Post #2553841
2026-04-11 03:21 UTC
@ironicbadger@techhub.social I could call that URL/querystring from the Vera+ using Lua (the Vera+ did everything in Lua) or I could just access the URLs directly from browser shortcuts on my phone.
The Vera+ has long since been retired and replaced with Home Assistant, But that Pi B1 is still out there in my garage rafters, doing that same job it has for about 11 years now.
I've thought about replacing it with something like an ESP8266 tied directly into Home Assistant, but it works fine as is.
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@paradroyd@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-11 03:26
@ironicbadger@techhub.social One of the things I like about the older Pis as opposed to the newer ones..they don't need active cooling. Fans are a big point of failure. This thing doesn't need one. The other thing is, older Pis have a FULL SIZED HDMI port. I hate micro HDMI..very finicky. Kind of irrelevant in this case since I just access it over ssh, but that's been one of my beefs with the newer pis.