Home Assistant: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 2:09 PM UTC

balloob wrote: post #16

Klathmon wrote: post #6

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Not only that, but Home Assistant is by far my favorite example of a well run "crowd run" open source project. There's no big company bankrolling it (well there kinda is since ubiquiti hired the creator, but not to the same extent something like Chromium is just google), there are a HUGE number of committers, and the structure encourages people to maintain and improve their own contributions via 3rd party packages. T…

Thank you, really appreciate this kind of feedback :) I store these kind comments in my notes and whenever people are asses online, I always go through the stored notes to know why we do what we do.

Post by beagle3 » Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 2:09 PM UTC

Klathmon wrote: post #12

Djvacto wrote: post #5

I have a raspberry pi where I installed Home Assistant a few months ago when I moved into my new home. I did a little bit of messing with it, but stopped while waiting to have more devices that could communicate with it. What are some of the more useful things people have found they are able to accomplish with this, and what was the best way to go about them? Ideas I currently am toying with: presence sensors to turn…

some of the stuff i've wired up around my house: * zwave motion sensors that can turn on the stairs lights at night when I start to walk down * door/window sensors that will automatically turn the AC off if they are open for more than a minute. * several methods of presence detection for anyone in the house, and ensuring the doors are locked, lights out, and garage doors down if nobody is home (after an announcement…

Post by gypsysoul » Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

balloob wrote: post #7

Founder of Home Assistant here. Happy to answer any questions.

Post by Klathmon » Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

davidu wrote: post #17

Klathmon wrote: post #6

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Not only that, but Home Assistant is by far my favorite example of a well run "crowd run" open source project. There's no big company bankrolling it (well there kinda is since ubiquiti hired the creator, but not to the same extent something like Chromium is just google), there are a HUGE number of committers, and the structure encourages people to maintain and improve their own contributions via 3rd party packages. T…

Agreed 100%. I think a lot of the credit goes to @balloob (Paulus Schoutsen).

Post by Klathmon » Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 2:13 PM UTC

beagle3 wrote: post #23

Klathmon wrote: post #12

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some of the stuff i've wired up around my house: * zwave motion sensors that can turn on the stairs lights at night when I start to walk down * door/window sensors that will automatically turn the AC off if they are open for more than a minute. * several methods of presence detection for anyone in the house, and ensuring the doors are locked, lights out, and garage doors down if nobody is home (after an announcement…

Where do you buy your sensors, and which ones do you use? Sounds like they are all over the place so they need power and wireless (or a lot of cabling....)