🎁 Show How You Use CUBE OS, Win a SONOFF Dongle!

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Since the launch of CUBE OS , we’ve been excited to see so many of you running it on your Pi, NAS, or virtual machines. It’s so simple that we hope more people can try it out and enjoy setting up their own self-hosted smart home - local, safe, and fully under their control.

And here’s where you come in

Help us spread the word! We’re kicking off a community event:

:pushpin: How to join:

  1. Share your CUBE OS setup, experience, or use case anywhere you like (on your own account/channel) - Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, other smart home forums or groups… (text, photo, or video, all welcome!)
  2. Drop the link of your share in the comments below.
  3. The more shares and views you get, the higher your chance to win

:wrapped_gift: Prizes:

We’ve prepared 15 SONOFF Zigbee Dongles (across different models) for winners

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Extra: SONOFF Store 10% Discount Coupon for active participants
Selected stories will be featured on our official channels!

Start sharing your CUBE OS story and inspire the community now !

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is there a reason there is not a docker version of Cube? Although I have experimented with VM versions they are not on all the time, so I’ve just ended up on an iHost. I think being able to create virtual devices in Node Red means you can add Long Range sensors such as;

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have seen LoRa hubs that can run Dockers, but not a full VM. That way you could buy a decent LoRa hub and get both Long range and Local sensors.

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We’re indeed considering a Docker image installation option for CUBE OS, but it may still take some time before it’s ready.
By the way, which VM setup are you currently using? Would you mind sharing your configuration? (Just make sure you’re booting with UEFI mode . That’s important for CUBE OS to start properly.)
About the LoRa part: It looks like you might be using a SenseCAP S2120, right? Which LNS brand are you using? Integrating LoRa into CUBE OS sounds great! Can you share more about your use case~

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A docker image would be very useful. Although not fully open source I don’t think the Linux version has any proprietary in it and my guess is that the same will be true of future OS, such as OpenHarmony/Harmony. a Full VM needs significant resources. For example, I can run android on my linux phone but its very slow.

Have played around with several VM, including an old Linux Mint Laptop (was once Apple) and a Microsoft Windows desktop. Neither two are left on all the time and the laptop only has 2 cores so giving 1 to CUBE makes it unusable. Had no problem using them just nothing I leave on all the time can run a VM.

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That is an indeed a SenseCap S2120. It’s connected to an Sensecap M2 Multiplatform in local mode using Chirpstack V3, so that the encryption and de-encryption all happen locally and it automatically sends MQTT messages. Just read them on an iHost running Node Red and send the payload to virtual devices after conversion to the right units. Actually relatively easy because the capabilities existed already, or near enough. “Fan Speed” instead of “wind speed” is a bit odd, but near enough. Will be connecting a radiation meter to LoRa. That I may have to use an odd capability but at least with custom icons I can make a radioactivity sign.

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Hi, I connected an automatic irrigation system to CubeOS. This is how it looks in CAST.

Link from main project:

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Estamos usando Cube OS en el curso de Instalador domotico que dicto en la Escuela de Formacion Profesional N°5 de la ciudad de Mar del Plata. Ademas tengo un grupo de facebook donde comparto informaciones sobre Cube OS. Les dejo el link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/325112830575128?locale=es_LA

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