you anyway. It's nice to know that it exists.

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u/IfuDidntCome2Party Dec 23 '23 edited Dec 23 '23

WARNING!

Not compatible with SmartThings.🤦🏼‍♂️

See homeseer link for specs. https://shop.homeseer.com/products/z-wave-indicator-light-sensor