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    "id": "https://brandonrozek.com/blog/praise-smart-button/",
    "url": "https://brandonrozek.com/blog/praise-smart-button/",
    "title": "Praise the Smart Button",
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            { "name": "Brandon Rozek" }
        
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    "content_html": "\n\u003cimg alt=\"Lamp which has a giraffe as it's base\" height=\"500px\" src=\"/files/images/blog/202605222012.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Giraffe. Equipped with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/AE_270_T.html\"\u003eInnr AE 270 T\u003c/a\u003e smart bulb, it allows me to turn the light on and off from our phones using \u003ca href=\"https://www.home-assistant.io/\"\u003eHome Assistant\u003c/a\u003e. The main issue? I need my phone to turn it on and off.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow don\u0026rsquo;t get me wrong, I can still walk up to the lamp and flip the switch. But, then I need to walk back up to it in order to turn it back on. Turns out, the smart bulb needs some power to receive control messages via the network.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf that wasn\u0026rsquo;t annoying enough, flipping the switch off would mess with my cool automations. At sunrise, it\u0026rsquo;s supposed to turn on to help wake me up and then automatically turn itself off after noon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo I lived with that reality for a few years. Whenever I want to turn on or off the lamp, I would pull out my phone. Forgot to turn off the lights when I left the house? No worries, I can still control it remotely.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut that all changed this Christmas when my wife gifted me the following\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"Lamp which has a giraffe as it's base\" height=\"500px\" src=\"/files/images/blog/202605222013.jpg\" /\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat\u0026rsquo;s right. It\u0026rsquo;s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/3RSB22BZ.html\"\u003eThird Reality 3RSB22BZ\u003c/a\u003e smart button. Setting this up was relatively straightforward. On Home Assistant, I clicked on \u0026ldquo;Add Device\u0026rdquo; and then specified that I wanted to add a Zigbee device. This requires a Zigbee hub, and for that I use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2/\"\u003eHome Assistant Connect ZBT-2\u003c/a\u003e. After that, I went through a short pairing process and tada the device is added!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy itself, the button doesn\u0026rsquo;t actually do anything. To change that, we need to set up automations. At the time of writing, Home Assistant specifies automations through triggers, conditions, and actions. I set my trigger to \u003ccode\u003eremote_button_short_press\u003c/code\u003e. I didn\u0026rsquo;t add any extra conditions, and my action is to toggle my Giraffe lamp.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith that, I don\u0026rsquo;t need to pull out my phone anymore to control the light!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve been meaning to write more about my Home Assistant setup, but I\u0026rsquo;m not sure what would be useful to share. For now I\u0026rsquo;ll write what\u0026rsquo;s on my mind, but feel free to get in touch if you want me to share more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI started off my Home Assistant journey by purchasing smart bulbs and smart switches flashed with the \u003ca href=\"https://tasmota.github.io/docs/\"\u003eTasmota firmware\u003c/a\u003e. The devices specifically connected to my local WiFi network and sent messages to my MQTT server.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, I wasn\u0026rsquo;t the happiest with the quality of my smart bulbs. I came across itchaboyagin\u0026rsquo;s post on the \u003ca href=\"https://community.home-assistant.io/t/i-just-finished-testing-over-150-of-the-best-smart-lights-here-s-all-the-data/764760\"\u003eHome Assistant forum\u003c/a\u003e where they shared a \u003ca href=\"https://optimizeyourbiology.com/smart-light-database/\"\u003edatabase\u003c/a\u003e of 120 different smart bulbs full of metrics. What I was looking for at the time escaped by head, but I believe I focused on bulbs with no flicker risk and great \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index\"\u003ecolor quality\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat\u0026rsquo;s when I came across the Innr bulb and noticed that it relied on Zigbee for connectivity.\nThis means that instead of connecting to my WiFI, it creates it\u0026rsquo;s own mesh network and requires a hub to work. So\u0026hellip; I needed to purchase an extra device. Luckily, many companies support the Zigbee standard, so I told myself that this would open up oppurtunities for future devices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall, I\u0026rsquo;ve been rocking this new setup for the last 6 months and I\u0026rsquo;m happy.\u003c/p\u003e\n",
    "date_published": "2026.05.22",
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