[pre-noob] What's the process for migrating from, in my case, Alexa, Smart Life to Home Assistant? (reddthat.com)

submitted 6 months ago by deadcatbounce@reddthat.com to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hello all,

What do I actually do when I finally have a running instance (of containerised HA on a Raspberry Pi)? Delete all the toys from Alexa and Smart Life and start again in Home Assistant?

Is deleting everything the intelligent way to go rather than trying to transition?

My Google-foo is failing I did try to find an answer in Lemmy/Reddit/HA. Apologies if I miss an obvious place.

Thank-you in advance.

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[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 6 points 6 months ago

I went from Smart Life to Home Assistant, so YMMV. But since I had a new coordinator, I just reset my devices and everything paired to the new coordinator. But I would recommend deleting all your old stuff from Smart Life and Alexa first. There's no point in creating potential issues.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago

Thank-you. Question answered.

Sorry to have bothered everyone!

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 13 points 6 months ago

Never apologise for asking questions. This community is a learning resource, the more you ask, the more you learn.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago

Thank-you ! 😁

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Asking questions is always good, don't worry! Feel free to ask more, heck update the thread and ask questions as you go along if you like.

If you list the devices you want to migrate, I'm sure the community will happily highlight any tips, or which will be the easiest to get you started.

[-] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Hey, not op but also bring ready to convert my tuya stuff over to home assistant - what is this new coordinator you mention? Something within HA? Any extra info you could share would be appreciated!

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Forgive me if I sound like I'm trying to over simplify things.

So your coordinator is the piece of hardware that listens for Zigbee devices. You typically plug your coordinator into your Pi or NUC on an extension cable and coupled with an add-on in Home Assistant or two, it will convert that to Mosquitto which is a Home Assistant readable format.

When you're going through things, just make as many threads as need be and people will offer advice. In the meantime, this video should help

https://youtu.be/sFSqgiOoPMs

[-] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

Ahhh I see - thanks!! 🙏

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