Wish I'd Never Bothered : LinknLink Super Gateway MAX

The ISG MAX is the upgrade to the ISG I reviewed 6 months ago and they've solved everything! This is Home Assistant without having to learn how to do anything. Forget Home Assistant Yellow, check this out!

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5:40 - LinknLink ISG vs ISG MAX & New Features
10:29 - What's wrong with it?

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[paulhibbert]

Happy Saturday everyone! Home Assistant for beginners! 😳 If you're interested in buying one then they're at the link below...

BUY THE LINKNLINK ISG MAX HERE:
I will earn commission at no cost to you if you buy through the below link 😊
Discount code: PAULISGMAX

[scorrigan]

Congratulations, you are cured! You were able to say Philips hue in the beginning without gagging. I know it was a long and hard recovery but we are all proud of you!

[SuspiciousAra]

It is almost 6 months now since i have started my home automation journey and i have nailed it since the begining, my house is running great, wife factor is very high, i still watch these channels but i don;t need anything from any companies unless is 100% locally controlled, no subscription, no batteries.

[Mr_Gadge]

Just bought an A9+ galaxy tab in ‘deals’ on the yacht shop. 3d printed a white wall mount. I’ve ‘literally’ unboxed it and put on charge. For a wall mounted HA to my existing real basic HA I’ll follow that ‘very Scottish bloke’ guide and hammer through it. The screen in this video looks like a 90’s swan cctv monitor lol.
Fantastic vid thanks for another belter. This would be so attractive, if the screen was also attractive!

[Yama_]

Seeing your nice LCARS dashboard run on that hideous browser with the tabs and address bar always visible almost broke my heart.

[mattblackwell]

Hi Paul. Great video as always. One thing I didn't like was the wide bezel on the display.

[adamtheman]

the ha service with ports is so you can access the system outside of your network, maybe even bin to a domain. and its also so you can view things on your smart tv

[crashweasel]

I have one (previous version offcourse) Maybe good thing to add is that it is not the supervisor version of HA, so no addon's. I can't get my google nest bell and thermostat to work because the cloud can't find the ISG. Connecting with visual code is not possible to change yaml files because SSHs not enabled on the intern HA of ISG. And changing yaml files on the intern HA editor is really oldschool 😄 (Yes Paul, I still talk to girls 😜) It looks indeed good for beginners, but if you have HA on a nuc/rasberry, I suggest to wait a bit before changing it...

[TechieNI]

Due to your review I purchased this kit. I went to setup HA several times and my last one corrupted as usual. So having to start fresh I took the plunge and got this and the fast it has Alexa skills makes it worth while also.

[ThamerJO]

Hi Paul, I don't know why? But I feel I saw this episode before. The matrix is falling apart

[Heretik]

Love my LinknLink kit, ever since the first motion sensors, (looking forward to the new presence sensors that should be arriving in the mail shortly too!) - thanks Paul for first putting me onto them! The ISG is a really neat bit of kit - although I've yet to fully move over due to the lack of Add-Ons in Home Assistant (something they've just started to address in their latest release) - but not sure how I feel now they have released this... the ISG tablet is a bit on the slow side at times, so this is definitely something I need to upgrade now!! LinknLink are a great company, like you say, they listen and react, unlike many other companies!! Hoping you'll review the new presence sensors in the coming weeks!? Thanks!

[sierpus]

Two notes. It seems it’s matter over wifi not matter over thread so this will limit significantly devices you could connect. Unless it’s via thread but couldn’t find confirmation. Now more important, their service instead of Nabu Casa. Although it’s allowed, this is exactly what is killing open source, check what happened to Terraform and moving from OS to BSL license.
Dear linknlink, if you are doing this, contribute back to home assistant. If not, in a few years, HA will disappear

[DAveShillito]

Do we know if LinknLink are contributing back to Nabu Casa or the Open Home Foundation?

Not that they have to, Home Assistant is open after all, it just seems the responsible thing to do. Especially since this product couldn't exist without Home Assistant.

[jacsy]

The custom background and the auto close on the menu were things I suggested and they went forward with which is super awesome, it has been a bit of a journey to get things going well but LinknLink have been fabulous about answering questions and taking on feedback throughout ❤

[SyseeDurham]

Love your transporter effect Paul and also the comedy.
The item was good as well! 👍🏻

[leopold]

I feel like one of those guys who can be smug about not jumping on the KickStarter for the original model! It sounds like this new one is far superior and would give me the option of doing smart home stuff without the hassle of constantly faffing with HA. I’d like Matter to be improved more, especially since Flic have FINALLY sorted theirs out, and I can live without Z-Wave for the time being, but on the whole this sounds much better. And to think I was on the verge of giving up on it altogether as I’ll be moving house soon and I wasn’t sure if I could be bothered to do it all again

[gordon]

I keep hoping that Aqara will bring out something similar to this.
Not sure you really need a fixed screen when everyone has a mobile phone with them all the time, and a tablet/computer at home. And the whole point of 'smart' is that you don't have to keep pressing buttons, or all you get is a remote control.

[curtissmith]

What I trully am waiting to see is a hub that is truly everything. Modem, router, smart home hub, IR RF control, voice assistant, and all of the protocols!

[meyerwhite]

Paul, old chum, I have a challenge for you…. From be a wireless wall switch (UK), which can turn on and off Novostella wifi garden lights which are added to the Smart Life app.

Sounds easy, right?! Well, I have switches from Aqara, Moes and more and can’t even do this simple thing through paid IFTTT due to IFTTT only showing my second (work) location of Smart Things.

This should be the simplest thing in smart home tech but it seems impossible!

[Sah-ddzh]

Looks like the iPad 1 with those bezels.