[ale] [ALE] Stroke and Home Assistant

Wed Mar 26 18:09:39 EDT 2025

Chuck,

First of all let me say how sorry I am that you had the stroke.   I know they are scary and not fun at all, but I have known several people that make it all the way back with everything working again.   Keep the faith.

I have not done anything with Home Assistant (that may be changing soon), but keep on the lookout for things that work with the Matter protocol.   That seems to be the way things are going now and a lot of the older ways of controlling things are merging into Matter.

I have bought two "smart" devices lately, an air conditioner and a smart tea kettle.   Both of them, when plugged in the first time announced that they were a new "matter" device and just about configured themselves perfectly.

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-matter/

md

> On 03/26/2025 3:52 PM EDT Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
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> Greeting, 
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> Well,  I might be down right now for the next few months, as I try to learn to walk again. I am not out. This is one old tuff cranky dog, 
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> Feb. 28th, I had a small stroke. I am lucky compared to some of the folks I was with in the PT center. I learn to the right, this is affecting my walking and balance. I can't see straight unless I wear a patch over one eye. 
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> I am refusing to go quiet into the night. I am still trying to do tech. Which brings me to this email to the group. I asked Ameridroid for a kit that would get me started with a home assistant. I have a few smart plugs which work with my google assistant, I can hear the moaning already because I stated that, but I am looking for things to help me, which I am again re-learning to walk.  
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> I like to ask, as anyone on the mailing list down anything with home assistant kits, I got Odroid M1S that came with connect zbt-1, I am stilling a ton of things I can hook up. I like to replace light switches in places like the bathroom and kitchen, maybe plugs for devices, but I am open to anything that might help me. 
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> Beside the easy stuff is anything one does anything like this. 
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> Using a walker helps, but I could ask, "Computer, bathroom on" at 3am in the morning, instead of trying to walk straight feeling like I am in the house of funs because my brain doesn't want to walk with me, would be a major help.  
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> I am a bit lucky that my 20 year old son is living with me, but unless I am about to fall on my ass or screaming for him to help me, I am pretty much on my own. 
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