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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/NotCollin__ on 2024-09-07 21:28:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/razulian- on 2024-09-07 19:50:28+00:00.

Original Title: So on Tuesday we're going to have clouds while we freeze to death below absolute zero and later that day we're going to melt to death. Wednesday is going to be rainy again as it will be for the rest of the week.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/theseidlmeister on 2024-09-07 17:20:33+00:00.

Hi folks! I just launched a new release of my custom component Magic Areas.

This update adds a new setting under "Presence Tracking" options which allows you to select entities which will be ignored until the area is occupied. This effectively solves the hassle of mmWave sensors triggering presence in an area because the wind blew the curtains or a fan nearby disturbed it. I myself had a couple of rooms where I've faced the "mmWave sensor seeing through walls" issue which I no longer do. Folks using BLE trackers will also benefit from this setting as well.

Another feature is that your "Calculated Light" threshold sensor (a binary sensor of light device class that triggers when your overall area illuminance goes over a certain threshold) now has configurable hysteresis. This will possibly allow people to do a closed-loop on interior lights / luminance per area.

There are a couple of bug fixes regarding unit_of_measurement resolution on aggregates and some minor stuff. If you're using HACS then you can update/install version 4.1.0 from it, otherwise you can download from the GitHub repository.

If you're not familiar with the integration:

Magic Areas is a custom component for Home Assistant that magically makes sense of the devices and entities in your areas so you don't have to! It's main purpose is tracking presence in your Home Assistant's areas but in reality it's much, much more than that.

If you're interested on learning more about it, hop on the GitHub page!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/otchris on 2024-09-07 13:48:27+00:00.

A few months back i installed a door sensor on my front door and never did anything with it.

This weekend, we are doing a little getaway and I hadn’t gotten a notice from my pet sitter by 8 pm.

Right from my phone, I was able to first check that my front door had never opened since I left and I was able to setup an automation to notify me when the door did open.

I sent a message to the pet sitter and was able to verify that my pets were cared for when they sent someone over.

This seems like a super small thing for HA but it really made a HUGE difference to my stress levels!

Sometimes big wins come from small things. 😊

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/sessho86 on 2024-09-07 11:51:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/oliverbravery on 2024-09-07 08:54:35+00:00.

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on this open-source project called 3D-Print-Sentinel, and it’s been a game changer for my 3D printing setup. It’s basically a way to automatically monitor your prints using machine learning, and the best part? It runs entirely on a Raspberry Pi (tested on Pi 4 and 5, 4GB+ RAM)!

Here’s what it does:

• Real-time error detection using the same machine learning model from Obico (Spaghetti Detective) just on device this time!
• Automatic print pausing: If it detects something’s wrong, it sends you a notification. If you don’t respond in 2 minutes, it’ll pause the print for you!
• Integrates with OctoPrint for seamless print management.
• Home Assistant integration: You can monitor everything from a dashboard, plus get notifications on your phone with snapshots of your print.
• Secure remote access: No need to expose any ports; it uses a Cloudflared tunnel for safe remote monitoring.
• Super easy to set up with Docker Compose.

If you’re tired of babysitting your prints or wasting filament on failed jobs, this might help! It’s free, open-source, and runs locally, so no cloud nonsense. Check it out if you’re into 3D printing or have a Raspberry Pi laying around.

🔗

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Stunning_Engineer_78 on 2024-09-07 02:56:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/SpelletjesMan on 2024-09-06 11:20:42+00:00.

About unique Home Assistant configurations:

Say hello to my three internet connected chickens (WiFi, Bluetooth and Zigbee). I use ESPHome with some load cells from Aliexpress to determine how much food there is left in the containers. I get a warning on my phone once it is below threshold.

Further there is a Hue light in the coop that simulates 13 hours of daylight time (including light temperature), as well as an IP camera. I hope to use the latter one day with ML to count how many eggs they lay, but for now it is just to invade their privacy.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jackharvest on 2024-09-06 19:06:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Jade_McLeod on 2024-09-06 16:32:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gtwizzy8 on 2024-09-06 04:53:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Luzipher on 2024-09-06 11:20:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/DJ-JupiterOne on 2024-09-06 02:31:36+00:00.

I have an automation that, after setting the alarm, it raises the volume of the HomePod, plays a file ("The security system has been armed") and then lowers the volume again. This has been working for several weeks and then today I upgraded to HA Core 2024.9.0. When I set the alarm this evening, the alarm got set, but no voice made the announcement. When I rolled back to yesterday's backup, it worked normally again. I didn't see anything in the release notes that would have caused this to break. Anyone experiencing anything similar with the action media_player.play_media? This is the UI screen shot and the YAML of my "Then do"

action:
  - action: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_night
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      device_id: 1922dc1be6dda1ca801b3a28d9d77bff
  - action: media_player.volume_set
    metadata: {}
    data:
      volume_level: 0.7
    target:
      device_id: ab5277797ac3baa8e92217bc48ba7914
  - action: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.homepod_right
    data:
      media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/armed.mp3
      media_content_type: audio/mpeg
    metadata:
      title: armed.mp3
      thumbnail: null
      media_class: music
      children_media_class: null
      navigateIds:
        - {}
        - media_content_type: app
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source
  - action: media_player.volume_set
    metadata: {}
    data:
      volume_level: 0.5
    target:
      device_id: ab5277797ac3baa8e92217bc48ba7914

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/_earion on 2024-09-06 06:37:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/AbnormalMP on 2024-09-05 21:16:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/blast-from-the-80s on 2024-09-05 16:20:14+00:00.

I've been running InfluxDB since I started using Home Assistant, but I feel like there's no need for it now that we have built-in long-term data storage.

There are still two reasons I can think of:

• Statistics aggregates data, while InfluxDB keeps the data exactly as it is, so you have a finer resolution (not 100% sure about this, please correct me if I'm wrong).
• Grafana has much more powerful tools to generate all kinds of graphs (with the disadvantage that you can only use them in your dashboard with iframes).

What's your opinion?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Teddydestroyer on 2024-09-05 16:12:30+00:00.

What is that game changing discovery in HA? I’m stucked at smart lights..

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gtwizzy8 on 2024-09-05 08:13:49+00:00.

I recently decided to finally do the wall tablet touchscreen thing (with a small twist but that's for a WHOLE other post). I've never felt the need for one previously because everything I need is like 90% automated and the other 10% is fringe use cases. But part of the inspiration recently came because my partner has returned to Uni and we now have a need to be able to see 2 calendars at an easy glance. And the added benefit of being able to have like 3-5 other key entities for at a glance stuff or interacting with is a bonus. So calendar is the most important part of my build. I don't hate the native calendar integration but I know it could be better. So I went searching in HACS and MY GOD I was IMMEDIATELY overwhelmed with the amount of choices. Add in the forks of forks of forks to some of them and it's just too much for my little neurodiverent brain to handle.

So I'd love to hear what others are using and the why as to the reason you settled on that vs others.

Thanks in advance to anyone who responds :D

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mortenmoulder on 2024-09-05 10:58:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/solder_clock on 2024-09-05 01:21:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gnolevil on 2024-09-05 00:13:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/pmk1207 on 2024-09-04 19:06:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/missyquarry on 2024-09-04 16:40:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/quinto99 on 2024-09-04 12:29:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gooner712004 on 2024-09-04 10:12:38+00:00.