Avoiding accidental turn offs when using voice
This is a daft one to which I suspect there isn’t really an answer, but I thought I’d ask to see what ideas come out. We use voice control a lot (thru Google) particularly to turn lights on and off,...
View ArticleCard-mod unusable? It slows everything down so much?
Basically as the title says, for years now I have avoided using card-mod as it literally just renders my dashboard unusable. It can take like a minute to load my dashboard, trying to navigate the...
View ArticleVisualize long term sensors that are not energy related
Hi, I have a total increasing sensor of downloaded/uploaded size for my internet usage (native unit is bytes). I would like to visualize that and being able to select different views like week, month...
View ArticleBuilding groups using the UI
I have a bunch of lights I want to turn on and off from a single switch (it happens to be a multi button in wall insteon keypad). I saw some references to using Groups in youtube videos. They seem to...
View ArticleWTH - Why does assist/intent not support fan set percentage
Seems odd to me that Assist can set the percentage of the fan but can a light? Trying to get rid of Siri and Alexia which can both voice assist setting the fan speeds… Thanks, mike 1 post - 1...
View ArticleSkip_words not used in sentence trigger
Hi, I created a _commons.yaml file under custom_sentences/it/ to insert some skip words: language: "it" skip_words: - "...." - "..." The skip words so defined work perfectly on default Assist...
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Unifi doorbell G4 -> Google home hub livestream
Hope somebody can help me with this. At the moment i got Scrypted running within HAS. So the Google Home Hub can show me the livestream from the doorbell G4 when i ask for it. Also there a chime sound...
View ArticleFontawesome icons not displayed
I am using fotawesome custom icons, e.g. fapro:“NAME” Those were correctly displayed until a few days ago, but (I think) since the update to HA Core 2025.02.02, they are not displayed anymore. Any...
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Swipe-Card works on one device but not another
I have two Crestron touch panels that I am using in my home that tie back to HA. One my TSW-1070 panel, swipe card works perfectly (tried to insert pic, but I’m limited to one embedded image per...
View ArticleWeather forcast entity not working out of the box
Hi, I’m new to home assistant and I installed it on Raspberry Pi5. It works great with Zigbee devices, however I have some issue with the basic Weather.forcast_home entity out of the box. For unknow...
View ArticleUnreliable IKEA Parasoll E2013 Door/Window Sensors
I really like these, they use a single AAA, they are cheap but feel well built. But Seeing they burn through batteries quite quickly Drop off zigbee2MQTT quite frequently and need repairing But the...
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Moving sensitive information from configuration.yaml to secrets.yaml NOT...
My original lines in the configuration.yaml for the MariaDB: recorder: db_url: mysql://homeassistant:1q2w3eAZSXDC@core-mariadb/homeassistant?charset=utf8mb4 purge_keep_days: 30 in my...
View ArticleOrange Pi Zero 2W as MPD media player: only static noise with mp3 files
I am using an Orange Pi Zero 2W with an Orange Pi Expansion Board, with a speaker connected to the Expansion board 3,5 mm audio output. The current OS on the Orange Pi is Orange Pi Debian Bookworm...
View ArticleFrigate recordings not working
I have been trying to integrate Frigate (running in a separate Docker) with Home Assistant (installed through HAOS). MQTT add-on and the Frigate integration are working, I can see the camera live...
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Hacks - strange layout
My HACKS has a strange layout, no frontend is shown. Where did I fail ? 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleSet up new wifi without networking
Hello. So I have a situation where my SSID and Password were changed unexpectedly. I haven’t been able to reach my RasPi 4 via ethernet (Won’t accept DHCP?), and I need to put in the new credentials....
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Genelec GLM integration possible
Greatday to you Community, since I’ve started using HA I’m wondering if someone has created or build an integration or solution to access Genelec’s GLM (USB) module ? I’ve found the following python...
View ArticleHow do you handle your lighting?
Hello everyone, I’m currently trying to brainstorm ideas for how to handle lighting in my home and am looking for ideas. Like most, I’ll be wanting dynamic lighting based upon time of day and motion...
View ArticlePresence detection / device tracking on EE broadband (UK)
I have recently switched ISP from Sky UK to EE With Sky i used the native Sky Hub integration for tracking devices on the network, which worked great. With EE it seems not so easy… There doesnt look...
View ArticleReinventing the Wheel? Detailed HVAC Scheduling Dashboard
After numerous struggles with the Nest Learning Thermostat going offline, after some research I bit the bullet and purchased the Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced. I have alot of logic including full...
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