i-HOST: New eWeLink CUBE 2.5.0 version

eWeLink CUBE
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After just over an hour of using HA on iHost, I will present some of my “blitzkrieg” observations:

  1. I downloaded the HA image from Releases · iHost-Open-Source-Project/ha-operating-system · GitHub
  2. With the help of Balena Etcher (https://etcher.balena.io/) I flashed the TF card with the downloaded HA image.
  3. I inserted the TF card flashed HA into iHost.
  4. I turned on the iHost and pressed the mute button several times, after which a blue flashing light appeared on the LED indicator.
    5 in the web browser via the IP address 192.168.1.3:8123 (iHost was pre-assigned a static address on the router 192.168.1.3), I accessed HA, where I was greeted by the initial screen with the notification that HA preparation is in progress, which can take 20 or more minutes.
  5. After a little more than half an hour, HA was ready for use, I created a user, defined the location of the house, set the system parameters,… etc.
  6. What I noticed about HA, I mention “blitzkrieg”:
  • the system works smoothly and it seems to me that it does not “eat” resources
  • available devices can be seen without any problems
  • there are Add-ons, although some add-ons are not enabled (Studio Code - use File editor, NODE-RED, EPSHome Device Builder), but this will not significantly reduce your functionality
  • OS version 14, the current version is 15, but that won’t be a problem for you either, because I hope it will be updated at Releases · iHost-Open-Source-Project/ha-operating-system · GitHub
  • HA is trying to update automatically, but it doesn’t work because it’s the iHost Open Source Project, I hope that will be resolved as well.
  • unfortunately I haven’t tried to use the internal Zigbee, but I hope it can!
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