Home Assistant

Newtown90 · 19-03-2019 10:28am

If only I read "thecivvie" post above before I posted......

thecivvie · 19-03-2019 12:13pm

Newtown90 wrote: »

If only I read "thecivvie" post above before I posted......

I run ecilpse mosquitto on my docker. that way I limit access to it via my vpn tunnel, also on the same docker for outside nework devices.

mqtt:
  broker: !secret mqtt_broker
  port: 1883
  username: !secret mqtt_user
  password: !secret mqtt_pass

Sonoff as a device

 - platform: mqtt
   name: "Cabinet"
   state_topic: "stat/sonoff15/POWER"
   command_topic: "cmnd/sonoff15/POWER"
   availability_topic: "tele/sonoff15/LWT"
   payload_on: "ON"
   payload_off: "OFF"
   payload_available: "Online"
   payload_not_available: "Offline"
   optimistic: false
   qos: 1
   retain: true

Sensors

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Energy Today"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Today"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Energy Yesterday"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Yesterday"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Energy Total"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Total"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "kWh"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Power"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Power"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Voltage"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Voltage"] }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "V"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Cabinet Power Factor"
    state_topic: "tele/sonoff15/SENSOR"
    value_template: '{{ value_json["ENERGY"]["Factor"] }}'

I graph the data using influxdb and Grafana as well

Dog Bowl is my dog's water fountain. The Teckin smart socket turns it on in the morning and off at night

I have spent many sleepless nights getting it to how I want.

Worryingly I added my Netatmo weather station to the system and found my house has a problem

I have, so far, 17 sonoff enabled devices. I am ordering 4 more of the Teckin Smart Plugs today as they on a lightning deal

Newtown90 · 19-03-2019 12:42pm

They all go in your configuration.yaml correct?

thecivvie · 19-03-2019 12:44pm

Newtown90 wrote: »

They all go in your configuration.yaml correct?

no, mine is broken up.

Sensors in a sensor.yaml, switches, lights and so on. I have also merge_dirs as well for heavier yaml files that get broken up, like my automations.

But yes it is possible to put them all into configuration.yaml

my include setup

group: !include_dir_merge_named group
automation: !include_dir_merge_list automations/
script: !include scripts.yaml
sensor: !include sensors.yaml
light: !include_dir_merge_list light/
switch: !include switch.yaml
camera: !include_dir_merge_list camera
scene: !include_dir_merge_list scene
binary_sensor: !include  binary_sensor.yaml

Dr4gul4 · 12-04-2019 10:42am

Just adding this Github repo i've been recently looking at for an alarm system. works well, obv it's for a specific model / make of alarm, but i've yet to see it catered for any where else. Docker image included there also ..

https://github.com/lucacalcaterra/risco-mqtt-bridge

matrim · 12-04-2019 12:35pm

Dr4gul4 wrote: »

Just adding this Github repo i've been recently looking at for an alarm system. works well, obv it's for a specific model / make of alarm, but i've yet to see it catered for any where else. Docker image included there also ..

https://github.com/lucacalcaterra/risco-mqtt-bridge

Looks good. I've recently gotten the konnected interface panel to get states from my HKC alarm. But unfortunately haven't had a chance to install yet.

Atomic Pineapple · 10-07-2019 8:39pm

Just installed Hass on a Mac Mini and I can get the server running, create and account, and log in. However, there is a page that asks about location and when I try to click the next button on this page it pops up a dialog box saying "FAIL".

Anyone else ever come across this? An internet search isn't throwing up anything useful. Looking at the network tab it doesn't seem to be doing anything when I click the next button.

Roen · 11-07-2019 8:14am

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Just installed Hass on a Mac Mini and I can get the server running, create and account, and log in. However, there is a page that asks about location and when I try to click the next button on this page it pops up a dialog box saying "FAIL".

Anyone else ever come across this? An internet search isn't throwing up anything useful. Looking at the network tab it doesn't seem to be doing anything when I click the next button.

The logs are accessible via the GUI if you're not comfortable with the CLI on the Mac.
Clear the logs. Click the location thing, then go back to the logs again.
Guessing it's a permissions thing.

mcgovern · 11-10-2019 11:07am

I just got some Teckin SP23s and would like to get them working in Home Assistant but seems it's a bit more complicated than I hoped.
Can I use the Raspberry Pi I have running Hass.io to flash them? And after they are flashed can I still use them in Alexa or only in Home Assistant?
And finally I need something like this to calibrate them afterwards?

Dr4gul4 · 11-10-2019 12:25pm

mcgovern wrote: »

Can I use the Raspberry Pi I have running Hass.io to flash them?

Yes and No . You can try tuya OTA or Via Serial from a laptop / computer

https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/Teckin-SP23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vjpcEedEBI

mcgovern wrote: »

And after they are flashed can I still use them in Alexa or only in Home Assistant?

If you have the Home assistant module added to alexa you can, assuming you then have the devices in Home asssitant.

mcgovern wrote: »

And finally I need something like this to calibrate them afterwards?

Possibly, but you could plug in a new 60 watt bulb and a light maybe . might provide the same info ? kinda, maybe not really tho ..

comete · 14-10-2019 11:21am

mcgovern wrote: »

I just got some Teckin SP23s and would like to get them working in Home Assistant but seems it's a bit more complicated than I hoped.
Can I use the Raspberry Pi I have running Hass.io to flash them? And after they are flashed can I still use them in Alexa or only in Home Assistant?
And finally I need something like this to calibrate them afterwards?

Depends how you want them to be integrated. If you're opposed to flashing them with custom firmware you could just use them via the tuya component.

Morrisseeee · 16-12-2019 12:33pm

Folks, I got 2 * smart bulbs and was trying the OTA re-flashing of either tasmota or espurna. I followed this walkthrough: https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert, and I've managed (late last night!) to get to part 3: Initial Configuration (one bulb now has tasmota & the other espurna).

On the tasmota I get the webpage 192.168.4.1 & the wifi login credentials, I presume I enter the wifi credentials I want it to connect to ?!

And once I have that going I presume I can then control it via HA ?
Has anyone tried this ? any yaml examples? Which is preferrable, tasmota or espurna ?

the merchant · 16-12-2019 3:56pm

I haven't used any smart bulbs but I have a good few tasmota Sonoff's working in HASSIO.

Once you've set it up on the correct wifi network you'll need to browse to it on it's new ip address and point it to your MQTT broker, most likely this will be the address of your home assistant.

Although I use yaml, I think this can be avoided using the new integrations option. This video explains it well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2mlTrUVyHM&t=475s

Morrisseeee · 16-12-2019 6:10pm

Cheers, my HA is at least 12 months old, ie. I was tinkering around with it back then & then other matters took over, ahem. Anyway I'm back tinkering again. Like you I'm only used to doing YAML tinkering, I'm guessing to get the 'integrations' I'll have to update or start afresh, eg. I don't have the HASS.io link in the sidebar!

bittihuduga · 20-06-2020 9:57pm

has anyone integrated HA with Climote?
i couldn't find the integration. so trying to integrate via Alexa.
Alexa has climote skill.
trying to send a trigger message from HA to Alexa.
https://github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player/wiki#triggering-a-skill-versions--270

Sheep Shagger · 21-06-2020 2:27pm

bittihuduga wrote: »

has anyone integrated HA with Climote?
i couldn't find the integration. so trying to integrate via Alexa.
Alexa has climote skill.
trying to send a trigger message from HA to Alexa.
https://github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player/wiki#triggering-a-skill-versions--270

Moved into a new build house with Climote, was told while it is compatible with Alexa, it isn't with Google home

bittihuduga · 21-06-2020 4:32pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Moved into a new build house with Climote, was told while it is compatible with Alexa, it isn't with Google home

it works well with Alexa though.
just want to automate based on room temperature in HA.

meathenterpr · 11-07-2020 9:43pm

Started playing around with it
At the moment have
Smartthings
Virgin Media Broadband
TV
HomeSecure alarm.
As it is a AJAX system got the custom component from here.

https://github.com/eavanvalkenburg/sia

If you are going to use it you will need to convert your account to hex.
Just google ascii to hex

bittihuduga · 12-07-2020 12:48am

meathenterpr wrote: »

Started playing around with it
At the moment have

Virgin Media Broadband

what integration did you do with virgin?

iba · 03-10-2020 9:31pm

Hi,

I dont know if Im posting in the right thread so please direct me if I'm not as my question relates to Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi and I can't find any threads where this is currently topical and I would have thought that it is.

I want to enter the world of Home Assistant. I have a Pi but haven't used it in a few years. First i need to upgrade the o/s on the Pi. It currently has Jessie O/S on it. I want to upgrade to the latest Raspberry O/S and install it on the Pi and I don't know how to do that.

I believe that the best way would be to do a clean install of the o/s and I can do that by d/l it onto a sd card but how do I get that onto the Pi. How do I delete the o/s that is currently on it or how do I upgrade it.

Thanks

matrim · 03-10-2020 9:44pm

iba wrote: »

Hi,

I dont know if Im posting in the right thread so please direct me if I'm not as my question relates to Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi and I can't find any threads where this is currently topical and I would have thought that it is.

I want to enter the world of Home Assistant. I have a Pi but haven't used it in a few years. First i need to upgrade the o/s on the Pi. It currently has Jessie O/S on it. I want to upgrade to the latest Raspberry O/S and install it on the Pi and I don't know how to do that.

I believe that the best way would be to do a clean install of the o/s and I can do that by d/l it onto a sd card but how do I get that onto the Pi. How do I delete the o/s that is currently on it or how do I upgrade it.

Thanks

On phone so can't link but home assistant have their own OS that installs everything you need. There are good instructions on their site about how to get up and running

emaherx · 03-10-2020 9:51pm

iba wrote: »

Hi,

I dont know if Im posting in the right thread so please direct me if I'm not as my question relates to Home Assistant and Raspberry Pi and I can't find any threads where this is currently topical and I would have thought that it is.

I want to enter the world of Home Assistant. I have a Pi but haven't used it in a few years. First i need to upgrade the o/s on the Pi. It currently has Jessie O/S on it. I want to upgrade to the latest Raspberry O/S and install it on the Pi and I don't know how to do that.

I believe that the best way would be to do a clean install of the o/s and I can do that by d/l it onto a sd card but how do I get that onto the Pi. How do I delete the o/s that is currently on it or how do I upgrade it.

Thanks

https://www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/

Just download the version for your Pi and balenaetcher or what ever image software you'd prefer.

You install the balenaetcher on a pc with sd card slot and point it towards the image file. Then pop the imaged sd card in the pi to complete Install. There is no need for any other OS and the card will be overwritten as part of the process.

Gooey Looey · 03-10-2020 9:51pm

Look for the noobs image, you download it and copy it to an SD then boot this

BobbyT28 · 07-01-2021 6:26am

Abov anybody on this thread got one of these? Would love to hear that people think.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blue/

I currently run my HA on RPi2. Hardware looks decent also,

fran426ft · 07-01-2021 9:14am

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Abov anybody on this thread got one of these? Would love to hear that people think.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blue/

I currently run my HA on RPi2. Hardware looks decent also,

Isn't that just an Odroid N2+ in a custom case with Home Assistant pre installed? I've not done much looking at it but when I first saw it my thought was I didn't see the value in paying for it over buying hardware and installing yourself.

iba · 07-01-2021 12:59pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Abov anybody on this thread got one of these? Would love to hear that people think.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blue/

I currently run my HA on RPi2. Hardware looks decent also,

Saw Drzzzsss on YouTube talk about this. I could be wrong, but I think you need to buy an extra HD too.

Metric Tensor · 08-01-2021 11:43am

When I outgrew the Raspberry Pi I bought an Intel NUC. Have docker on it now and can use it for all sorts of other things as well as running HA.

You'd get a second hand NUC with HD, wifi and ethernet already installed for not much more money and in my opinion it would be a lot more versatile and more powerful. The downside is that it will use slightly more electricity.

matrim · 08-01-2021 12:15pm

Metric Tensor wrote: »

When I outgrew the Raspberry Pi I bought an Intel NUC. Have docker on it now and can use it for all sorts of other things as well as running HA.

You'd get a second hand NUC with HD, wifi and ethernet already installed for not much more money and in my opinion it would be a lot more versatile and more powerful. The downside is that it will use slightly more electricity.

I updated to the NUC last year too and it makes a big difference for response times for the UI and some automations. Plus means you can take full advantage of things like grafana to have long term trends in the house.

bittihuduga · 08-01-2021 2:11pm

i have a rpi4. bought a wyse box (3320) off adverts only to be told that it will be slower than my rpi4.
my rpi4 with ssd is better now than it was with sd card.

Metric Tensor · 10-01-2021 1:19pm

matrim wrote: »

I updated to the NUC last year too and it makes a big difference for response times for the UI and some automations. Plus means you can take full advantage of things like grafana to have long term trends in the house.

I love Grafana!

NewMan1982 · 14-01-2021 7:21pm

Can you use this app direct from your iphone or windows laptop? From my quick reading it seems i need a raspberry pi.

niallb · 14-01-2021 7:23pm

It's much more than just an app.
There's an app you can run on your phone to talk to your Home Assistant once you have it installed.

A raspberry pi is one option - cheap and doesn't eat electricity when it's always on.

You can run Home Assistant on your laptop in a virtual machine, but it won't be great if you ever take the laptop away or turn it off!

What do you think you might do with it?

NewMan1982 · 14-01-2021 7:40pm

niallb wrote: »

It's much more than just an app.

What do you think you might do with it?

I've no idea to be honest, i'm just starting to get into smart devices now and just assumed this could be ran from your phone. Sounds like it's a bit more complicated

bittihuduga · 14-01-2021 8:02pm

in simple words, HA server is needed (its more than a server though).
so it can be your pi or laptop or old machine

niallb · 14-01-2021 8:13pm

Home Assistant creates a smarthome hub.
It's able to talk to lots of different brands and make them interact with each other.
It's not brilliant as a first introduction to smarthome stuff - people usually find it when they can't get the off-the-shelf devices they have to do something a little outside the box.

rkdub · 15-01-2021 12:22am

niallb wrote: »

Home Assistant creates a smarthome hub.
It's able to talk to lots of different brands and make them interact with each other.
It's not brilliant as a first introduction to smarthome stuff - people usually find it when they can't get the off-the-shelf devices they have to do something a little outside the box.

well... maybe before long it will become an off the shelf product - see the limited run: https://www.home-assistant.io/blue

niallb · 15-01-2021 1:32am

rkdub wrote: »

well... maybe before long it will become an off the shelf product - see the limited run: https://www.home-assistant.io/blue

I don't think that'll happen just yet - it's more of a fundraising drive than anything else. They look good though!

niallb · 15-01-2021 1:34am

By the way, update your home assistants as soon as possible.
There's a security issue just announced. Only affects a small set of users, but worth bringing it up to date.

Spocker · 15-01-2021 1:39am

niallb wrote: »

By the way, update your home assistants as soon as possible.
There's a security issue just announced. Only affects a small set of users, but worth bringing it up to date.

Relevant info: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/01/14/security-bulletin/

acork · 26-01-2021 7:59pm

Metric Tensor wrote: »

When I outgrew the Raspberry Pi I bought an Intel NUC. Have docker on it now and can use it for all sorts of other things as well as running HA.

You'd get a second hand NUC with HD, wifi and ethernet already installed for not much more money and in my opinion it would be a lot more versatile and more powerful. The downside is that it will use slightly more electricity.

I found NUCs expensive and got an Asus PN50 instead. Cost me ca. 300 euro as I had RAM sticks lying around.

Runs NextCloud, Home Assistant, lots of Docker containers and Netflix on a 4K TV.

I will never buy a tower PC again - this mini PC fits on your palm and uses 10-15W max.

degsie · 26-01-2021 8:27pm

acork wrote: »

I found NUCs expensive and got an Asus PN50 instead. Cost me ca. 300 euro as I had RAM sticks lying around.

Runs NextCloud, Home Assistant, lots of Docker containers and Netflix on a 4K TV.

I will never buy a tower PC again - this mini PC fits on your palm and uses 10-15W max.

Where did you get it for that price?

acork · 27-01-2021 10:21am

degsie wrote: »

Where did you get it for that price?

On Amazon before the Brexit, Ryzen 5.

Metric Tensor · 01-02-2021 4:49pm

acork wrote: »

I found NUCs expensive and got an Asus PN50 instead. Cost me ca. 300 euro as I had RAM sticks lying around.

Runs NextCloud, Home Assistant, lots of Docker containers and Netflix on a 4K TV.

I will never buy a tower PC again - this mini PC fits on your palm and uses 10-15W max.

The NUCs were pricey when I was looking too but I got a good black friday discount on an already discounted amazon warehouse one so it wasn't too bad. This was back when amazon actually discounted things people wanted rather than tat from ali express

mcgovern · 05-02-2021 10:00am

My Hassio installation seems to be broken and only solution is to re-install.
Does anything know what files I'd need to copy to keep my automations etc? Just everything from the config folder maybe?

emaherx · 05-02-2021 11:55am

mcgovern wrote: »

My Hassio installation seems to be broken and only solution is to re-install.
Does anything know what files I'd need to copy to keep my automations etc? Just everything from the config folder maybe?

Everything from the config folder would be a good start. You will probably still be missing your Lovelace config though.

Had you made any snapshots? As they would contain all you need to recover.

mcgovern · 05-02-2021 1:03pm

No snapshots, I'm pretty terrible at anything related to backup.
Not worried about Lovelace as I didn't do much with it.
Thanks!

emaherx · 05-02-2021 1:12pm

mcgovern wrote: »

No snapshots, I'm pretty terrible at anything related to backup.
Not worried about Lovelace as I didn't do much with it.
Thanks!

Well apart from Lovelace, I think everything else like automations, configurations and even any custom components should be in the config folder if you can still access it.

If you can do the new build on a new SD it may leave you with the option of trying to recover anything else that you find you are missing from the fresh install.

WEST · 05-02-2021 2:46pm

mcgovern wrote: »

No snapshots, I'm pretty terrible at anything related to backup.
Not worried about Lovelace as I didn't do much with it.
Thanks!

There is an addon called 'Google Drive Backup' which will automate backups for you. More info can be found at: https://github.com/sabeechen/hassio-google-drive-backup

comete · 23-03-2021 9:43am

Got the keys to a new house yesterday which presents the opportunity to start all over with my smart home ecosystem.

Will of course use homeassistant to manage everything, but are there any preferred smart doorbells? Had a ring doorbell in the previous house as there was no wiring for a doorbell and we needed the battery. It was fine, but we now have existing wiring for a doorbell which opens up more possibilities. Does nest integrate well into HA? The intention is to use the native doorbell app for viewing notifications etc, but using the exposed sensors to trigger other automations in HA.

We would also like to get a smart thermostat, any recommendations on this?

Grassey · 23-03-2021 9:47am

I'm using a ring2 which is grand so far in HA and it could use the existing wring without any further messing about, and some cheap stats you can get on Aliexpress/Amazon [brand is MOESHOUSE but they are all similar, use the TUYA/SMARTLIFE app], and add to google home, and then get picked up in HA.

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