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Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

It's weird that you guys with a open source project don't have a IRC chanel, at least I couldn't find one on https://home-assistant.io/help/

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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post #12

Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

Did you guys consider distributing reference 3D printing designs to accommodate the Raspberry Pi at home. For example replacing a wall light switch? The wall niche for the Pi+ switch is a perfect place because it supplies electricity and is already reserved for a human interface.

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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post #12

Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

Hass.io? In case you don't know, hass means hatred in German.

When you ask geeks to name a product the result might resemble marketeers engineering it.

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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Is anyone else here completely confused at how much hype there is around automated light management systems? I don’t get it. Is it really that hard to turn on and off lights manually that people really need all this stuff? What am I not getting?

I installed extra lighting temporarily in the corner of my garage/shop. By using a zwave outlet controller, zwave light switch, and Home assistant, in about 10 minutes I could turn those lights on or off with the main lights without having to rewire my garage. When I’m done with my project I can simply take the lights down or move them around the garage without changing any wiring. It’s simple and convenient.

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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Is anyone else here completely confused at how much hype there is around automated light management systems? I don’t get it. Is it really that hard to turn on and off lights manually that people really need all this stuff? What am I not getting?

I don't get why people are all excited about pushing buttons on a machine to write. Is it so hard to carve stuff into a stone tablet? Help me out here.

(Seriously, I use a nanoleaf aurora to make a nice sunrise to wake up to, and it also acts as a clock and part of it lights up red if any of my servers are down. I'm pretty excited about open HA.)

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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post #12

Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

Are there any plans to improve the integration with openzwave?

Currently, there is not much feedback available to the API when adding/removing nodes except for viewing the openzwave log files and comparing state lists before and after.

Also, are there any plans to provide hot reloading of config files, instead of having to reset hass? Large zwave networks can take 10mins+ stabilise after a reset.

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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post #101
post #12

Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

It's weird that you guys with a open source project don't have a IRC chanel, at least I couldn't find one on https://home-assistant.io/help/

We are on Discord which has a better experience for our users https://discord.gg/c5DvZ4e

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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post #12

Founder of Home Assistant here. If anyone has any questions, let me know! Besides being able to install it as a Python package on Python 3, you can also install it using our Hass.io OS. Based on ResinOS and powered by Docker, it offers over the air updates and management of your device via the user interface: https://home-assistant.io/hassio/

Are there any plans to improve the integration with openzwave? Currently, there is not much feedback available to the API when adding/removing nodes except for viewing the openzwave log files and comparing state lists before and after. Also, are there any plans to provide hot reloading of config files, instead of having to reset hass? Large zwave networks can take 10mins+ stabilise after a reset.

Contributions to improve Open Z-Wave integration are always welcome :)

We already allow reloading the most important pieces of configuration: groups, scripts and automation.

Re: Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any plans to improve the integration with openzwave? Currently, there is not much feedback available to the API when adding/removing nodes except for viewing the openzwave log files and comparing state lists before and after. Also, are there any plans to provide hot reloading of config files, instead of having to reset hass? Large zwave networks can take 10mins+ stabilise after a reset.

Contributions to improve Open Z-Wave integration are always welcome :) We already allow reloading the most important pieces of configuration: groups, scripts and automation.

You allow reloading, but that is not the same as hot reloading. Love your work btw.
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