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Nest 1&2 Gen may have new life on HA (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 year ago by cwisch@midwest.social to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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They found a way to install a custom firmware and working toward getting home assistant local control. Definitely something I'm following now

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[–] cwisch@midwest.social [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I looked through the GitHub details and it talks about connecting the thermostat via USB to flash it. I really only have Chromebooks at home and I'm not sure how well that would work on Linux container.
https://github.com/codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat]

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Should be a way to work around that.

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[–] giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

you should be able to give a container access to the usb.

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