(Loxone || Home Assistant) && (Traditional Wiring)? (And other random Qs)

[Thorfun]

31 minutes ago, SBMS said:

One of the really attractive options with Loxone is its intercom and NFC touch controls.  I set aside a budget for automation at our gates, and Loxone would be able to provide the intercom/NFC for this.. The OCD in me wanted to keep everything inside one place, but that might not be possible.  If I went loxone, was planning on mounting an iPad on the wall as a home hub - @Kelvin, @Thorfun - do you know if this works well? @Pocster, is there something similar for Home Assistant?

intercom, camera, NFC, iPad all on my todo list! I have the components just haven't fitted them yet. I'm sure I'll get to it one day.

[Kelvin]

8 minutes ago, SBMS said:

Is that the updated Intercom or the old style 80s silver one? What did you use instead?

The updated one. I was talked out of it by someone that knows. 
 

I’ve yet to sort the gates out. I’ll probably use the Reolink Doorbell as the intercom. It’ll only be us coming through the gates though as we have a guest parking area. 

[SBMS]

1 hour ago, Kelvin said:

The updated one. I was talked out of it by someone that knows. 
 

I’ve yet to sort the gates out. I’ll probably use the Reolink Doorbell as the intercom. It’ll only be us coming through the gates though as we have a guest parking area. 

Thanks will look at that rating 🤔

 

Did people register as a partner on loxone’s site to buy the kit or source some

other way? Can we buy as self builders?

[Kelvin]

You can buy directly from Loxone’s web shop. 

[Johnnyire]

On 01/06/2025 at 16:33, SBMS said:

Thanks will look at that rating 🤔

 

Did people register as a partner on loxone’s site to buy the kit or source some

other way? Can we buy as self builders?

 

PM me before you buy components. I am not a partner but I got them off one

[Kelvin]

Just to add to this either (Loxone) or something else (Home Assistant) I have ended up adding a Home Assistant instance to the house running in a VM on my NAS alongside Loxone. As good as Loxone is its relatively closed environment means you can’t necessarily integrate everything you have either at all or very easily. For example I have a DAB water pump that has an app to allow you to see how much water and you’re using, plus some diagnostic info, setup into, and some minimal control options. The app is a bit crap and the only information I really care about is water usage. It so happens there’s a HACS integration for it so I can now monitor those sensors in HA. Similarly I enabled MODBUS in the Sigenergy system and have complete access to it via HA. It is possible to add the Sigenergy plant to Loxone via MODBUS tcp and access some of the sensors but it’s a lot more limited than the HA method of access. HA has also meant I could use a load of other sensors and home automation stuff I already had which is all in the garage. The house is pretty much 100% Loxone and the garage is a mixture of hardware from all and sundry but all in HA. It means maintaining two systems but once set up it’s minimal effort and everything in the garage is automated.