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    #662
    micks_address
    Registered Users Posts: 8,461 ✭✭✭micks_address


    hi folks - using a motion sensor to check for postbox opening.. so i know to check for deliveries if im out etc.. was thinking could turn on a hue light to a certain colour or something to notify post has been delivered? I've no problem setting up HA automations just trying to think of a sensible thing to do - can you send an email from HA handy enough?



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    #663
    donspeekinglesh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭donspeekinglesh


    You could set up a push notification to your phone. I have a few automations that notify me that way.



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    #664
    micks_address
    Registered Users Posts: 8,461 ✭✭✭micks_address


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121997118#Comment_121997118

    thanks yeah thats all i need really. it would push to the home assistant app?



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    #665
    10-10-20
    Registered Users Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121997008#Comment_121997008
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121997118#Comment_121997118

    Same. I get notifications when off the home network too as HA uses Google Firebase.

    https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/notification-details?_highlight=firebase#architecture



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    #666
    micks_address
    Registered Users Posts: 8,461 ✭✭✭micks_address


    got that working with a hue motion sensor and automation in ha.. works a charm..



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    #667
    Shoog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭Shoog


    I have an issue which is going to turn into a life sucker.

    I recently accepted a set up Home Assistant updates and this included the ESPHome plugin. All my devices on ESPHome upgraded and then I noticed that one of them had broken. What seems to have happened is the update changed the name of the device to something entirely random and then promptly stopped talking to the device. The update seems to have made the device drop off the network as well so I thought the best way to get it back was to reflash the Firmware and this worked in getting it back on the network - but nothing appeared in the ESPHome addon. I suspect this is an issue with it having generated a new API for the device in the random assigned update. I had a similar experience before and I had to use the ESPHome website to recover the device - but I can no longer remember the procedure.

    UPDATE: I have now managed to get it to appear in the ESPHome addon - but it wont configure because the API doesn't seem to match (the API is in the YAML file but its not using it). As I said before I suspect this is because once HomeAssistant has associated a MAC address with an API it will not allow the API to change and will never forget that API going forward.

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    #668
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122036080#Comment_122036080

    Not an ESPHone user, but have a snoop/grep around /config/.storage - there might be some references to the old devices/MAC addresses there.



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