Happy to have come by this channel. New to home assistant but not new to HomeKit ( and I’m realizing they are not the same in so many ways). Slowly learning and hopefully tomorrow I can accomplish what my main goal is with this system.
@ 23:15 English word for windows is frosted or opaque glass. I'm sure someone had already answered this, but didn't want to scroll through 140+ comments to check! Great video, I learnt lots and now have a few basic automations. Day 2 of my Home Assistant journey.
You seem such a cool uncle. And great tutorial! I always looked away when someone mentioned home assistant, thinking I could never sort it out. Now I’m looking forward to using it.
Thank you so much! Just came across your channel. (I'm a bit late here but it is still very relevant to my needs). And to be really late to the party.....frosted windows.
As a totally newb to Home Assistant, this video have really helped me get started on some simple automations. Thanks for that. BUT (there is always a but :) ) One thing i have really struggled getting to work, is the night settings condition. But not only you but a few others describe the After Sunset and Before Sunrise, as the way to set a condition that means night. I have really struggled to get this to work, and have to say it is because as you (and others show it), it does not work. Let me explain, what i have found out - After Sunset does actually mean from Sunset until midnight - Before Sunrise does actually mean from Midnight until Sunrise. So setting those to tick marks actually mean From Sunset to Midnight AND from Midnight to Sunrise. Which is a situation that can't happen at the same time. (This is not logical when you look at the interface and actually not how Time does it, where it do work) When that clicked for me, i also immediately got why all my experiments with before Sunrise always resulted in my automation not working. I tried to configure it it before midnight... .... for a few nights now :) The solution, so if others see this and are new to HA, are to make and OR condition with two separate conditions below. One for After Sunset and one for before Sunrise. I can't paste a screenshot here, so if you're new to Home Assistant do this. Add a Condition, click the 3 little dots and select Edit as YAML Then paste this, that does the above (Switch back to UI the same way to see it) condition: or conditions: - condition: sun after: sunset - condition: sun before: sunrise Hope this help someone save 2-3 nights of hair pulling :)
Goede avond ik ben net overgestapt naar Home Assistent. Uw video's zijn zeer helder en goed te volgen. Dank zij uw video's maak ik grote vorderingen. Fijn dat u vooral laat zien hoe je programma's installeert en automatiseringen bouwt. ipv alleen maar nieuwe producten te promoten.
Thank you. That is one that I have on my list too. The thing is that I use a Dutch rain forecast integration for it that cannot be used globally, so it won't work for people outside the Netherlands. If I find a way to make it globally I will create a video on it.
I know this is 3 years old, but it's still pretty relevant. Now that Home Assistant has progressed a lot, would you consider doing another "Automation 101" for newer people with the way Home Assistant is now?
Hey Ed. Thanks for this nice tuturial! My RPi 4 and some smart devices are arriving this week to get started with HASS and lift the quality of life to a whole new level. Been watching a few of your videos on the HASS topic, and decided to sub on your channel. Keep them rollin' Sir.
I'm new to HomeAssistant and use your videos to learn myself the basics (good job, thank you). In the old days I used Domoticz and loved creating automations through Blockly because of being simple, but it was not able to do some of the more complex automations I wanted (for instance: calculate delta's which I would like to use for the bathroom humidity). Next I moved to Homey just because it has all antennas (ZigBee, Z-wave, WIFI, BT and 433Mhz) in one device. Making automations using 'flows' was not that difficult but another way of thinking after coming from blockly. So now HomeAssitant. Same issue as with Domoticz.... not having all antenna's by default (need to buy USB devices) but.... the rest looks very promising and I can start playing with all devices which are wifi connected (youless, hue, tradfri etc) I'm now looking for a way to replace the following: When the outdoor HUE sensor is below a lux value for 5 minutes then my outdoor lights (HUE) need to start dim from 0% to 100% in 30minutes. Will this be possible or do I need to start scripting (which I'm not good in)
Yes, you can do this! In the action of your automation you can add something like : - service: light.turn_off entity_id: light.gardenlightbulb # your light entity transition: 1800 # time in seconds for the off transition here. The dimming then should take 30 minutes.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I'm guessing this will not be possible in the cards when creating a new automation. I have tried to add the transition line in yaml but this is giving me an error
What would be the most elegant automation to control a heater where I have a wifi plug for the heater and a wifi temperature sensor? I want to turn on the heater when the temp drops below 29.5 and turn it off when it rises above 30.5. Can this be accomplished with just one automation? Thanks for your amazing tutorials.
Hi. Absolutely great job I'm your big fan. I couldn't find in your film information regarding how to set up so event happen only once a time for example once a day.To be more precise I would like my vacuum cleaner to start vacuum the house only one time a day when I leave home. Can you please explain how to do that. Thanks.
Yes, you can if you use the a time pattern trigger and set it to 24 hours. Or just use the time trigger and set it to a specific time. That will run every day at that time.
Great Video. One thing I would like to do is have a Google TTS message play on my smart speakers. Eg If movement is detected between 8pm and 6am by my front door motion sensor (up to here I think I'm fine) then play the message "There is movement at the front door" on Bedroom_Mini (the Google Mini). It's this TTS part I'm stuck on. Cheers
Hi, just a quick note, the "if there is motion for 10 seconds" will not work with the tradfri, because of the way the sensor works. It will send motion detected on first detection and keep this state for a few minutes, regardless of motion.
How do I create a variable? That is, in my Air Quality device, I get a 1 for Very Good, 2 for Good, etc. In my panel I want to show 'Very Good' and not 1. Thanks for helping.
Was specifically looking for the event trigger (the only one you skipped in this video), when will that video be available? couldn't find one on your channel
I use the speech assistant google say. for a more natural speech I want to insert pauses between two sentences . I'm also curious what other possibilities there are with google say. Hopefully you'll want to make a tuarial about this.
Ik begin net met home assistant, En heb een paar schakelaars gekocht Voor in het traphuis wil ik een hotel schakeling maken en had dit bedacht door 1 bestaande en 1 (of meer) remote schakelaar(s) om die ene fysieke schakelaar om te zetten Echter heb ik een probleem, Als ik dit aan maak dan gebeurt er nix, Het vreemde is dat het wel wekt als ik de automation van af de pc uitvoer Wat doe ik verkeerd? (Beide schakelaars zijn zichtbaar in het log) Dank voor alle goeie video’s :)
Not yet! I planned to look at this, but at the moment I only use MQTT with Tasmota flashed devices and Home Assistant handles that further for me with Mosquito Broker.
I believe the example Sun condition you gave may be incorrect. As I understand it you would need two OR conditions one After Sunset and one Before Sunrise. This is because After Sunset is only true until midnight? (Unless this somewhat confusing behaviour was changed in the last release as a WTH request)
Need some encouragement to switch from SmartThings to Home Assistant. This video might just be it :) . Do you use Conbee II to connect your lights to HA?
@@SmartHomeJunkie Great.. Have that too! Also some INNR lights and Osram (switches and LED strips). Worked with HA before. But did not think it would be more stable than SmartThings. Looking for a local server though!
It's really easy to set up on a Raspberry Pi. See my other video on how to do that. You will be up and running in about 30 minutes. But be aware that it's really addictive and you may spend hours on making cool automations and making the Hassio app perfect for your personal needs. It really is great fun!
@@SmartHomeJunkie I am already addicted :) (SmartThings). Would you suggest to use a SSD instead of SD card? Thanks for your great video's: these really help!!
I would suggest an SSD, because SD cards will fail sooner or later because they are not built to process continuous data transactions. Also an SSD is much faster. Thanks for the compliments 🙏🏻
Hello Smart Home Junkie. Can you recommend a starter kit (lights, sensors, and switches) for me a noob wanting to start with home automation, using Home Assistant?
In your list of devices you added a link to the heiman smoke detector without zigbee. Im in the search for a smoke detector but would like to connect it to HA. Are you using the stand alone or the zigbee version and how do you feel about this brand?
I would like for a home automation device to listen to the television and automatically mute commercials for "ask your doctor" pharma drugs and Liberty mutual car insurance.
Since the last HA update the Call Service type has changed, you no longer have Service data has been replaced with Title, Message and Data boxs. I am struggling to convert by automations. Can you do an updated video?
By the way, I "suspect" that automations will change a lot in the upcoming releases to make them easier, so maybe I have to wait a bit before I create an updated video 🤔
Hi, ik wil eerst even zeggen dat ik je video's enorm tof vind, duidelijk en goed uitgelegd, top! Ik heb een vraag, is het mogelijk om 1 smartlamp meerdere kleuren te geven op fixed times? Bijvoorbeeld van 08:00 tot 18:00 wit en dan van 18:01 tot 00:00 blauw?
@@SmartHomeJunkie Dank je voor je reactie! Ik dacht al dat het moest kunnen, maar ik kan alleen maar de sterkte in de automation aanpassen. Het is net of ik de kleur alleen in het device kan aanpassen, en dus niet in een of meerdere automations
Dear Sir. How can i do factory reset to home assistant on my raspberry pi 4. I want to re install again from 0. Do you know how its possible ? thank you so much in advance
Thanks for very Nice video - I have a Challenge for you. An automation i The bathroom. The Light turn on when you go in to The room. If you stay in the room, The Light Will stay turned on - also if there is no movement for several minutes. When you leave the room, the Light will turn off.
Great vid! Are you planning to publish some video about sprinkler automations that you said? Or maybe will you share automations config for irrigation system?
Good question. I have it running here, but I use Buienradar to measure the amount of rain that has fallen. The thing is that this can only be used in the Netherlands. I'be tried to set it up with openweathermap too, but it's unreliable. Until I'be found a trustworthy rain measurement integration I won't create a video for this I'm afraid.
Being new to Home Assistant I am trying to use the automation editor as I find Node Red too confusing. I've had trouble performing some options like setting the volume on the media player. There is an option in the automations to 'edit in yaml' but every time i do this to add features to the code, it never saves the changes. Are you not allowed to modify automations in the editor? why is there an option to 'edit in yaml'? How do you create automations manually to get them to stick?
Hallo Smart Home Junkie, mooie video's ik blijf haken bij mijn klik aan klik, ik draai H.A op een container in mijn Xpenology. Ik heb de ICS2000, kaku hoe krijg ik mijn schakelaars in home assistant, ook via casa cloud zie ik geen schakelaars,ik kon op Google geen enkele oplossing vinden, om Google home in Home Assistant te implenteren kom er niet uit, genoeg video's maar de allemaal verouderd , ik weet ook niet of ik de schakelaars gaan zien, omdat ze via 433Mhz werken, moet ik een zender kopen?
Hi, ik heb geen Kaku, dus ik kan je niet helpen helaas 😥 Hier staat beschreven hoe je Google Assistant in Home Assistant kunt implementeren: www.home-assistant.io/integrations/google_assistant/
Hoi Ed, welke ventilator heb jij hangen in je badkamer? Ik begin pas met home assistant (ben nog aan het wachten op mijn Raspberry Pi) ik heb een Duco hangen, met een losse afstandsbediening. Makkelijk te installeren op home assistant? Of extra spullen voor nodig?
Hey Jaapie! Ik heb een mechanische ventilator met een twee standen schakelaar en heb daar een Shelly 2.5 op zitten. Dat is dus heel iets anders dan wat jij hebt. Ik heb geen ervaring met jouw ventilator.
Very helpfull video thank you. Please could you give me more detail how to get a message sent via my mobile when the ink drops below 20%, it would be very handy if you placed that script in the text above. I realise you would remove your personal data first. Thank you
Hi Ed. Questions: I have a door sensor (open / close) in esphome. I created two alerts one for the door is open and the other for the door is closed. From time to time the sensor becomes unavailable and it triggers the current state which is a false alert. No actions were taken by a person. I tried conditions. Only send out a closed message if the current state of the door sensor is open. But when the door is closed and the sensor becomes unavailable and returns online it will send out a message that the door was closed. I read online that people are experiencing the same issue with the esp modules becoming unavailable. Do you or anyone know how I could stop getting false message when the sensor comes back online?
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thank you. I will consider changing to another moduleif I can't resolve. I've tested the same module on arduino never had this issue. I wanted to use esphome for ease of use. Thanks for replying so quickly.
Very interested in the TV pause automation. What are you pausing here, tv of tv box from the provider?? My HA recognised the mediacenters in the tv's (Samsung/Sony) but I haven't got to HA either show me just the powerstatus of the entire tv's. Especially not yet so far that I can pauze it. Do you use infrared for this?
Yes, they are supposed to, but if you power on your printer again, the automation fires again, so you will be warned in time before your cartridges are totally empty.
Appreciated but if someone has succeeded to install/use home assistant he/she can already be aware of very basic/ self explanatory automatons that are shown here. would be more preferable if you do a tutorial for those you skipped
@@stefanbrinkmann3833 Not sure, mine seems older it's an MX515.... What are the exact errors? I don't think I connected my printer manually, but it was detected automatically. Maybe you can remove the IPP integration, turn off your printer, turn your printer on again and restart Hassio. It might be that Home Assistant will detect it after that.
Yes, you can create light groups by adding a light group in your configuration.yaml. I have this for all the spots in my kitchen, but also for the lights in my living room. A light group is shown as an icon with three lightbulbs. Check this video for an example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Frd-C7ZeZAo.html
Really cool ideas! You've explained it simply great and your explanations are simply to follow for beginners! Thank you!!! But please tell me: Currently i use the Telegram Messenger to receive a message from my Home Assistant. Especially from my Washing machine. Do you use the Home Assistant App on your mobile phone for that? What is your opinion and your recommendation? And how high is the energy requirement for the background update on your mobile phone? Best regards from germany and stay healthy.
Hi Martin, Thanks for reaching out. I use the companion app and that works great for me. I use it to control my HA anyway, so messaging to my phone is easy. I personally don't experience a lot of battery use from it. I didn't try the Telegram integration yet. Might be worth creating a video about it though. 🤔
Thank you for your Feedback! Telegram seems to be the means of choice. And I ask myself why so many people use Telegram instead of the companion app. I'm a beginner and don't have a lot of experience! So perhaps this question no longer arises to an advanced user. Before you create a video on how to connect and use Telegram, maybe it could be better if you go into the Home Assistant app at some point and explain how to deal with messages in this constellation. Perhaps using the messenger is simply completely unnecessary. I really don´t know! :) Thank you for your hard job and to be such a grat help for us! Especially for us beginners!
I need automation for 2 garden sprinklers which start every day for 20 min during set time(e.g 1pm to 6pm) only if main supply to water pump is avaible (because of irrigular power supply). I have voltage and current sensors which I can use to check if 240volt main supply is available. Also just after sprinkler valve is open( I have normally closed solonoid valve) I need to turn on water pump which is far away from garden which I could turn on through esp8266 relay using esphome add-on though same WiFi connected to Home Assistant and ESP8266. I am new to home Assistant. Could you please explain how can one go for such setup. Thank u
Wow, that is a long question! I have a water pump too and control it work a smart plug and an automation that acts on the weather conditions. It's very complex and maybe I will create a video of it in the future.
@@SmartHomeJunkie @Hive Mind Automation thank u here is more info of setup: only one valve will be open (normally closed type solonoid valve) at a time and next after 20min. We should track main supply/or water coming through sprinkler continuously during operation to confirm that full 20 min of sprinkling has happened. In case there is loss of power supply to water pump during, say sprinkler-1 operation then battery supply to 12 volt DC Normaly closed type solonoid valve-1 should stop to close it(to save battery supplying to Raspberry pi and two sprinkler valves) and then comes after some time, sprinkler-1 should start again to complete remaining duration. And then next sprinkler should start and same tracking for sprinkler-2 and then confirm that both sprinkler ran for 20min each. Then it's good to go, to stop water pump(switching pump starter is not a problem). Both sprinkler valves are normally closed type solonoid valve.
I'm still very new to HA and I'm struggling at every turn. Currently, none of my devices can be used automatons except as a trigger when their battery level changes, can anyone help?
Thanks for the reply, i spent a good part of the day on this. It turns out that Ikea ZigBee switches aren't compatible when they're connected via the tradfri hub, all I could see was their battery state. I've got some basics up and running now so i just need to see how stable the system is.
@@futurecactus You might want to look into the Conbee 2 stick to use as your general Zigbee hub. You can connect virtually all brands to this single hub.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I'm using the sonoff ZigBee stick with IKEA signal repeaters to cover the whole house. I'm using the IKEA tradfri hub because it's proven very reliable and I've integrated that with HA so i can also try using with Aqara, Samsung ST and Sonoff wireless devices to see what's stable. Trying to learn Node Red now.
goed uit leg maar ik ben nieuw met automatsining via HA wat ik wil dat een switch aan gaat als de zon op komt en weer uit gaat als de zon onder gaat dat lukt me wel met twee automations maar kan het ook in 1 automation ??
Not sure what you mean. Do you mean that if the device that is corrected to the plug does not use power, the plug should be turned off because in that case I don't understand the use for it.
@@SmartHomeJunkie The idea is when the plug for example Shelly plug S, that has energy consumption reaches a certain consumption, for example the washing machine turns off, I will be warned. he understands? I'm sorry but the translation is from Google. thanks
Ah yes, you can create an automation that triggers on the value of the power usage with the trigger type "numeric state" and then add a value for "below"
Yes, add the Notify Mobile app or Notify.notify action with following (example) parameters: title: Aqara Opple Office has low battery! message: >- Aqara Opple Office has {{ states("sensor.lumi_lumi_remote_b686opcn01_power") }} Example of a light: title: Tuya Led 1 has switched status! message: >- Tuya Led 1 has switched to {{ states("light.bf589e1b5325921c93t9yp") }} while you were not at home. Just change the text to whatever you want it and change "light.xxx" to your entitie. Keep the " . You don't even have to use the correct formatting for the YAML. Just create: title: whatever title you want message: whatever message you want
Thanks for the great video. I’ve a small question. I’ve an automation. if x person left from home and if window/door is open, sent a notification. But looks like if i’m not connected with vpn or nabu case, it’s not working I mean Even though I am away from home, I seem to be at home. Does not update location. If i connected vpn, it’s working. But very strange, other notifcations are working without vpn. I can get notifcations I can receive mobile notifications without access to HA server. What’s wrong? I mean if it can work without vpn/nabu casa account, why location base automation is not working? How can I receive other notifications when I’m not connected with VPN and I don’t have HA access?
@@SmartHomeJunkie İ just need to know for location base automations (leave from- Came home) the HA Mobile app should access to the your HA server? With nabu casa cloud or vpn?
@@SmartHomeJunkie So, if not connected with nabu casa or duckdns, location is not update on the mobile phone right? Because it can not connected HA. That’s why location base automations will not work withoud duckdns/nabu casa
Good evening, What I am try to do is to make an automation that will alow me when I arrive home the xbox will start playing a selected movie or music through a plex media server. I have try ed and failed many times. Thanks for replying
@@mornefloyddavids626 Hi! I am sorry to say, but I don't know how to set this up because I do not have this setup. However, you can use the media card in Home Assistant and choose a movie from your Plex media server and stream this to a media device. Not sure if the Xbox van be selected as media device. It works with a chromecast or Google Nest Hub. Not sure how to let it start automatically though. I would have to investigate this.
