I would keep the tuya app installed for now. I had some issues where they would go into pairing mode and I had to reconnect them using the app.

♥️

Super late, but if you haven’t already got it figured out let me know I’m happy to help

The servers are the filters 😊 To be clear when I say servers I mean old laptops running my nextcloud and homeassistant

Mostly sun, but the hail is brutal too (but not often)

Everyone’s car here has the most sun faded paint filled with cracks and chips. Cars younger than mine look 50 years old

We don’t talk about that room… 🤫

But for real it’s a walk in closet. I have my servers in there, along with clothes and storage. I plan to put stats on the dashboard in that spot

Thanks! took me a little under a week of tweaking here and there.

I learned that you should really just want until you’re SURE you’re done with the 3d model before making images and getting into the HomeAssistant part. Saves you from doing the same repetitive stuff over and over when you want to make a change.

its really not that hard, I bet you’d get the hang of it fast. Just start with the SweetHome3D part, once you are happy with it move on to the Gimp part.

dont settle for the built in resources that arent exactly what your furniture looks like. this site has practically everything: https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

Yeah it makes NO sense. I found out how many empty triangles of space there are in this house while doing this project.

Those closets are actually rectangles in real life.

The bathroom door should absolutely be further out, the space is wasted currently

looks clean though! I originally planned on doing something more minimal but went overboard

you could use that empty space in the corner for stats like indoor temp and weather!

surprisingly no!

i used the way everyone has done it honestly, would be a redundant video

here is a good one, almost exactly what I did

yep! the minimum opacity is set to 40% though, otherwise they look off when dim see my code in another comment reply

my original plan was to make it really bare-bones and minimal LOL

i just kept going and going and ended up with near photo-realism. I couldn’t help myself. I even put in my 3d printed wall art by exporting it from fusion as a obj LOL

SweetHome3D does that part.
You export an image for every light, where its the only light on. Everything is black except where the light shines. Make those black parts transparent in Gimp or PS.

now when you layer them you have each light’s beams all intersecting and mixing.
There is a background image where all lights are off that they all stack on top of

Its far simpler than you might imagine.

its set to cool at 78 actually 😆

74 and I start getting chilly, I think Texas has changed my perception of hot and cold

thanks! honestly I don’t even have a use for the storage space, my closet is like 20% full and my attic is empty.

In Texas having your car covered is critical too

That’s why you use the Tuya Local one instead. It’s so simple to do, literally just clicking next and picking a name. It’s so much better, I got dozens of lights set up in no time.