Looking for product buying advice

  • I am looking for some buying advice and if this post is in the wrong place, I apologise.

    Background; I have an outside sensor that switches on outside lights and they work well as such but they do not integrate to Home Assistant and this is what I am trying to overcome.

    Option 1:

    A Shelly device that will trigger Home Assistant when the device is powered on by 240 volts. Combined with certain conditions in Home Assistant, I then want to activate the 240 volt output from the Shelly to switch on the lights.

    Option 2:

    A Shelly device that will trigger Home Assistant when the device is powered on by 240 volts. Combined with certain conditions in Home Assistant, then activate a set of dry contacts (normally open) on the Shelly.

    Can someone please give me some advice if there is a Shelly device that I can use in either scenario?

    I wasn't sure whether this should be posted here or in the Home Assistant subforum (moderators, if you feel that it should be moved, please do so).

  • The existing sensor is not compatible with Shelly, no doubt about that.

    But that sensor switches 240 volts on and off so I could then use that to power the Shelly on when sensed and if Home Assistant can then react to that, I can then create an automation in Home Assistant to activate the output of the Shelly.

    Alternatively, if I could have a set of dry contacts activated, that would also do the job. But I need to know what Shelly module can do this. This is my question.

    Perhaps this post should be in the Home Assistant section instead.