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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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Post by silasb »

luma wrote: post #162
flatfilefan wrote: post #102

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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.

I've developed a open hardware 3d printable LCD touchscreen which uses WiFi+MQTT to interact with Home Assistant which fits into a standard wall panel which you can find here: https://github.com/aderusha/HASwitchPlate This still requires Home Assistant to be running somewhere else on the network and uses an ESP8266 instead of a Pi for several reasons, but it might help you out on your use case.

Wow that is awesome. Good work!

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

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Post by cdcarter »

mike-cardwell wrote: post #128
vonseel wrote: post #118

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Built into the Hue app, but I bet it was fun to code :)

Some basic bash scripting and a cron job. Can I control a Hue light bulb with some basic bash scripting and a cron job? Can I do it without calling out to some Internet based web service?

Yes, the Hue hub will expose a local internal REST API where you can easily GET the status of your bulbs and POST updates, and really do anything the Hue app can.

You just curl to your hub and everything...works.

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

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Post by stereo »

alkonaut wrote: post #150
dbm5 wrote: post #90

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While I understand your skepticism, there are a few use cases for which I use HA which would be either painful manually, or would require alternate devices such as timers/etc: 1 - outside lights - various lights which light our home's pathway or areas we prefer to have lit at night come on automatically at sundown and turn off at sun-up. 2 - scenes; with HA, we can click one button - a switch with scene control in ou…

Tried to get a single outside light automated through a z-wave gaget hidden behind the switch. Endless hours later the thing is still either working intermittently or not at all. Even with the nodes in the network right next to each other the network is fragile as hell. I just can't believe how expensive z-wave things can be so much worse than the old 433mhz things that have been around for ages. I finally gave up an…

You’re probably using one of those cheap USB z-wave stick. Attaching it to a USB extension will improve reception significantly. You can also try changing the angle of the stick.

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

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Post by alkonaut »

stereo wrote: post #174
alkonaut wrote: post #150

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Tried to get a single outside light automated through a z-wave gaget hidden behind the switch. Endless hours later the thing is still either working intermittently or not at all. Even with the nodes in the network right next to each other the network is fragile as hell. I just can't believe how expensive z-wave things can be so much worse than the old 433mhz things that have been around for ages. I finally gave up an…

You’re probably using one of those cheap USB z-wave stick. Attaching it to a USB extension will improve reception significantly. You can also try changing the angle of the stick.

Definitely a regular z-stick yes. I don't think it's the problem though, because it reliably switches an external wall socket plug I use for testing. Just not the recessed switch I need it to manage...

I think the problem is that the switch itself is too weak in signal, and sits built into the wall. The z-stick doesn't reliably switch it even if I have it inches from the switch.

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Post by jeena »

sokoloff wrote: post #169
jeena wrote: post #125

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I don't have a external screen and http://hassio.local:8123/ says 'Server not found', because my network is a bit special. Therefor I connected via serial to the rp and now it asks me for a username and password which I can't find. Would you care sharing this?

I'm not a Hass user, but recommend you try user pi with password raspberry. (That's an RPi standard of sorts.)

I tried that but it's not it, this is default for raspbian I guess, the hassio people use Yocto to create a custom linux distribution, I guess I'll need to check out the yocto layers if I can find which password is used.

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

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Post by kipdotcom »

balloob wrote: 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/

Hey Baloob. Will you be implementing access control levels anytime soon?
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