heliolocallocal solar automation, no cloud
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Ready-to-use Home Assistant box
Home Assistant is the most widely used open-source home automation software in the world. It's free, it runs entirely locally โ and it takes several evenings to install, understand and configure.
That's exactly what we do for you. The box arrives prepared, with your equipment already declared and a dashboard that makes sense from the very first screen. You plug it in, it works.
And the day your internet connection drops, your home keeps obeying: nothing goes through a remote server.
What you receive
- A compact, silent mini-computer from a recognised maker, to sit near your router. The exact model appears on your quotation โ we favour widely available machines, easy to replace and to upgrade
- A 10-inch wall-mounted tablet in kiosk mode: it boots straight into your dashboard, full screen. No browser, no desktop, no icons โ it's a control panel, not a tablet you unlock
- A smart plug that looks after the tablet's battery. A wall screen stays plugged in permanently, and a battery held at 100% continuously swells within a year or two, eventually lifting the display. Here Home Assistant cuts and restores the charge by itself: the box protects its own tablet
- Home Assistant installed, updated and configured with your equipment
- A dashboard designed to be read by the whole household, not just by whoever installed it
What is done before it ships
- Your devices are declared and tested one by one
- The automations you asked for are written and verified
- Automatic backups are in place โ the thing everyone forgets, and the thing that saves you
- Remote access is set up if you want it, without exposing your home to the internet
What can be connected
- Solar production, battery, electricity consumption, smart meter
- Heating: heat pump, pellet stove, hot water tank, underfloor heating
- Lighting, blinds, sockets, gate, irrigation, swimming pool
- Equipment you already own: much of it can be brought back under local control, some cannot โ we check beforehand, never afterwards
โ ๏ธ Some brands deliberately lock local access to their hardware. Send us a list of what you have: we will tell you what fits, what fits partially, and what will not fit at all. Free, and more honest than an unpleasant surprise.
Will you depend on us? No
- This isn't in-house software: it's Home Assistant, an open-source project used by hundreds of thousands of households, with a huge community and public documentation
- You get full access to your own installation. You can change anything yourself, call in someone else, or take over entirely
- There is no subscription, no licence, no key that expires. If we vanished tomorrow, your home would carry on working
- We sell time and know-how, not dependency
After commissioning
- Hand-over support is included: the first days are when the questions come
- Adding equipment later is always possible, quoted or done yourself
- You stay the owner of your data: it never leaves your home
Remotely too: we work on site in the Aisne region and nearby, but the box can just as easily ship configured anywhere. What can't be done remotely is electrical wiring โ for that you need a professional near you, and we provide the diagram.
Compared to alternatives
| heliolocal | Off-the-shelf hub | Home Assistant alone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works without internet | โ | โ | โ |
| No account, no subscription | โ | โ | โ |
| Delivered already configured | โ | ~ | โ |
| Your data stays at home | โ | โ | โ |
| Accepts mixed brands | โ | ~ | โ |
| You can take it over yourself | โ | โ | โ |
| No evenings spent configuring | โ | โ | โ |
Price : from 490 โฌ โ custom integration: on quote