Detect momentary switch "short" and "long" press
I have a kinetic momentary switch on MQTT. It is great and I’ve setup a binary_sensor on the events like so: mqtt: - binary_sensor: - name: "Niko ZGP - Button A0" icon: mdi:grid-large state_topic:...
View ArticleModbus and Waveshare RS485 to ETH
Hey, i got following problem with this configuration: modbus: - name: WSDEV0001 type: rtuovertcp host: [IP_ADDRESS] method: rtu port: 502 baudrate: 9600 stopbits: 1 bytesize: 8 parity: N sensors: -...
View ArticleIssues with Blink cameras not receiving detection updates
Hello! I recently bought Blink cameras and ring and I’m having issues making them work correctly in HA. What I want is relatively simple: Each time I detect a movement for one of the cameras, I want...
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Z-Wave JS slows down Home Assistant instance
Is anyone else having issues with the Z-Wave JS add-on? Every time I start it, my Home Assistant load trends up until the interface is slow beyond usable. Rebooting drops the load back down...
View ArticleCustom commands with Alexa
Hey, I have a Alexa at home and when I add new entities there are exposed to Alexa and I can use them. The problem is, that the name of an entity is not always intuitiv. Example: Alexa turn on the...
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How to have 3 buttons in the same row of a tile card
Hello, I would like to have 3 buttons at the right of the tile card (like in the media player card blow). I’m using Mushroom and Vertical Stack In Card. The upper one is a native tile card while the...
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Tuya Fingerbot Bluetooth - Switch inactive in HA
Hello, I added a Tuya bluetooth Fingerbot to HA using the Tuya Integration. The device was discovered and added to HA, but I can’t control the actual switch since it’s inactive/greyed out. At a first...
View ArticleAutomation help for Solar overprduction usage for heating rod
I would need some advice on how to configure an automation to feed a 3kW heating rod with 3phases (1kW) each connected to a Shelly Pro 1PM Switch when solar overproduction occurs and shouldn’t be...
View ArticleFingerbot - Turn on/Turn off change state multiple times
Hey, Have anyone already faced this issue ? When I use my FingerBot in NodeRed and use the function “turn_on” and “turn_off”, sometimes the state goes to “ON” and then back to “OFF”. This mean when I...
View ArticleOpen (Thread Border Router) or Apple/Google?
Can we reliably use a SkyConnect dongle with the Open Thread Border Router plugin, or is the consensus (for now) to better use one from Apple or Google? I just purchased a SkyConnect dongle, expecting...
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How to get the state of a automatic group?
I have a card that populates its contents based on the condition of an entity being a light part of an area The card also provides a new entity (Centre in the image above, pointed to by an arrow)....
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Xiaomi BLE only showing signal strength not temperature
Hi All I am pretty new to HA. Not sure if i am posting this in the right spot. I have the lastest HA running on a virtual machine. I setup an ESP32 to run Bluetooth Proxy (Ready-Made Projects —...
View ArticleHow to play alarm sound in browser?
Hello, I have one problem. I am sure that I am overlooking something obvious, but I am not able to find a solution. In HA, I implemented the thermometer with threshold alarm. I preset some temperature...
View ArticleMultiple locations, two home assistants sharing sensors
I’ve got two properties, the one I live in and another which is currently vacant. I’ve got two seperate Home assistant servers running, one at each and a site to site VPN set up between them. It would...
View ArticleDecision inputs for a good morning routine
I have a number of smart devices that I could automate for my morning wake up call - heating, blinds, radio and my normal schedule. For example, five days a week I have The radio alarm at 5:50. Lights...
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Own Button-Card and questions
Moin, I need a little help. I create a little button to see if my garage door is open or not. For this I need a red flashing button. I have build one buttom-card with this code: Code: type:...
View ArticleHome Assistant in combination with Python and AppDeamon
Hello everyone, CURRENT SITUATION: I have a Raspberry Pi 5 (8gb) running Home Assistant via a micro SSD. This setup includes my lights, television, curtains, vacuum cleaner, smart speakers, etc. I...
View ArticleTracking state of all locks in a scene
First of all, I’ve been googling around and reading for a while tryign to figure out the best way to do this but am struggling to understand exactly how to execute. I’d like to have a button that...
View ArticleModbus sensor doesn't respond
Hi All! I am attempting to integrate the Datakom D-500 (a generator controller) into Home Assistant using the Modbus integration. Here is my code: modbus: - name: "d200" type: rtuovertcp host:...
View ArticleMaybe Verboten, but here goes - move away from Flair vents to local...
I have bought hook line and sinker, into the Flair Vent ecosystem - for better or worse. What I would like to do, is take my least needed vent (that I can live without for a while) and disassemble it...
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