I just moved from deCONZ to ZHA with the ConBeeII stickk I’ve used for years. After the move, almost everything (well, most lights at least) is extremely slow. When toggling them from the UI, ZigBee remote, or motion sensors, it can take several seconds to respond. Quite a few lights simply do not respond at all (though they appear in ZHA config).

I do have an AP in the same room, but using 2.4 GHz channel 1, and another AP on another floor on channel 7, while the ConBeeII stick is set to ZigBee Channel 25 (set in deCONZ ; since I can’t see option to change this in ZHA, I’m assuming that this has not changed?).

The usual tricks (for the occasional drop in deCONS) such as restarting control software or power cycling lights does not work for my ZHA install.

Any suggestions to avoid going back (and having to re-pair 60+ devices, and figure out which generic name is what device… again)?

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The title basically says it all, but here are a few details. On MacOS, I can see my Nest Doorbell camera, but can’t see my newer generation battery cameras (which are plugged in). The battery cameras just show a black screen (the same screen you get if you select “auto” instead of “live” view). All cameras work perfectly on iOS, Android, and even through the browser on the same laptop (Macbook Pro) that I’m using the MacOS app on. Anyone else run into this? Any fixes?

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i installed HA at my mom’s house for water leaks, CO, fire and various sensors. i get telegram if any sensor gets tripped. but sometimes i dont look at my phone. is there any way for her HA to talk to my HA so that i can see my lights blinking or siren go on?
so far, i can only think of via emails. HA mom send email. my HA listens to that email and turn on the siren. is there an even better way?

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Hi all,
I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what has gone wrong here. I’ve been running this setup for well over 2 years updating every time a new release is out. My install method is virtualenv, so I have everything packed up underneath my config and i’m able to move from one venv to the next. My OS is aging (debian bullseye), so I finally decided to begin migrating my setup to a docker install instead which should still be portable. I’m using the official docker image. Everything seems to work, except my caseta integration.

From the logs, I see

homeassistant    | Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                        
homeassistant    |   File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 327, in async_setup                                                 
homeassistant    |     result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)                                                                                
homeassistant    |   File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/lutron_caseta/__init__.py", line 117, in async_setup_entry                        
homeassistant    |     bridge = Smartbridge.create_tls(                                                                                                      
homeassistant    |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylutron_caseta/smartbridge.py", line 110, in create_tls                                   
homeassistant    |     ssl_context.load_verify_locations(ca_certs)                                                                                           
homeassistant    | FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory  

I have confirmed that the files are there, and the configuration has the correct paths to the files

bash-5.1# ls -al /app/support/lutron/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x    2 1001     1001          4096 Oct 29  2019 .
drwxr-xr-x    3 1001     1001          4096 Feb  6 19:50 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 1001     1001           790 Oct 29  2019 caseta-bridge.crt
-rw-r--r--    1 1001     1001          2149 Oct 29  2019 caseta.crt
-rw-r--r--    1 1001     1001          1704 Oct 29  2019 caseta.key

Relevant section of the config:

lutron_caseta:
  - host: 192.168.N.NN
    keyfile: /app/support/lutron/caseta.key
    certfile: /app/support/lutron/caseta.crt
    ca_certs: /app/support/lutron/caseta-bridge.crt

Again, this has been working for a very long time in a virtualenv install under my home directory, but now that i’m moving the install to docker, this is the only thing that does not work.

Anyone got any idea what’s wrong with this?

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Hi

I am following the floorplan example here - Floorplanner Home Example - Floorplan for Home Assistant and i am having some issues.

I have imported the svg, css and created the yaml as per the example (referring to my entities) and it works fine. However, when i use that over my own svg, when clicking on the room, the light switches on, but the room in the floorplan doesnt get brighter as in the example.

I have almost no idea about svg, but looking at the svg in the example, i have seen there is a layer on top of each room which makes it brighter or darker.

Is there any guide or something similar about how to do this? I just have the svg for my floorplan

Thanks

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I am looking to setup an automation that will basically turn on my tv (with a google tv) attached and open an iptv app linked to my tv tuner (which will start a channel). The trigger is a hue motion sensor. I have the automation working but i only want this to run in the morning only when i go into my kitchen before work. Whats the best way to only allow this automation run once a day?

cheers

id: '1643570261869'
alias: play tv in the kitchen in the morning when sensor sees me
description: ''
trigger:
  - type: motion
    platform: device
    device_id: 7a19b2c869a28edaf40ba6c0d0d1a925
    entity_id: binary_sensor.kitchen_sensor_motion
    domain: binary_sensor
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: '05:00:00'
    before: '09:30:00'
action:
  - service: remote.send_command
    data:
      device: kitchen tv
      command: power
    target:
      device_id: 1276592bc45474738b30066b2516c4f0
  - service: androidtv.adb_command
    data:
      command: am force-stop de.cyberdream.iptv.tv.player
    target:
      device_id: 1276592bc45474738b30066b2516c4f0
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 500
  - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      source: de.cyberdream.iptv.tv.player
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.kitchen_gtv
mode: restart

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If you’d like to hop straight to a Home Assistant survey and give some feedback, click to head over. There are ~15 questions total.

This survey will close at 11:59p Saturday 12-Feb-2022 Anywhere on Earth (~7a Eastern US Sunday)

Hello!

I’m a full time developer and graduate student collecting data regarding Home Assistant’s interface for a Human Computer Interaction study.

As a regular user of Home Assistant, I’ve chosen to focus on it’s interface in hopes that my research can help guide Home Assistant’s development and provide feedback for Nabu Casa. Home Assistant is focusing on Streamlining Experiences this year, and this is a great way to help the project along its journey.

Where do the results go?

They’ll be used as a part of my graduate coursework while compiled results will be shared with the Nabu Casa team go help inform their interface Home Assistant development. Results will not be used for any other purpose.

Are you affiliated with Nabu Casa?

Not directly, any questions are reflective of my own inquiries and are not reflective of Nabu Casa’s needs. I discussed questions and wording with Matthias de Baat of the HA UX team as part of the survey design, however Nabu Casa is not directly related to the survey creation or results.

How is my privacy protected?

Surveys are being collected through Georgia Tech’s Qualtrics service to limit the use of Google Forms and other larger collection services. No personally identifiable data is collected or stored. Your individual results are anonymous.

What’s the timeline?

There will be a follow up in a few weeks with mock interfaces following the feedback provided here. Results will be shared with the Home Assistant community pages and home automation subreddits prior to April ’22 as an open deadline, however results should be available and shared around the time of mock interface creation (~4 weeks). This post will be edited and link to any follow up content upon posting.

Why is this account new?

I’m intentionally keeping my personal accounts and names separate from this research activity and reached out to the Home Assistant team prior to posting. I hope you find the results of value.

Please feel free to message me directly if you have any comments. You can also contact me via the graduate email listed in the survey.

If that sounds s’well to you and you use Home Assistant, please take the survey. Your thoughts are appreciated.

–Max Burton

GaTech CS Grad Student

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I’m new to Home Assistant and discovered how to create light groups recently. My home office has eight can lights that I’ve added WiZ RGB WiFi bulbs to. I created a group for each of the four rows of lights, and then created a “All Office Lights” group that includes the four row groups.

Since upgrading to 2022.2, the automations (from an Aeotec Z-Wave Minimote) with the “All Office Lights” group has been extremely slow, taking over 10 seconds to complete. If I remove the row groups from the “All Office Lights” group and replace them with the individual lights, the response is instantaneous.

Going through the trace timeline, the Z-Wave signal from the Minimote is immediately received, but then there’s an almost always 10-second delay before the light changes on the nested “All Office Lights” group activates.

Any thoughts on why the nested group would be so slow in 2022.2? Am I doing something wrong?

Here’s what I have in configuration.yaml.

light:
  - platform: group
    name: Office Lights Row 1
    entities:
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_1
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_2
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_3
  - platform: group
    name: Office Lights Row 2
    entities:
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_4
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_5
  - platform: group
    name: Office Lights Row 3
    entities:
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_6
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_7
  - platform: group
    name: Office Lights Entry Way
    entities:
      - light.wizbulb_br30_basementoffice_8
  - platform: group
    name: All Office Lights
    entities:
      - light.office_lights_row_1
      - light.office_lights_row_2
      - light.office_lights_row_3
      - light.office_lights_entry_way

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Hi

when I install the new version 2022.2.1 or 2 or 3 my my google travel time don’t calculate.
I rollbacked to the last version where work 2021.12.9.
This configuration running well for years.

My configuration is:

Travel Time

• platform: google_travel_time
  api_key: *************************
  origin: person.fabio
  destination: sensor.cal_location
  name: Viaggio
  options:
  units: metric

person.fabio get the position from my phone.

 cal_location:
    value_template: '{{ states.calendar.*********************.attributes.location }}'
    friendly_name: 'Calendar Location'

Cal_location get the address from the location of the next meeting red from my google calendar.

What has changed in the new version?
I read all pages about release notes, but I haven’t found anything connected.

Thanks in advance.

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I am trying to get today’s sunset time to use in a TTS script to my Alexa device. If I use this code:

      sun_nextsunset:
        device_class: timestamp
        friendly_name: 'Next Sunset'
        value_template: >
          {{ as_timestamp(state_attr('sun.sun','next_setting')) | timestamp_local }}

I get the value of “February 8, 2022 5:21 PM”, I’m trying to get just the “5:21 PM” part. When I try this code I get an “Unknown” result:

sun_nextsunsettime:
        device_class: timestamp
        friendly_name: 'Next Sunset Time'
        value_template: >
          {{ as_timestamp(state_attr('sun.sun','next_setting')) | timestamp_custom('%I:%M %p') }}

I’m not sure if it’s typo, a formatting error, or me just not knowing what I’m doing. A nudge in the right direction would be appreciated.

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I’ve had energy monitoring set up for over a week now and it has been collecting data pretty well.

I came to the dashboard this evening to find that there are only 2 days of energy data, and no data for specific devices.

Additionally, specific device data is not being reported at all, even in the live view

Live:

Lost data:

No configuration issues in the dashboard:

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Hi. Is is possible to do the following in yaml in a blueprint

if (input_boolean.dimming==“off”) {
service: light.turn_off
target: my_light
data: {}
} else {
service: input_boolean.turn_off
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.dimming
data: {}
}

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hi,
i connected aotec gen5 via usb3 hub to rpi4 and set it as per doc… I also added power socked that i was able to control… i have no idea what happened (i tried to reboot etc) but now even i can see the device in the list and active i cant control it … Also once plugged it blinks to all the colors constantly… not sure if thats okay… but it worked and also was blinking like that…

not sure if thats correct to have both of these addonons in same time?

dmesg
2022-02-08T02:03:34.942Z CNTRLR [Node 002] The node is ready to be used
2022-02-08T02:03:34.943Z CNTRLR All nodes are ready to be used
2022-02-08 03:03:34.944 INFO ZWAVE: Controller status: Scan completed
2022-02-08 03:03:34.945 INFO ZWAVE: Network scan complete. Found: 2 nodes
2022-02-08T02:03:34.966Z CNTRLR « [Node 002] ping successful
2022-02-08 03:03:36.707 INFO ZWAVE: Next update scheduled for: Wed Feb 09 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)

zwavejs2mqtt log
[03:03:45] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant.
2022-02-08 03:04:41.320 INFO ZWAVE: Node 2: value updated: 50-0-value-65537 0.36 => 0.36
2022-02-08 03:04:41.341 INFO ZWAVE: Node 2: value updated: 50-0-value-66049 68.91 => 68.45
2022-02-08 03:04:41.368 INFO ZWAVE: Node 2: value updated: 50-0-value-66561 233.81 => 233.51
2022-02-08 03:04:41.397 INFO ZWAVE: Node 2: value updated: 50-0-value-66817 0.3 => 0.3

ha log

• 547778497456] Z-Wave error 202: Failed to send the message after 3 attempts (ZW0202)
• [547778484448] Z-Wave error 202: Failed to send the message after 3 attempts (ZW0202)
• [547777792944] Z-Wave error 202: Failed to send the message after 3 attempts (ZW0202)

OK I restarted

and it works now.

But that issue is still open:>

also i have that device > https://eurotronic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Air-Quality-Sensor-Z-Wave-Plus_BDA-Web.pdf
And frankly i cant link it with gen5 ; that documentation seems to me as nonsense, after holding button 10sec nothing happening

when i try to press button 3x within 1sec (CRAZY?) nothing …

any idea?

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I executed full back … which i can see there… .but if i click on backup it says
Creating a backup is not possible right now because the system is in freeze state.

in log >
22-02-08 03:46:10 INFO (MainThread) [supervisor.backups.manager] Found 21 backup files
22-02-08 03:46:11 INFO (MainThread) [supervisor.backups.manager] Found 21 backup files

thx

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I like my Aqara WSDCGQ11LM Zigbee sensors because they transmit based on data value changes rather than time but they don’t have a display. I also have the Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC temperature and humidity sensors with E-Ink display but I haven’t been able to get them to work reliably with ESP32 boards running Tasmota not to mention that getting BLE everywhere in the house is way more difficult than Zigbee.

So has anyone found humidity/temperature Zigbee sensors with E-Ink display that they like? There are some in the Z2M supported devices list but no reviews to speak of.

Thanks

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Hi
Does anyone know how to paste and replace the same word in card code editor.

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HA 2022.2.3. (also tried in 2022.2.1)
I created a timer in the UI at /config/helpers.

There is one automation which should fire an event to start it. From the UI editor:

event: timer.lab_light_timer.start
event_data: {}

and another automation which should be triggered by timer expiry. UI editor:

platform: event
event_type: timer.lab_light_timer.finished

The automations also turn a light on an off.
I have made the timer visible in my dashboard.

1. the dashboard shows that when triggered, the timer does not start, but the light turns on.
2. When I start the timer from the dashboard, I can see it counting down but on expiry, the light does not turn off.

Can someone please confirm if this is an issue or if I do something wrong?

I could not find the timer code anywhere in the host’s config folder, so I deleted the timer from the UI and re-created it in configuration.yaml:

timer:
  lab_light_timer:
    duration: "00:01:00"

It did not make any difference.

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Hey all - Haven’t had much luck finding anything to help me with this.

I have a Victron inverter which through MODBUS gives me the state it is in via a number which corresponds to what it is doing. I’d like to convert that number output to the appropriate text to display in lovelace.

Can this be done in the lovelace entity yaml? or can I do it within the sensor before it gets to the lovelace point?

Conditional entity cards are not what I’m after, the sensor is with other sensors on a entity card.

Thanks

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I recently purchased quite of few GE Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Smart Dimmer (Model 46203) after struggling to find a good zwave dimmer switch. The switch itself works great (especially after configuring minimum and maximum values. However, the dimmer functionality in HA does not work.

I noticed after adding the device that the Dimmer was a disabled entity (see pictures below). Any idea why that would be? I can enable the entity and I get a slider, but it has no impact on the dimming of the lights.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is my first device to add to HA (so a little disappointed in how it’s going). But, more importantly, I need to know if I need to return this switches and look elsewhere.

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Getting error in ZigBee configuration following upgrade from HA OS 7.2 to 7.3 + Core 2022.2.2 to 2022.2.3:

Retrying setup: [Errno 2] could not open port /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_HubZ_Smart_Home_Controller_C1301E19-if01-port0: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_HubZ_Smart_Home_Controller_C1301E19-if01-port0’

All ZigBee devices down under…

HubZ Smart Home Controller - HubZ ZigBee Com Port, s/n: C130xxxxx - Silicon Labs

Zigbee Home Automation

Please advise…
Shawn

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