How to use if/else statements to calculate values?
I have an ESP8266-based air quality monitor sending PM2.5 data to my home assistant instance. I found the Arduino code to calculate US AQI, but I would like to understand how to do this with a...
View ArticleTrying to setup SmartThings for the first time, but requires webhook?
Hi all, I am new to Home Assistant. So it seems integrating SmartThings to HA isn’t as easy as expected. It requires to setup a webhook. I followed the document on HA site but it’s not really helpful....
View ArticleNeed check for a chronic issue please
I have a Salt Water Chlorinator for my pool. When the filter or leaf baskets start getting clogged, it requires the filter to be cleaned otherwise the flow through the chlorinator slows to the point...
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Alexa Skill to display Lovelace dashboards on Echo Show
Hi everyone, I was recently looking for a way to display Lovelace dashboards on my Echo Show 8. My first attempt was to use the Silk browser, which can be opened by saying “Alexa, open Silk”. Because...
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Home Assistant Cast - Custom Icons
While casting views to my Google Home Display, my custom icons are not being displayed. I have Font Awesome installed through HACS as well as Font Awesome Pro icons added to the custom_icons directory...
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Z2M - Aqara D1 Switch 3 bands
This is a blueprint for the Xiaomi Aqara D1 - 3 band wall switch Get Started Option 1: Import into Home assistant automatically Option 2: Import manually Copy the link and import it to homeassistant...
View ArticleLog fails please help
I’m new to HA what does this mean? and what can i do to fix it Logger: homeassistant.config Source: components/blueprint/models.py:259 First occurred: 00.00.02 (25 occurrences) Last logged: 00.02.18...
View ArticleInclude Average Sea Level Pressure in Pressure Lovelace Cards
I would like to include a horizontal line showing the average sea level pressure in my pressure lovelace cards. Thus I am able to see whether we are in a high or low pressure weather condition. One...
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Problem installing Sonoff Zigbee Dongle 3.0 with Mosquito+ Zigbee2MQTT -...
Been having loads of issues trying to install a flashed Sonoff Zigbee Dongle 3.0 with Mosquito broker and Zigbee2MQTT Followed Mark’s video, flashed the dongle with the latest firmware using Flash...
View ArticleWhy isn’t this simple automation working
After a bunch of effort (and asking questions here), I got my new, test Home Assistant system up and running with ESPHome. Once HA was working, I could toggle the SOnOff S20 from the website, I then...
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Swapped Labels in Xiaomi Weather Sensor
I have two Xiaomi weather sensors and one of them is showing weird swapped label when adding it to a lovelace card. How am I able to reset it? It’s only the text, the icons match the values. This is...
View ArticleHow to Expose a Light as a Switch/Outlet in HomeKit Integration?
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to expose my Govee LED light strips to HomeKit as switches/outlets, instead of lights. I have them both set to presets that I would like to keep them on,...
View ArticleEntity Filter Card Configuration
I have an Entity Filter card with many entities. Among them is this (which works): - entity: lock.mudroom state_filter: - unlocked However, I want to display this only from 11PM to 10AM, with a...
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RESTful Sensor - what if it fails?
Home Assistant RESTful Sensor Instructions on how to integrate REST sensors into Home Assistant. I hoped to get feedback if the source is not available, but even force_update just updates the last...
View ArticlePassing variables from automation to script - not working as expected
Hi all, I used the following automation to pass a variable to a script: - alias: 'ESP32 MQTT holding button 0' trigger: platform: mqtt topic: esp32/button_hold_0 payload: "on" action: - choose: -...
View ArticleAlerting on rolling energy usage in IotaWatt by time period
I am trying to use Home Assistant, integrated with IotaWatt, to alert me when certain sensors draw more or less power than expected in a given time frame. For example, alert me when the well has drawn...
View ArticleHome Assistant Container not starting - Could not parse JSON file in .storage
Hello there, I’m running Home Assistant using a Docker container in OpenWRT arm64 (OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r18913-b0d5939b80 Linux OpenWRT-RPi 5.10.100 #0 SMP Sat Feb 19 18:34:18 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux) from...
View ArticleAdd valve level to history/logbook of climate entity
Hey, when I click on the details on my radiator valve entities (of type climate) I can see the data curves: target temp, current temp and heating. While I wasn’t able to observe any data for the...
View ArticleHow to save the from value in a variable
Hey, I need some advice how to save from state in automation into a variable (I have already created a variable)? I’m using a state trigger (from, to) and I would like to store the state before the...
View ArticleMercator Power Point - Power usage in the billions!
Just added to my Mercator (Mercator White Smart Zigbee Isaac Double Outlet Power Point) setup a whole bunch of their smart power points. All seems well (not officially supported but pairs, reports in...
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