Are folks here happy with Domoticz?
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I think I'll first give Pi Dome a try, since that allegedly has an actual MQTT broker built into it, and it's already on the list of mysensors controllers. If there are any other controllers also built around MQTT, I'd be interested to hear which ones.
@NeverDie said in Are folks here happy with Domoticz?:
I think I'll first give Pi Dome a try, since that allegedly has an actual MQTT broker built into it, and it's already on the list of mysensors controllers. If there are any other controllers also built around MQTT, I'd be interested to hear which ones.
Actually, I think I'll start with Domoticz. Except for the last comment above, it seems to at least "work" at some level for most people, whereas I'm not sure if the same can be said for PiDome.
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I am actually happy with domoticz. I have used it for about a year and its main advantage for was that it's very easy to learn and to use. Recently I discovered dzVents (which is now integrated in the domoticz beta) that allows for easier and more complex scripts. For now I was able to do anything I wanted in domoticz.
The UI isn't perfect (although openhaps is way worse imho) but it gets the job done.I also tried to use openhab (2) earlier but thats a totally different beast. You can do awesome stuff but it's REALLY hard to get started. The new ui in openhab 2 looks great but its still a weird mix of using text files and the ui.
HA also looks great but I haven't tried it yet.So overall I would start with domoticz and switch later if you are missing any features.
PS also domoticz updates (at least for features related to mysensors) seem to be implemented pretty slow. I have opened several tickets in their git where the answer was mostly: implemented on you own ;) Which is fine (I dont pay them afterall) but other systems seem to be way more active.
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So, I installed Domoticz, accepting all the default settings, and the very first thing I see is a browser page with an error message:
"Access Error: 404 -- Not FoundCannot locate document: /"
Oh, joy. :frowning:
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So, I installed Domoticz, accepting all the default settings, and the very first thing I see is a browser page with an error message:
"Access Error: 404 -- Not FoundCannot locate document: /"
Oh, joy. :frowning:
@NeverDie - did you forget the :port ?
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Also pretty happy with Domoticz. Also installed Dashticz on one of my two installations (the other being at the local Makerspace). For me, at least historically, I needed something that could run well on a Raspberry. Domoticz is up and running in seconds obviously even on limited hardware. For me at least Domoticz is pretty flexible, with Blockly, LUA, Python and dzVents. I think there is also some sort of add-on for PHP. The interface and the handling of devices is a bit messy but still.
Haven't tried HA but I would certainly consider it.
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So, I installed Domoticz, accepting all the default settings, and the very first thing I see is a browser page with an error message:
"Access Error: 404 -- Not FoundCannot locate document: /"
Oh, joy. :frowning:
@NeverDie Have you tried something like this: https://ip.of.your.server/#/Dashboard ? Or with port and no HTTPS.
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I have used Domoticz for about 2+ years. I like it a lot but wish for something...more.
Pros:
Quick setup for mysensors nodes
One-stop location for data storage and data presentation
Android app is very good
Customizable scripting options once you leave their scripting environment and use API values.Cons:
Event scripting (lua? really?) needs more advanced features.
Has interesting issue lately where if I lose power to the Pi I lose all data back to May 23 of this year. I have a cron job that backs up the DB nightly and send to my NAS so I can lose hours instead of days. But, man, is this annoying - I have not tracked down the reason yet.
Graphs are just sort of...there. I do data viz at my job and use Highcharts (Domoticz' charting library) daily. The charts in Domoticz need a lot of work.I have started writing my own front end that calls data from the Domoticz API (as well as other APIs) for showing info in our house. Nothing crazy cool, but it will eventually work fine for me.
Which brings me to the point - there is no perfect controller. You need to find the one that is right for you.
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I just now installed Domoticz on a different computer, and this time it all went without a hitch. No problem recognizing the serial gateway that's running on an nRF52832, and also no problem receiving from a sensor node (running on a different nRF52832). :)
I count it as a plus that Domoticz also has a LInux version, since Linux tends to be more stable than Windows for something that needs to be running constantly without downtime. So, I'll probably migrate my Domoticz to Linux after I get more familiar with it.
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I have used Domoticz for about 2+ years. I like it a lot but wish for something...more.
Pros:
Quick setup for mysensors nodes
One-stop location for data storage and data presentation
Android app is very good
Customizable scripting options once you leave their scripting environment and use API values.Cons:
Event scripting (lua? really?) needs more advanced features.
Has interesting issue lately where if I lose power to the Pi I lose all data back to May 23 of this year. I have a cron job that backs up the DB nightly and send to my NAS so I can lose hours instead of days. But, man, is this annoying - I have not tracked down the reason yet.
Graphs are just sort of...there. I do data viz at my job and use Highcharts (Domoticz' charting library) daily. The charts in Domoticz need a lot of work.I have started writing my own front end that calls data from the Domoticz API (as well as other APIs) for showing info in our house. Nothing crazy cool, but it will eventually work fine for me.
Which brings me to the point - there is no perfect controller. You need to find the one that is right for you.
@wergeld said in Are folks here happy with Domoticz?:
Has interesting issue lately where if I lose power to the Pi I lose all data back to May 23 of this year. I have a cron job that backs up the DB nightly and send to my NAS so I can lose hours instead of days. But, man, is this annoying - I have not tracked down the reason yet.
You may want to consider using a Pi UPS, either for that reason or just in general. Lots of different ones available now--or simply make one yourself--which should allow enough time for an orderly shutdown. I would tend to favor one based on a supercap, for longevity sake, but maybe that's just me. Perhaps @ceech has something you could use that you might like. Ideally, of course, you want one with an auto-restart feature too, to resume after power is restored and your power source charges up (yet another reason to possibly prefer a supercap: charging speed).
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@wergeld said in Are folks here happy with Domoticz?:
Has interesting issue lately where if I lose power to the Pi I lose all data back to May 23 of this year. I have a cron job that backs up the DB nightly and send to my NAS so I can lose hours instead of days. But, man, is this annoying - I have not tracked down the reason yet.
You may want to consider using a Pi UPS, either for that reason or just in general. Lots of different ones available now--or simply make one yourself--which should allow enough time for an orderly shutdown. I would tend to favor one based on a supercap, for longevity sake, but maybe that's just me. Perhaps @ceech has something you could use that you might like. Ideally, of course, you want one with an auto-restart feature too, to resume after power is restored and your power source charges up (yet another reason to possibly prefer a supercap: charging speed).
@NeverDie
Yes, I do have it on a UPS. What I meant is that if I power down the PI. I think the SD cards is toast on it. Nothing seems to be saved to disk - I made a cron job and saved it. But, after a reboot of the Pi the cron job was no longer there. Oh well.I have stated to mess with dashticz - looks promising but not ready for prime time. Documentation is thin, to say the least. Also, the config switch to use F instead of C works for the numeric value shown - but the suffix is still "C". Also, the culture set is using (for the US, anyway) the wrong thousands separator and decimal point characters. I can add in my Google Maps API key in the locations in the config (with my lat/lon) but it does not appear to "do" anything and I see nothing in the docs on what block or section I need to create to show the maps.
Still, I do like Domoticz.
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I've been using Domoticz for about 2 years and am happy with it. I tried a couple of others before, but Domoticz had a better look and worked with well with MySensors. I am comfortable with Lua, so that was OK for me.
I use the Domoticz phone app to monitor when I am away. It's basic, but seems to work well.
I've been able to set it up to respond to Alexa commands.
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In the beginning I worked with DomotiGa on a raspberry. However due to all the crashes of my SD card and the long restore time (rebuilding / recompiling of DomotiGa) I had a shadow system on a separate Raspberry with Domoticz to figure out how it worked. In the end I also moved Domoticz from SD to an SSD using a Cubietruck backend. To speed Domoticz a little bit more I moved away from the standard (integrated) scripts and lua to Pass2PHP. Now all automatic controls are dealt with by PHP while still being able to use all de 'hardware' features and interface of domoticz itself. . As a result I have a fast responding system that integrates with all my domotica hardware flawless. The community is really big. And yes. Sometimes you run into a bug. But I assume that can happen anywhere.
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I have used Domoticz for about 2+ years. I like it a lot but wish for something...more.
Pros:
Quick setup for mysensors nodes
One-stop location for data storage and data presentation
Android app is very good
Customizable scripting options once you leave their scripting environment and use API values.Cons:
Event scripting (lua? really?) needs more advanced features.
Has interesting issue lately where if I lose power to the Pi I lose all data back to May 23 of this year. I have a cron job that backs up the DB nightly and send to my NAS so I can lose hours instead of days. But, man, is this annoying - I have not tracked down the reason yet.
Graphs are just sort of...there. I do data viz at my job and use Highcharts (Domoticz' charting library) daily. The charts in Domoticz need a lot of work.I have started writing my own front end that calls data from the Domoticz API (as well as other APIs) for showing info in our house. Nothing crazy cool, but it will eventually work fine for me.
Which brings me to the point - there is no perfect controller. You need to find the one that is right for you.
@wergeld, You can't blame domoticz for loosing power, that's a risk with all SD-card based systems. After a similar experience I run domoticz now on a intel NUC for about 4 years without any major issues, and I'm on Beta
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I am trying to get away from Domoticz because of the 5 minute log interval that is built in to it.
I have changed it to 1 minute but it is still useless for my boiler sensor.
Sometimes the Boiler is only on 30-45 secs and the temperatures on the flow and return are completely missed.
There has to be something better.
I have been trying myHouse lately but the updates for fixes and enhancements have slowed down as the developer is busy with other things.
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You could use node-red to log data to an external db and do whatever you want after that: it should be easier than replace the entire controller
@gohan said in Are folks here happy with Domoticz?:
You could use node-red to log data to an external db and do whatever you want after that: it should be easier than replace the entire controller
In that scenario, would Node Red be getting the sensor message first and then just somehow quickly piping it to Domoticz and a copy to the external database (e.g. MySQL)?
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@wergeld, You can't blame domoticz for loosing power, that's a risk with all SD-card based systems. After a similar experience I run domoticz now on a intel NUC for about 4 years without any major issues, and I'm on Beta
@Sweetpants Oh, I am not. Just saying that the issues I am having with logging do not have to do with Domoticz.
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@gohan said in Are folks here happy with Domoticz?:
You could use node-red to log data to an external db and do whatever you want after that: it should be easier than replace the entire controller
In that scenario, would Node Red be getting the sensor message first and then just somehow quickly piping it to Domoticz and a copy to the external database (e.g. MySQL)?
