Open Source
Home-Assistant.io is open-source, which means it’s free to use and has a large community of contributors continuously improving it.
Local Control
It allows for local control, giving users data privacy and reducing dependence on external servers.
Customization
Highly customizable through add-ons and integrations, enabling users to tailor their setup to their specific needs.
Wide Range of Integrations
Supports a vast number of integrations with different smart home devices and services, enhancing compatibility.
Active Community
A very active user community that provides support, shares configurations, and contributes to the platform’s development.
* Home Assistant (https://home-assistant.io/) – with USB passthrough of USB stick to read out my digital electricity/gas meters, Zigbee and Z-Wave.
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4 months ago
HA is Home Assistant. You should check it out. Mushroom is an add on to HA’s interface that adds sone different style “cards” than what it comes with.
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about 1 year ago
Yes, there’s Home Assistant that can work completely off-line. You can find multitude tutorials on youtube on how to set it up, even using cheap solutions like Raspberry PI.
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over 1 year ago
I’m going to suggest- you ever heard of Home Assistant? It’s a really useful home automation tool you could integrate with weather and clock on a dashboard. As well, you could use it to control smart devices.
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over 1 year ago
As for the “what is playing” detection on my google minis. This is done with “https://home-assistant.io/”.
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over 1 year ago
The method that seems to work most reliability with all devices and all ecosystems is a Zigbee2MQTT software hub running on a computer alongside Home Assistant. The Z2M project has a list of compatible USB dongles which are typically around $20-30 (The Sonoff being a good one) but you still need a server (i.e. a small computer like a thin client or raspberry pi) and install and configure the software, so this…
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over 1 year ago
When I first started using Home Assistant, I was running it on raspbian (supervised), and later HassOS on that same Pi. Eventually, I got myself an intel NUC (8i5BEH) and went with a Docker install of Home Assistant, largely because I wanted to learn more about Docker.
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over 1 year ago
And to clarify not Google Home Assistant. https://home-assistant.io.
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over 1 year ago
Might be something that Home Assistant (https://home-assistant.io) can see and integrate.
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over 1 year ago
If you are a tech person, definitely take a look at HomeAssistant! Get notifications to your phone and off course, remotely control the system as well. here’s an easy guideto get started for HA as an alarm system to get familiar with how HA works. add more devices such as cameras, fire, water leaks, whatever later.
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over 1 year ago
Https://home-assistant.io is the answer to all your problems (and possibly the source of new, even more complex ones).
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over 1 year ago
I use Home Assistant https://home-assistant.io/ for any automations I want with my lights.
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almost 2 years ago
If you have it already or would be fine with setting it up, a smart home system could really help you out here. I personally run Home Assistant. A couple of apartments ago I used it in combination with a smart bulb to trigger a simulated sunset 15 minutes before my alarm went off. The bulb would slowly go from a weak red light to a bright white-ish light over the course of 15 minutes, and then my alarm would go…
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almost 2 years ago
I use a PI running home-assistant.io and either using a Z-wave dongle or hardwired, you can use a temperature sensor that is monitored by the PI that will turn on/off the heater from user selected setpoints. that can be a dial on your HA screen. If you get the app (~$5 a month) you can see and manage your entire home IoT network. Great Stuff!
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almost 2 years ago
So I’m able to do this with a UniFi G4 instant connected to USG Pro. I get the HomeKit integration from HomeBridge in HomeAssistant.
Https://ubnt.com
Https://home-assistant.io.
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almost 2 years ago
Yes, I’ve done that. Check https://home-assistant.io and r/Homeassistant. Rest is up to your Google magic.
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about 2 years ago
In regards to cameras, I’d recommend wired cameras (that is, they’re powered through mains power, not from battery). I say this because my two battery powered cameras (both Swann SWWHD-INTCAM) take about 5-15 seconds to boot up when you want to look at the live feed, even when they’re on charge. Not really a deal breaker for most people, but it’s frustrating having to wait through “Device is waking, please wait..”…
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about 2 years ago
Did you know that nginx is the preferred reverse-proxy setup for Home-Assistant? However, the community typically gets by with community created tutorials like this one.
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about 2 years ago
The only ones I’ve found are Wi-Fi unfortunately. I guess maybe I can use home-assistant.io though and try to find hub-based solutions.
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about 2 years ago
If you only have a handful of devices and don’t want the headache of redesigning your network. A single subnet flat network is perfectly fine. Just harder to control. Personally I run a lot of servers at home like Home Assistant and also have a lot of IoT devices and cameras we don’t want talking to the internet.
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over 2 years ago
First I have DHCP give out The DNS of an internet AdGuard server I have running inside Home Assistant. It does initial checks and filters most stuff before going to the Firewalla. I usually get about 5-10% of all traffic blocked there.
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over 2 years ago
