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Example Home Assistant Configs

Home Assistant Config by ntalekt

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This is my Home Assistant configuration which is running on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Hassbian. When starting with home automation I found many well documented configurations and drew inspiration from them in order to achieve my automation goals. I wanted to share my success with the community and hopefully help others on their journey.

Platform

• Hardware
  • Raspberry PI 3 Model B
  • SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDHC
  • Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5
• Software
  • Home Assistant Hassbian v1.31 (Python 3.5.3)
    • Home Assistant Version: 0.94.4
  • NGNIX proxy
  • SSL via SSLs

Devices

Climate

• Nest Thermostat x2

Lighting

• Hue Hub
• Hue White Ambiance Bulb
• Hue White Bulb x4
• Yeelight WIFI RGB Strip x2
• GE Z-Wave Plus Dimmer 14294 x3

Sensor / Switch

• Ecolink Z-wave Plus Garage Door Tilt Sensor
• BRUH Automation Multisensor
• Xiaomi Mi Smart Gateway
• Xiaomi Aqara Temperature Humidity Sensor x5
• Xiaomi Aqara Window Door Sensor
• Xiaomi Aqara Smart Wireless Switch x2
• Wemo Mini Smart Plug
• Wemo Insight Smart Plug

Camera

• Amcrest IP3M-943W Camera
• Amcrest IPM-HX1W Camera x4
• Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I Camera
• Ring Pro Doorbell

Media

• Amazon Echo Dot x2 (via Emulated Hue Bridge)
• Sonos PLAY:1 x3
• Sonos One
• Harmony Hub x2
• NVIDIA SHIELD TV
• LG 65UH8500 65" TV

Network

• Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway (USG)
• Ubiquiti UniFi Switch 8 60W (US-8-60W)
• Ubiquiti UniFi Access Point (UAP-AC-PRO-US) x2
• QNAP TS-251+ NAS
• Synology DS212j NAS
• Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5

Location

• Life360 Location Tracking App

Automations

Notification Audio

• TTS "Welcome home User" notification over all Sonos speakers.
• TTS notification when User arrives at specific Zones.
• TTS notification when User leaves specific zones which includes travel time home.
• TTS notification if the garage door has been open for 30 minutes with no motion in garage.
• TTS test notification

Notification Text

• Pushbullet notification when new Home Assistant version is available on PyPI.
• Pushbullet notification when Nest thermostats go into Home/Away modes.
• Pushbullet notification when critical network devices go offline.
• Pushbullet notification if the garage door is left open after we left the house.
• Pushbullet notification if the garage door is opened and no one is home.
• Pushbullet notification if the garage door has been open for 30 minutes with no motion in garage.
• Pushbullet notification test.
• Pushbullet when SSL certificate expiration sensor <= 10 days.
• Pushbullet when any battery sensor falls below 20%
• Pushbullet for a failed login attempt.
• Pushbullet if new network device is detected.

Notification Visual

• LG WebOS TV Notification when Ring Pro Doorbell detects motion or is pressed.

Lights

• Exterior lights (GE Z-Wave Plus Dimmer 14294) on 5 minutes before sunset.
• Exterior lights (GE Z-Wave Plus Dimmer 14294) off 30 minutes after sunrise.
• Exterior lights (GE Z-Wave Plus Dimmer 14294) dim to 35% at 9:00pm
• Interior Media Center lights (Yeelight WIFI RGB Strip) using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.
• Interior loft lights (Hue White Bulb) using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.
• Holiday interior lighting leveraging Google Calendar Event to define the holiday.
• Holiday interior lighting using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.

Doorbell

• Exterior lights to 100% if Ring Pro Doorbell detects motion or is pressed after 9:00pm.
• Exterior lights back to 35% after 30 minutes after doorbell motion or press.

Media

• Start Harmony Hub activity if user selects from HA UI input_select.
• Update input_select status if physical Harmony Hub remote is used to start activity.
• Start playing music on Sonos PLAY:1 speakers if user selects music station from input_select.
• Start playing music on Sonos PLAY:1 speakers if user starts music station using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.
• Start Harmony Hub activity using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.
• Power off Harmony Hub activity using Amazon Echo Dot via Emulated Hue Bridge.
• Turn on SleepTime mode if Xiaomi Aqara Smart Wireless Switch is pressed.
• Pause Deluge if internet data usage > 90%.

Sonos

• Reset/Regroup all Sonos PLAY:1 speakers at 6:00am every morning.
• Group all Sonos' button.

Occupancy

• If motion is detected via BRUH Automation multisensor or Amcrest cameras turn on input_boolean (used in binary_sensor for occupancy tracking).
• If no motion is detected after certain period of time turn off input_boolean.

Sleep time

• Turn off master TV after 30 minutes via Harmony Hub.

System

• Run script to collect Cox Internet usage hourly.
• Clean the TTS cache weekly.

Vacation/Climate

• Turn vacation mode on when household is gone for 24 hours.
• Put Nest Thermostats in away mode when vacation mode active.
• Put Nest Thermostats in away mode when patio door is open for 10min.
• Toggle office fan on/off based on occupancy using * Wemo Insight Smart Plug.

Scripts/Customizations

• Life360 integration via shell mqtt broker found here
• Home Assistant mysql database size sensor found here Using the SQL Sensor now.
• Cox internet usage web parser script found here
• WAN test script found here

Interface

Grafana Monitoring Front-end