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

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

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Post by sashManiac »

balloob wrote: post #37
Sjenk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it possible to combine this with snips.ai? So you have voice control on the device it self or run snips on another device and let it send commands to the home assistant device?

You can flash our operating system Hass.io[1] to a Raspberry Pi, install an MQTT broker and Snips via the Hass.io UI, connect a microphone and speaker to the Pi, upload your Snips assistant and you should be good to go. See the instructions [2] [1]: https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/ [2]: https://www.home-assistant.io/addons/snips/

This is really cool! Using a few snips integrations so will definitely check this out.

And if you want to connect a light for example, snips makes it quite easy for you via their documentation:

https://snips.gitbook.io/documentation/home-automation-platf...

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

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Post by selvakn »

jasonjayr wrote: post #35

I couldn't find this easily before, but are there docs for how to build a new device that would be Home Assistant-ready right away to facilitate easy integration? Most of the docs appear to be how to get existing devices managed by Home Assistant..

You can always leverage existing MQTT based components https://www.home-assistant.io/components/mqtt/, by making your component MQTT compatible.

Adding new component is also relatively straight forward. For ex, have a look at https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/ho... and other components. You implement couple of methods of existing traits, in this case, SwitchDevice.

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

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Post by gypsysoul »

balloob wrote: post #38
gypsysoul wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah curious to know too if Home Assistant is compatible with snips.ai? They're also heavy on privacy and essentially developed from the ground up with privacy being built into it BY design

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827484

Thank you! Snips is the bomb, been tinkering around with it past week or so and really enjoying it.

What are your thoughts / experiences towards snips? Anything cool I should try out

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

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Post by mendelk »

rtclauss wrote: post #19
mendelk wrote: post #13

Since there are eyes on this thread: Has anyone successfully linked their HA Cloud account with Alexa? I keep on getting "We were unable to link Home Assistant at this time."

I found the troubleshooting section really helpful, especially the part about exposing a single entry when linking with Alexa. Once I did that I successfully linked the two.

That didn't work for me :/

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

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Post by landcoctos »

roel_v wrote: post #39
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…

In addition to most of the things other people have reported above, I have: - Scripts that open/close curtains depending on sunset/sundown and whether we're on holiday (presence simulation) - My seedling box - it's an Ikea rack with styrofoam in which I have LED grow lights, a heating element and a fan to control temperature and which simulates different lighting conditions, to start seedlings and to do first ferment…

Hi. Can you provide details on the hardware and interfaces for the curtain setup?

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

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Post by cmsimike »

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…

My current favorite ones: - My GF is a bit forgetful and sometimes leaves her purse behind when leaving somewhere. I had an automation setup with an ibeacon in her purse and owntracks on her phone to detect when the purse is far away from her, and send me and her a notification

- i built a bed occupancy sensor so hass knows if we're in bed or not, and disables automations that would otherwise be annoying (mainly the motion-detected lights in the bedroom)

- i come home and say "hey snips, i'm home" which turns on the tv and sets kodi to a plugin that i tend to use.

- i have a snips.ai command (hey snips, let's party) which turns on my lifx bulbs and makes them change colors

- also whenever Eric Prydz comes on my living room kodi, those party lights come on

- i have an announcement go out over snips.ai tts when my 3d print starts (so i can go ensure the first few layers are good) and when the 3d print is done. I also have snips commands to tell me how much time is left on my 3d print job, and if the temperature of the nozzle spikes too high.

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

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Post by bear_in_mind »

mendelk wrote: post #13

Since there are eyes on this thread: Has anyone successfully linked their HA Cloud account with Alexa? I keep on getting "We were unable to link Home Assistant at this time."

Yikes Alexa - I'd navigate toward more secure solutions if I were you :P If you want a PA better solutions out there.

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

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Post by matharmin »

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…

The most useful one I've done is opening the garage door from my phone or Google Home (yes, anyone can stand outside my windows and open the door on voice command, but noone would know to do that), and notifying me when I left it open for 5 minutes. I used a Sonoff relay switch for this, coupled with custom firmware based on homie. A LOT of hours went into this, but it was also a lot of fun and learning.

I've also made temperature and other sensors using esp8266 boards, but that wasn't quite worth the time spent.

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

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Post by bear_in_mind »

gypsysoul wrote: post #43
balloob wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17827484

Thank you! Snips is the bomb, been tinkering around with it past week or so and really enjoying it. What are your thoughts / experiences towards snips? Anything cool I should try out

Depends on how experienced you are with raspberry Pi. Good to start with their more basic tutorials? Found this https://snips.gitbook.io/getting-started/

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

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Post by roel_v »

cmsimike wrote: post #46
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…

My current favorite ones: - My GF is a bit forgetful and sometimes leaves her purse behind when leaving somewhere. I had an automation setup with an ibeacon in her purse and owntracks on her phone to detect when the purse is far away from her, and send me and her a notification - i built a bed occupancy sensor so hass knows if we're in bed or not, and disables automations that would otherwise be annoying (mainly the…

"i built a bed occupancy sensor so hass knows if we're in bed or not,"

Do you use a pressure sensor or PIR for that?

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