I just wanted to post how impressed I am with both HA and MSR. I really don't see that Ezlo have a chance in hell.
I noticed that my Virtual HA instance was killing my machine's performance, so decided that my project for the weekend would be a stand alone Raspberry Pi instance. Less than an hour to install, restore and configure both HA and MSR and it all just works. Thanks to everyone that contributes to these fabulous projects. Especially our own @toggledbits for the amazing work that is the new Reactor!
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Very impressed by Harmony hub on HA. Seems to suck all of my network goodness in 🙂
One thing I'm not clear on is how to send individual commands. Specifically I'd like to send volume commands to my TV via MSR. I've got as far as:
<edit?> There should be a screen capture here, but I'm getting a Parse error 😞
@DesT ....
Suggestions for values to turn the volume down on my TV, or pointers as to where to look?
TIA
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Domoticz (used for zigbee integration) have been bothering me so much that i've been looking at HomeAssistant to replace it. Now that Z-way is moving in with an integration, its even more tempting..
But i don't like the idea of having it as an OS that I can't use for other things, and running the HASS Core in a docker seems to be somewhat reduced in terms of addons?
I realize that HASSOS is using docker for integrations or addons, but can I still use docker compose to set up my own dockers (i.e z-way, influx, grafana) there as well?
I guess i'm getting old, change is difficult! 😉
I've just started to look at HASS UI, and have seen enough to see that it has an infinite number of ways to show enitites and devices in all forms and shapes.. But for starters i'd like to have something familiar, so how do i go about getting a sidebar for rooms like in openluup?
I know i can put them in the actual left sidebar, but i'd prefer to keep that for configuration pages..
on each room page i'd like to sort the lights, the heaters, the sensors together, and i saw somewhere that HASS will do that for you if you play your cards (pun) right.. can't find it again now..
Any pointers to a beginner?
Relates to Vera integration in Home Assistant
Just for you to be aware.
If you are using plugs (or whatever) in Vera to measure energy for your appliances this is deprecated in 2022.4.0 since the HA integration to Vera is not updated and maintained anymore.
2022.3.8:
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2022.4.3:
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Time to move away from Vera for z-wave ...
Link to HA thread:
Update 2022.4.0/ Remove energy usage/ VERA
Update 2022.4.0/ Remove energy usage/ VERA
Yes, it can truly be a hard time to keep up with all the changes and sadly that no one maintains Vera no more. The REST sensor can make it live a bit longer at least for now… sensor: - platform: rest name: "ender_kwh" resource: http://IP_OF_VERA:3480...
I've integrated Reactor and Z-Way Expert panel in my HA UI, but as it is iFrame, it will not work if I log in from the outside.
It would be great to access these in case my wife finds an automation flaw while I'm elsewhere, which seems to be the rule of thumb..
If I understand this right, all the dockers(reactor, z-way) host their own web server on the port, so it should be possible to get this throuh the HA "tunnel"(VPN or whatever its called)?
I noticed that my Octoprint camera is integrated differently, and can be seen on external connection as well even if i only give it a local address in setup?
(Not sure it's the right HA bridge but....)
I have a selection of HA bridge devices to enable Alexa integration. They all work perfectly except one that has just (48 hours) started saying that it's un responsive with Alexa. If I go to the HA bridge and test on / test off it works absolutely perfectly.
I've deleted and renamed from the Alexa App but no change. Simply says 'Device Un-responsive'
Any thoughts?
TIA
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Hello,
I am currently running Home Assistant and Vera at the same time. I have installed a couple of ZEN32 5 button controllers but having issues getting the additional buttons to control my Vera devices. Am using the ZEN32 (Z-wave JS) blueprint which works well for devices on HASS. In developer tools I can use the Light:Toggle service and toggle my kitchen light through Vera. If I create the same action through the ZEN blueprint it doesn't work.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Roger
Hi!
Since a couple of days, I'm not able to use the TTS in MSR (HA). I haven't done anything else but updated HA. Don't know if that's the source of the problem. Have this happened to anyone else, or is it just me?
When I searched in the HA community, there seems to be a croud of people having this issue - but they often refers to Alexa, so they may not have my problems.
I took a snapshot of a MSR instance, where it shows that the TTS is missing. I use to have 4 different TTS engines to choose from - now I have none. Am I alone in this?
Hi!
I have had big troubles connecting HA to MSR. Finally I found out that MSR will work as long as my HA-installation is http, and not https.
Is it possible to bypass that limitation even with https?
Opening a thread to discuss updates to my home assistant fork.
GitHub - rafale77/core: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
GitHub - rafale77/core: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first - GitHub - rafale77/core: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first
I am trying to keep it on par with the official one but have made quite a few tweaks focused on video handling and processing. Home Assistant being developed on python is a great base for integration of machine learning and deep learning models into smarthomes because it is one of the most common languages used in the field.
As of today, I updated the readme file and the version to match the latest official release.
Most of my spoken commands to Alexa go something like this:
"Alexa, time for bed"at which point she executes a pre-planned Routine (triggered by that spoken phrase). The routine may turn On a virtual switch (named, say, "VS: Time for Bed" on my Vera Plus, but known to the Alexa Smart Home skill as "Time for Bed" just to keep my sanity).
The VS is a child device of Switchboard plug-in (by @toggledbits ) and acts as a binary (On/Off) light switch. Typically, I'll instruct Reactor to turn the switch back off -- or, more commonly, have it set to turn itself back off after NN seconds in the Switchboard UI. In other words, it's just a brief Trigger for a Reactor routine or Vera scene.
Now, here's my question: In order to avoid creating dozens of virtual switches -- one for each Routine / Scene -- has anyone tried using a DIMMER instead?
Seems to me that a dimming device, since it can be set to 100 different "brightness levels", could trigger 100 different responses in Reactor. But I'm hesitant to try this arrangement until I know others have had success, and that the faux "dimming" process won't inadvertently trigger intermediate values (e.g. "ramping") along the way.
Eager to hear if this alternative workflow makes sense and is practical, insofar as "Binary" and "Dimmer" seem to be the only switch types that Vera allows Alexa to "see" on Discovery.
Thanks! - Libra
Nabu Casa has acquired ESPHome
Nabu Casa has acquired ESPHome
Nabu Casa has acquired ESPHome to ensure that the project can continue to flourish as a free and open source project.
They are moving fast...
Franck Nijhof / Mar 2, 2021
2021.3: My Oh My
2021.3: My Oh My
Introducing My Home Assistant, a new UI for service calls, 100% Fans, Z-Wave JS updates and Supervisor updates.
TTS gone in HA/MSR?
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Hi!
Since a couple of days, I'm not able to use the TTS in MSR (HA). I haven't done anything else but updated HA. Don't know if that's the source of the problem. Have this happened to anyone else, or is it just me?
When I searched in the HA community, there seems to be a croud of people having this issue - but they often refers to Alexa, so they may not have my problems.I took a snapshot of a MSR instance, where it shows that the TTS is missing. I use to have 4 different TTS engines to choose from - now I have none. Am I alone in this?
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Mine is working fine. You don't give any versions of anything, and that's always helpful, especially when you are asking questions in the context of having just upgraded something in your environment from one version to another. You don't say if you've tried launching the action from the Home Assistant UI, which is also a good starting point. You didn't mention if you've restarted MSR after upgrading Home Assistant, which is also a good idea (read: required).
Any problem like this, your first job is to make sure the service is working at all on the hub/platform. Then work toward MSR from there.
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@toggledbits
My bad. It's working fine in HA (2021.8.6), when I launch it from "Developer Tools" - "Service", but not in MSR (latest-21221-4a447cb). I have restarted MSR and did a hard refresh in the browser, Chrome (Version 92.0.4515.131). I tried both the Windows bare metal installation and on my Home Assistant blue (Odroid). Same result. I first thought it was a fault in HA, but it must be something with MSR. -
I'm not having any issues with TTS on 2021.8.6, either Google or Microsoft as the engine.
Have you checked the entity ID, and that the canoncal entity ID of your media player matches what you've put into
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@toggledbits
Whoops... I forgot that when I updated the last time, I didn't copy my edited my local_hass_devices.yaml. Now I've taken my old edited copy, and now it works! Thanks once again! Sorry for the inconvenience.
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When you upgrade, you don't need to create entire new directories and structures. Just unzip the package files over the existing directory. The release package does not include the
storageorconfigorlogsdirectories, so these will not be overwritten and thus preserved. The only thing recommended beyond that is to runnpm upgrade --no-save(but I usually announce when that is required, otherwise, it's optional). -
By the way, I would also note that 2021.8.6 is not a currently supported version of Hass, and you probably have a warning about that in the UI. There may be other issues, since breaking changes to their APIs are not unusual.
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@toggledbits do you recommend us to wait with the HA upgrades in the future? Until it's supported by MSR?
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Any time you upgrade to a version that isn't supported, you run the risk that a change to the Home Assistant APIs won't be handled properly by the HassController class in MSR. In the last six months, there have been two changes that have changed their API significantly enough to cause issue, and in one of those two cases, it was total shutdown.
