How to trigger an automation based on a license plate
I followed this tutorial to get license plate recognition in HA. It worked great, I got it to read my plate. But how can I trigger an automation based on the plate reading? for example, if HA sees the...
View ArticleChange name of state for badges
The state is not shown nicely for persons at home: “Zu Hau…” I would rather have a short alias for this. How can I do this? Alternatively, how can I make the text bar longer? 1 post - 1 participant...
View ArticleRemove Value from input_number
Hello everyone, I have an entitie input_number like shown below. input_number: gas_meter_reading: name: Gas Meter Reading mode: box unit_of_measurement: m3 min: 0 max: 99999 step: 1 With this...
View ArticleHow to delete sensor entity that was defined in the configuration.yaml before?
I was playing around for a bit with the configuration.yaml and created some custom sensors. After i removed them from the configuration.yaml they are still listed as entities. I cannot delete them,...
View ArticleHistory strange behaviour
Hello! After X days i lost 3/4 entities in history (total 10 entities)… i have to to restart HA and history comes normal. I’m using last HA version, only 10 entities in history and recorder. This is...
View ArticleH2 Play Media in random order?
I would like to create a script that starts playing a playlist in random order. So I use “Play Media”, select a media player, then Sonos, and then a playlist. The only problem is that the order isn’t...
View ArticleAutomation with various conditions
Hello Everyone, I need some help to finish an automation. I have a motion sensor that turns on my bathroom light. I had it to set a low light between 1-6 am and full-strength any other time. It then...
View ArticleHeatit Z-TRM3 Device Documentation
Hi, I just installed a Heatit Z-TRM3 thermostat which I try to configure. It shows up nicely, but I would like to know excactly what is measured by the different sensors Air temperature (2), Air...
View ArticleHelp with automation for outside lights
This is my automation for my outside lights. The dashboard says they are on but they are not. If I go to the dashboard turn them off then back on then they come on… Not sure what I missed here. It...
View ArticleSafe mode suddenly activated after restart?
Hey everyone, Don’t know exactly what happened, but after a restart I am suddenly in Safe Mode, I got the following errors and warnings in my log: 2022-04-30 13:09:13 WARNING (SyncWorker_0)...
View ArticleHow to trigger the alarm without waiting for the delay time?
I’m looking at the alarm control panel to use in my Home Assistant. But I don’t see a possiblity to trigger the alarm immediately without waiting for some delay time. Let me explain: For the sensor on...
View ArticleMaking the robotic mower smarter
My mower already returns to the base when it starts raining or it is too hot. But I want too take this a bit further. Basically, I would take the weather and the growing rate into account. If the...
View ArticleGoogle calendar automations not working
I have set up an automation using a Google calendar event to turn on a scene at a specific date and time. The automation yaml is: alias: Christmas Test description: ‘’ trigger: platform: state...
View ArticleTerminal open
How do I open Terminal or how can I open a internetadres? gr, Martin 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleEnergy dashboard: missing selfconsumed solar energy
The energy dashboard is working but does not calculate the percentage of selfconsumed energy. Can anyone point out the reason? 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleAutomation clock discrepancy
I am new to HA with a handful of Insteon devices. I installed HASSWP. I am trying to set a simple automation of a light turning on at a certain time. However, the time the light turns on is 5 hours...
View ArticleRuntime optimisation on per week basis
Let’s say I need to have a device to be running 10 hours a week and I usually let it run 2 hours a day. Some days it will not run at all, other weeks it will run 14 hours. So from 0 to 14 hours is...
View ArticleChanging source name in Energy dashboard? And why is cost not accurate?
1. Is there a way to change the source name shown in the Energy dashboard without changing the actual name of the entity? I inlude “kwh” in the name because I want to be able to distinguish it from...
View ArticlePentair Color Sync Controller Integration?
Is anyone aware of a an integration (official or custom) for the Pentair Color Sync Controller (see link below)? There is an official integration for the Pentair ScreenLogic, but I believe that’s a...
View ArticleStudio Code Server: An unexpected error occurred that requires a reload of...
Hello, since a few days I can’t start Studio Code Server on any browser like brave or firefox. I will get this error message An unexpected error occurred that requires a reload of this page. The...
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