Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

[hilt_ctn]

Thanks - I'll have a look, finally got in to telegram

Was trying set it up for our house sitter so she can control the alarm without struggling with the remotes and the bloody thing now wants you to sign up for SMS Premium to get an OTP.

I was going to going to use Telegram for that very same purpose and stopped at the same point. They wanted to charge the Premium service just to get the OTP, and I had visions of never being able to cancel said service...or paying the amount and the OTP never coming through ( lots of reports of that on the interweb ).

How did you circumvent that ?

 

[xrapidx]

I was going to going to use Telegram for that very same purpose and stopped at the same point. They wanted to charge the Premium service just to get the OTP, and I had visions of never being able to cancel said service...or paying the amount and the OTP never coming through ( lots of reports of that on the interweb ).

How did you circumvent that ?

In my case, it would have to be the housesitter signing up - I wasn't going to link my credit card on her phone.

I tried everything I could find online, various telegram apps (Telegram X, etc) - none worked. I also tried an older APK also didn't work, I tried on/off wifi, vpn, etc. Nothing worked.

I eventually linked it to her gmail account during the setup and suddenly the normal SMS OTP came through. No idea if its related or a fluke.

 

[WAslayer]

Anyone here using Home Assistant to help with controlling TV screen time..?

Thinking of a smart plug that can push power draw to HA and based on power draw spike, kickoff a timer that will switch off the smart plug after whatever value specified..

 

[deesef]

Anyone here using Home Assistant to help with controlling TV screen time..?

Thinking of a smart plug that can push power draw to HA and based on power draw spike, kickoff a timer that will switch off the smart plug after whatever value specified..

Depending on your router, you can also monitor uptime via the LAN/WiFi connection. Some TVs (I have tested with LG AND Google TV) have integrations to directly monitor and control the TV.

If the TV is connected to eg a Google TV box or a sound bar using CEC, then switching that device off will also switch the TV off.

 

[xrapidx]

Anyone using a POE doorbell? (besides Reolink - they seem to have moisture issues)

 

[WAslayer]

Anyone using a POE doorbell? (besides Reolink - they seem to have moisture issues)

I wanted to go POE for my new one, but the decent ones are just too pricey.. 6k for the Hikvision unit I wanted and then you need to buy the security bracket for the outdoor unit separately too..

Decided to go with the EZVIZ HP5 at less than half the price of POE.. being a 4 wire unit, you get a power supply for the indoor unit so that's a bit of a faf vs POE, but I am happy with the unit..

 

[fxit_man]

Anyone using a POE doorbell? (besides Reolink - they seem to have moisture issues)

My amcrest one also died due to moisture so i would recommend to stay away from that too. Just did without a doorbell after that Depends if you have covered area above the front door or not I would say.

 

[xrapidx]

I wanted to go POE for my new one, but the decent ones are just too pricey.. 6k for the Hikvision unit I wanted and then you need to buy the security bracket for the outdoor unit separately too..

Decided to go with the EZVIZ HP5 at less than half the price of POE.. being a 4 wire unit, you get a power supply for the indoor unit so that's a bit of a faf vs POE, but I am happy with the unit..

I saw the EZVIZ HP5, my problem is getting the right power to the unit - I released I have a PoE switch about 2m away from where the doorbell could go, so its just a case of drilling a hole through the backwall.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Anyone using a POE doorbell? (besides Reolink - they seem to have moisture issues)

My POE Reolink is still fine, had it for almost 3 years. Mine is completely exposed on the outside, no awning or anything.

I did have a weird issue for a few months where it would become unsreponsive every now and then for some reason and I would have to reboot it. I thought it was a goner but then one day it just stopped doing that and has worked perfectly fine for like a year now

 

[ViCoM]

Now this what I've been waiting for. Tried it and works beautifully

 

[calypso]

Now this what I've been waiting for. Tried it and works beautifully

Can you explain? I cant stand this guys voice.

 

[hilt_ctn]

Can you explain? I cant stand this guys voice.

In short, describe your automation ( via voice ) to an almighty AI and it then does the heavy lifting for you i.e. creates the complex automation by scanning your HA environment, finding the entities / devices you've described, and setting it all up for you.

 

[Kung Fu Porkchop]

Now this what I've been waiting for. Tried it and works beautifully

I don't think my Pi is strong enough for this. Added it, haven't been able to get it working yet. Will probably need to get a more powerful device for it

 

[MattRoy]

Can you explain? I cant stand this guys voice.

This.

 

[calypso]

In short, describe your automation ( via voice ) to an almighty AI and it then does the heavy lifting for you i.e. creates the complex automation by scanning your HA environment, finding the entities / devices you've described, and setting it all up for you.

Claude MCP for HA?

 

[hilt_ctn]

Claude MCP for HA?

Something like that yes. But it uses a backend LLM named "Big Pickle" for its intelligence engine.

 

[Mzezman]

Claude MCP for HA?

I had issues getting Claude MCP working with HA - kept asking to connect using Nabu Casa.