As some of you know Insteon has shut down its cloud operation leaving many without any automation as I found out last week. By no means am I an expert on this topic but luckily I was able to get my system back up using the Home Assistant app and the original Insteon hub, getting all the automation back up as it once functioned with Insteon.
I used an old windows 8 machine to run the Home Assistant application/server.
There are two methods to running the Home Assistant app I ran it locally by using the HASSWP which is a portable version and without "supervisor" capabilities or you can run the full version using any virtual machine.
These are ready made VM images for the appropriate OS, if going with a VM, Virtual Box seems to be most popular. After installing your VM dowload and run the appropriate image Installation
I went with the portable version which runs just fine and much faster and easier to install without a VM. I believe the supervisor version is able to add addons of many widgets such as Alexa and other integrations and softares from many companies something I did not need.
The method I used is outlined here How to use Insteon devices without a cloud connection - Set up Home Assistant on Windows
With this, you just need to:
When you run Hass, everything will auto-install, and Home Assistant will load up in your browser under a local IP address such as 127.0.0.1:8123
I think now Lutron switches and bridge is the way to go for any future automation projects which I once had using the wink app and hub
I used an old windows 8 machine to run the Home Assistant application/server.
There are two methods to running the Home Assistant app I ran it locally by using the HASSWP which is a portable version and without "supervisor" capabilities or you can run the full version using any virtual machine.
These are ready made VM images for the appropriate OS, if going with a VM, Virtual Box seems to be most popular. After installing your VM dowload and run the appropriate image Installation
I went with the portable version which runs just fine and much faster and easier to install without a VM. I believe the supervisor version is able to add addons of many widgets such as Alexa and other integrations and softares from many companies something I did not need.
The method I used is outlined here How to use Insteon devices without a cloud connection - Set up Home Assistant on Windows
With this, you just need to:
- Download HassWP.zip from GitHub - AlexxIT/HassWP: Portable version of Home Assistant for Windows (no need to install) This is for win 8 and later, for win 7 and older use the older version link.
- Unpack
- Run Hass.cmd (it will just be hass if you don't have extensions visible)
When you run Hass, everything will auto-install, and Home Assistant will load up in your browser under a local IP address such as 127.0.0.1:8123
- You will then need to create the account ( locally) and follow the set-up process.
- Home Assistant should automatically detect devices on the network that are compatible.
- If Insteon isn’t automcaticalyl identified:
- Add Insteon under configuration –> devices and services –> add integration : Insteon
- Find the IP address of the hub (I use Advanced IP scanner), and it should be listed as Smartlabs inc, and the username and password is on the sticker on the bottom of the hub
- If any devices are missing, you can:
- Go to Developer Tools and click the Services tab
- In the box that brings up, use these settings:
- Service: Insteon: Add all links
- Group: 0
- Mode: Controller
- Use the Call Service button
- Go to the device (within about 3 minutes) and press the Settings button (or press and hold – it may vary by device – check the instructions)
I think now Lutron switches and bridge is the way to go for any future automation projects which I once had using the wink app and hub