Is there an alternative to Nora?

[manjh]

I have been using NORA as interface between my Google Nest devies and Domoticz. I can tell Google to switch devices on/off.
Although this is working OK in general, I do experience problems sometimes, where Google is not able to submut commands to the Node-Red node.
It comes and goes.

Is there a reliable alternative to NORA? Preferably direct from Google Home into Domoticz, but going through NodeRed is OK as well.

I've seen Controlicz, but that requires a (paid) subscription.

[jvdz]

I am using this Node-Red implementation for quite some years now and it works pretty nice.
Yes, it does have a little of an installation-curve to go through, but it is all very well documented. It does require an official DNS record with SSL certificate (e.g. LetsEncrypt) to build the link from Google into your RPI at home, with a port forward in your router.

[FireWizard]

Hi @manjh,

Since SmartNora became a paid service or got limited to only 5 devices, I moved also to
https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red ... -smarthome

It works very well, also local fulfillment, and supports more devices tham SmartNora does.
It does not support "Errors and Exceptions". So if you try to switch a light to "on" and it is already on,
you don't get a warning and the light stays "on"

I have 50 devices connected and it works fine.

As @jvdz already said, the installation curve is quite steep, but is very well documented..
Just give it a try.

Requirements:

1. Node-RED installed
2. Valid domain name that points to your external IP address. As Let's Encrypt does not accept IP addresses, only valid domain names.
3. Valid certificate, such as Let's Encrypt. This certificate is valid for 90 days and has to be renewed
4. Port 80 should be reachable, so port forwarding.


Regards

[mgugu]

I confirm all is said. For SSL thing, I use Caddy in docker which allows complete automatic certificates magagement in addition to a very simple installation.