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« Last post by AcidLotus on August 15, 2024, 10:50:44 am »Yes, unfortunately. It worked great for just doing Zigbee and Z-Wave all this time until it didn't. A week without sensors working was driving me nuts.
Alas, I have moved onto Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3b using a 32GB microSD I had laying around that I wasn't using, but will upgrade to a Raspberry 5 with SSD here soon or a docker container on my NAS. Apparently, these SD Cards can give up the ghost unexpectedly so that's my reason for at least trying it out and seeing if I like it as a temporary solution. Can do backups and restores to other hardware so that's a nice feature. Big community of support, open source, self-hosted so no reliance on cloud like Almond, and the capability to integrate with a LOT more things on newer hardware and chipsets. I'm using a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E Gateway, Universal Zigbee Gateway Adapter with Antenna: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG1LJ687?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details and Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus, Zwave Plus USB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NW5B68?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details, both come well recommended in the community. Everything works well, including the Almond Peanut Plugs and Kwikset 620 Z-Wave Plus Smart Deadbolt (which I could't get to work with Almond+). The other nice thing about the Raspberry Pi is that I could run it off of a USB charger and move it around to the various sensors that I didn't want to have to dismount from their doors to include/exclude them next to the device. It's more of a learning curve than Almond for sure, but I was able to pick it up and understand it fairly quickly, and would highly recommend it for anyone looking for a Securifi replacement.
Alas, I have moved onto Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3b using a 32GB microSD I had laying around that I wasn't using, but will upgrade to a Raspberry 5 with SSD here soon or a docker container on my NAS. Apparently, these SD Cards can give up the ghost unexpectedly so that's my reason for at least trying it out and seeing if I like it as a temporary solution. Can do backups and restores to other hardware so that's a nice feature. Big community of support, open source, self-hosted so no reliance on cloud like Almond, and the capability to integrate with a LOT more things on newer hardware and chipsets. I'm using a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus-E Gateway, Universal Zigbee Gateway Adapter with Antenna: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG1LJ687?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details and Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus, Zwave Plus USB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094NW5B68?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details, both come well recommended in the community. Everything works well, including the Almond Peanut Plugs and Kwikset 620 Z-Wave Plus Smart Deadbolt (which I could't get to work with Almond+). The other nice thing about the Raspberry Pi is that I could run it off of a USB charger and move it around to the various sensors that I didn't want to have to dismount from their doors to include/exclude them next to the device. It's more of a learning curve than Almond for sure, but I was able to pick it up and understand it fairly quickly, and would highly recommend it for anyone looking for a Securifi replacement.
