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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/OutrageousExternal on 2026-03-10 08:05:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/wayfareralex on 2026-03-10 08:08:20+00:00.

Hi everyone,

I run an an architecture firm and we're designing and building a custom home for a client. Entirely built by contractors. We're at the stage where we were going to appoint a contractor for electrical work and domotics / home automation. These contractors work with KNX, Niko Home and some other locally produced systems that are widely available in our country. The exact ecosystem had yet to be decided upon.

All of the sudden the client wants to implement Home Assistant. Now we are only architects, not home automation experts. We only have a basic understanding of what the ecosystems above do and their pros and cons in regards to open or closed system, futureproofing,.. Just enough to manage a project and delegate to contractors what the client wants in terms of home automation.

The clients needs are rather simple: control of light schemes, control of solar screens and shutters, control of heating and ventilation and an energy management system to take control of home energy use. All of these seem to be easily done with systems above. But now the client is adamant on using HA. Mainly because: "its open source", "is able to make connections with practically anything", "its cheaper than other systems like Niko Home"

We were unfamiliar with HA and after some browsing I'm still not entirely sure what the benefit would be, but I seem to be under the impression that it's mainly aimed towards DIY and hobbyists. Now this is fine but strikes me as an odd choice for the client considering he's looking for a contractor to implement the system and is not tech savvy himself. In fact, he struggles with basic trouble shooting problems with a printer or his email. And its mainly a patience problem, hes 70+ and gives up easily. How do I know this? Besides being one of the architects on the project, ~~I'm also the client's father~~ (edit: the client is MY father - woops!)

Despite my initial reservations I asked 7 contractors in the area and they all had one of the following reactions:

• Never heard of it

• I've heard of it but I don't place it myself and don't know anyone that does

• I've heard of it but I don't see why you would use it

My fear is that we have a client that's over-educated about what is possible (watches lots of tech videos online, but is unable to do it himself), wants its because it is possible, but cant look past what would be actually useful for him.

Can anyone help me understand why HA would be beneficial to this particular client / project OR give me arguments why this would NOT be a good choice?

Much appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/MisterGoodDeal on 2026-03-09 22:28:30+00:00.

The main dashboard

My cat smart feeder and It's camera

My smart garden dashboard

Some automations quick enable/disable

Last week I started to witness constant reboot, strange behaviours and hecking slow loading times from my HA instance whenever I changed page, install new add-on... So I decided to let go my dear Raspberry Pi 4 (2gb) and buy a refurbished mini PC! Let me introduce you the Lenovo M710Q with Intel Core i5 7th gen, 16Gb of RAM and 256Gb of NVMe SSD bought for 80€.

https://preview.redd.it/1uqorm2ih3og1.jpg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af7971840e1441384704be3355d1c3e16bfed13a

Overkill you might say? Probably not since I decided to install Proxmox in order add my Home Assistant instance, some game servers, Plex and a seedbox!

I decided to wipe everything from my old HA and redo everything! I dicovered the lovely Bubble card add-on and It's Frosted Glass module combined with a slightly modified visionos theme!

https://preview.redd.it/q5b03kuoh3og1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=023c56f77f655c786f7a8dc06bf5d2638489dfe7

At the moment I don't have as much smart devices as I want, but I'll upgrade my setup as soon as I'm moving to my new home!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Real-Secretary-1485 on 2026-03-09 17:49:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/shayan1232001 on 2026-03-10 01:59:21+00:00.

What is it?

Home Assistant Cupertino Icons is a project I started many years ago to bring SF Symbols Icons into Home Assistant.

How do you use it?

ios:lightbulb-fill | ios:cloud-moon-rain#color | ios:bed-double-fill#fullcolor

It also supports:

• Multi-color icons, inverted color, and specfic shades
• Icon Picker

Getting Started

• It can be installed via HACS! Just head over to the repo to check out install instructions

What's New in v5.0.0

• Add support for SF Symbols 7 (Credit: enzofrnt)
• Cleanup macOS spotlight files from repo

🎉 Huge thank you to all the contributors for making this release possible!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Smooth_Buffalo8173 on 2026-03-09 21:20:54+00:00.

We have an EV, and while waiting to get a proper charger installed, we've been slow charging with a 120v porch outlet. Which, it turns out, is on the same circuit as the microwave on the other side of the house. So the breaker would trip if someone used the microwave while the car was charging.

So instead of trying to get all 4 ADHDers in the house to remember to check if the car is charging before microwaving anything, I put ThirdReality Gen2 Smart Plugs (15A rated) on both devices and set up a basic automation.

It's triggered when the microwave current goes over 3A, checks if the EV charger is also over 3A, turns off the charger if so, and keeps checkign the microwave. When the current drops, it waits 5 minutes, checks again, then turns the EV charger back on.

(I figure food often needs multiple heats, so I want to avoid cycling the EV more than necessary. Not least because it beeps every time it's plugged in.)

The automation is a bit messy, but it worked! No issues since then. We're finally get a proper 240v 40A charger installed tomorrow, so I can soon retire this one.

Anyone else use any tricks like this to work around old/sketchy electrical work?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Darkchamber292 on 2026-03-09 20:19:33+00:00.

I just started playing around with live notifications via Android app.

Why isn't this supported on iOS companion app? iOS has had live activities for years now while Android only has had this for a year I think.

What gives? My wife is on iOS and I'd love for her to get these live notifications also!

I also don't see a feature request on their GitHub for the iOS app. I think there was one a couple years ago but is now deleted.

Edit: Because I know people are going to ask... Yes cycle is over 3 hours because it's one of those AIO units

Android Lock screen notification

Heads-up notification

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/tjamieg on 2026-03-09 13:36:10+00:00.

Posting this in case it helps someone else.

My Zigbee2MQTT add-on in Home Assistant suddenly stopped starting.

Setup

• Home Assistant OS
• SMLIGHT SLZB-

Main error

Error: Failed to connect to the adapter (Error: SRSP - SYS - ping after 6000ms)

In the logs, Zigbee2MQTT would connect to the SLZB-06 socket successfully, but then fail on the initial SYS - ping.

Because I’d recently been changing Omada / AP settings, I first assumed it was a network or interference issue.

Things I tried that did not fix it

• Power cycling the SLZB-
• Checking it was in Zigbee coordinator mode
• Checking it was in Ethernet mode
• Confirming the TCP address/port were correct
• Confirming I wasn’t using ZHA
• Disabling multi-threaded socket connection
• Enabling Zigbee socket packet processing
• Unplugging the AP temporarily to rule out interference

None of that fixed it.

Actual cause

The SLZB-06 had automatically updated its CC2652P Zigbee firmware to a dev/beta build, and that firmware had changed the required baud rate from 115200 to 460800.

So Zigbee2MQTT was still trying to talk to it at 115200, while the coordinator firmware now expected 460800.

How I found it

In the SLZB-06 web UI, I went to:

Settings and Tools > Firmware Update > CC2652P OTA update > Check for updates > Zigbee coordinator

That showed the installed firmware details, including the baud rate:

Revision: 20260307

Adapter Type: zstack

Baudrate: 460800

Fix

I changed the baud rate in both places.

On the SLZB-06:

Z2M and ZHA > Serial options > Serial settings > Serial speed

Changed from 115200 to 460800

In Home Assistant Zigbee2MQTT add-on config:

Settings > Add-ons > Zigbee2MQTT > Configuration > Options > Serial > Baud rate

Changed from 115200 to 460800

Then I restarted the SLZB-06 and started the Zigbee2MQTT add-on again.

It started normally straight away.

Summary

If you use an SLZB-06 and Zigbee2MQTT suddenly starts failing with:

SRSP - SYS - ping after 6000ms

check whether the SLZB-06 has auto-updated to a coordinator firmware that uses a different baud rate.

In my case, the fix was simply matching both sides to 460800.

****EDIT****

The original baud-rate mismatch fix got Zigbee2MQTT starting again, but it did not fully solve the problem.

After some more testing, I found that the SLZB-06 had auto-updated the CC2652P coordinator firmware to the 20260307 beta/dev build. Matching the baud rate to 460800 fixed the startup error, but the network was still unstable afterwards — router devices kept going offline and the logs showed repeated AF - dataRequest failures / INVALID_PARAM errors.

The final fix was:

• Roll the SLZB-06 CC2652P OTA firmware back to 20240710 (latest stable release)

• Disable automatic Zigbee firmware updates (as other commenters have suggested)

• Set the SLZB-06 serial speed back to 115200

• Set Zigbee2MQTT baud rate back to 115200

After doing that, Zigbee2MQTT started normally and the network is now working properly again.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Plastic-Coat9014 on 2026-03-09 15:28:44+00:00.

Hi All,

I’m looking for a weather station that integrates well with HA. Wants:

$200 max budget

Great HA integration

Local (no cloud) is a plus

More accurate than Agara Zigbee sensors

Outdoor rated is a must

Full sun exposure

I’d like it to have a Stephenson Shield

Temp and humidity

Wind + rain is a plus

Small form factor

Anyone have some solid recommendations?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Taggytech on 2026-03-09 12:15:13+00:00.

Not the impressive ones.

The small automations that quietly run every day and make life easier.

Things like lights, notifications, routines or triggers when leaving or entering the house.

What’s one automation you barely think about anymore but would hate to live without?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/malonestar on 2026-03-09 17:21:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/CallMeDillDog on 2026-03-09 15:40:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/claesson3835 on 2026-03-09 13:45:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/TheProffalken on 2026-03-09 08:13:33+00:00.

I have AuDHD which means I get deeply fascinated by the wrong things for long periods of time.

I've tried three times to make sourdough from scratch, but I always forget to feed it and it either dies or goes mouldy as a result.

I decided that this one was going to work, so I thought I'd put reminders into my calendar, then I thought "hang on, why don't I completely over-engineer this and build a home assistant integration?!"

https://github.com/Matts-Baps/ha-sourdough is the result:

https://preview.redd.it/dzmapwke9zng1.png?width=333&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7c891cef6b6c827071cfa258f70a4ad4df63eb1

https://preview.redd.it/nrv6epvh9zng1.png?width=334&format=png&auto=webp&s=491bfa68b5345f55835aa8209617dca215d6c234

There's a full readme in the git repo and you can install it via HACS. The recipe is based on one I found on Instagram that seems to be working well so far!

If you do decide to use it and have any issues, please raise a bug on the Github Repo and I'll do my best to respond to it as soon as I can!

A note about AI:

I've unashamedly used Claude Code to develop this. I've got 25 years experience of software development, agile coaching, and linux systems administration and I've leant heavily on that experience to guide the AI on this project including guardrails such as pull requests on github and manual review of the code before it is merged.

Claude has helped me develop in hours something that would have taken me months otherwise.

If you don't like AI, great! Good for You! Feel free to not install this into your home assistant installation, but this code has been created by bots and reviewed by humans, and I'm rather pleased with the results!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Josh31782 on 2026-03-09 05:43:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Romanmir on 2026-03-09 00:34:02+00:00.

I’m thinking of starting to add some stores as zones, but I feel like once I start doing that I won’t be able to stop.

The use case is to have a shopping lists pop up when I arrive at a store.

Am I insane to start down this road, or is this the most normal thing that people are doing for this problem?

And if it is that I’m insane for doing this, how are others doing this?

Edit: ok, so it turns out I’m not insane. Thank you, everyone for your responses. Some of them have inspired other things to do with zones.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jbmc00 on 2026-03-08 22:13:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/borkempire on 2026-03-08 22:06:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/DistrictWinter on 2026-03-08 19:59:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Trooped on 2026-03-08 08:29:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Englishmuffin1 on 2026-03-08 18:49:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/farfalux on 2026-03-08 17:13:22+00:00.

I’ve been creating a small series about Helpers in Home Assistant, showing practical ways I actually use them in my dashboards and automations.

Instead of focusing on theory, I try to show real examples that make Home Assistant easier to manage without editing YAML.

So far I’ve covered helpers like:

• Input Number – useful for adjustable values in automations

• Input Datetime – scheduling things directly from the UI

• Input Boolean – creating toggle switches for automations

• Input Text – dynamic messages for dashboards and notifications

• Input Select – choosing modes or states from a dropdown

• Template Helpers – building useful sensors like day/night status, battery warnings, or countdowns

Most of these can be created directly from the Home Assistant UI, so it’s beginner-friendly and doesn’t require editing configuration.yaml.

If you’re trying to make your automations more flexible or your dashboards more dynamic, helpers are incredibly useful.

I put together a playlist explaining each one with examples from my own setup.

🔗Videos: How I Use Helpers in Home Assistant to Simplify Automations

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/borgqueenx on 2026-03-08 12:50:27+00:00.

if we remove a device, we can add it back but it loses the unique device number, causing automations to break. I found this out not too long ago, and in my like 200 automations i probably have around 800 device ID's.

I now have to manually open all automations to delete the device and add entities instead. This will probably take me many, many hours. while currently home assistant knows what entity it has to react with. or you could ask the user for confirmation....but no..there's no way to convert this all.

It makes me feel device ID is something broken, and could have been fixed. If entity matches, take on the last device ID, for example. or ask if thats ok. Or simply delete devices...

Oh well, its a sunny sunday afternoon so lets pour some time into this....

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/H_i_TMAN on 2026-03-08 12:17:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Dreadpirate3 on 2026-03-08 01:18:52+00:00.

I live close to a relatively busy port, and was curious if there was any way to track nearby ships in the same way that FlightRader24 tracks planes. Would love to know when cruise ships are in port, or when someone swings by with a fancy yacht. My Google-fu has failed me, as searches return either package tracking or ways to use HA on your boat. Any suggestions are appreciated!