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.

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
    4·
    9 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.

      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

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

      • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMEnglish
        1·
        9 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.

  • undrwater@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    FWIW, you can run all the services simultaneously, so that you can gradually move.

    It’s what I’m doing. I use echo, home, and HA all at the same time.