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

w1tw0lf · Feb 7, 2022

Under each entity you can do the following:

Code:

      - entity: sensor......
        tap_action: none
        styles:
          width: 100px
      - entity: sensor....
        tap_action: none
        styles:
          width: 100px

MidnightZA · Feb 7, 2022

ItherNiT said:
Is there any way to adjust the multiple entity row spacing so that its a bit more like a table? I want the daily monthly entities underneath each other.

View attachment 1239688

That looks quite cool. What are you using for all that power monitoring?

w1tw0lf · Feb 7, 2022

MidnightZA said:
That looks quite cool. What are you using for all that power monitoring?

The card is multiple-entity-row

More info: https://github.com/benct/lovelace-multiple-entity-row

ItherNiT · Feb 7, 2022

MidnightZA said:
That looks quite cool. What are you using for all that power monitoring?

As w1tw0lf mentioned, its the multiple entity row. The devices themselves are a mix bag of Shelly's (1pm's and dimmers), sonoff pow r2 and cbi astute switches.

tRoN · Feb 12, 2022

Anyone use these plugs ?

They have their own proprietary app but I got it working with the smart life app.

Does this mean that it will work with the Tuya integration on HA?

Mzezman · Feb 12, 2022

tRoN said:
Anyone use these plugs ?

They have their own proprietary app but I got it working with the smart life app.

Does this mean that it will work with the Tuya integration on HA?

If Smartlife then Tuya will work.

The Tuya integration is broken though, well, it works but state information doesn't get updated always

tRoN · Feb 12, 2022

Mzezman said:
If Smartlife then Tuya will work.

The Tuya integration is broken though, well, it works but state information doesn't get updated always

Thanks. I see Shelly integration is also troubling a little.

Any other way to get Tuya devices on HA?

Thestealth · Feb 12, 2022

Is anyone using a NSPanel in HA? I set it up (Esp) but I don't know how/where to set the time.

MidnightZA · Feb 12, 2022

Anyone use LocalTuya and a CBI Astute?

Im trying to figure out which number associates to each entity.
So far I got these by matching the values to the current value reported by the Tuya intergration (the cloud based one)
1: Current power state
14: Power on state
21: Current
22: Voltage
23: Consumption

I cant figure out what 7 and 20 are, there are no values relating to that in my Tuya intergration.

@tRoN localtuya is a way to get Tuya devices into HA. The cloud based one is horseshit

R4m80 · Feb 13, 2022

MidnightZA said:
Anyone use LocalTuya and a CBI Astute?

View attachment 1243250

Im trying to figure out which number associates to each entity.
So far I got these by matching the values to the current value reported by the Tuya intergration (the cloud based one)
1: Current power state
14: Power on state
21: Current
22: Voltage
23: Consumption

I cant figure out what 7 and 20 are, there are no values relating to that in my Tuya intergration.

@tRoN localtuya is a way to get Tuya devices into HA. The cloud based one is horseshit

Just ignore the rest. I have the older version Astute and I don't even have "power on state". Mine is set up only with the 3 values you already have figured out.

petum · Feb 13, 2022

Heya

Anyone had success in using NFC STICKERS with HA?

Plan is to have them around to open security gates, door etc using phone.

Using Android.

TedLasso · Feb 13, 2022

petum said:
Heya

Anyone had success in using NFC STICKERS with HA?

Plan is to have them around to open security gates, door etc using phone.

Using Android.

Was thinking of similar to teach my children to do their chores, etc.

Where can one get the NFC reader or cards/stickers in SA? Do you know?

Concentric · Feb 13, 2022

TedLasso said:
Was thinking of similar to teach my children to do their chores, etc.

Where can one get the NFC reader or cards/stickers in SA? Do you know?

I got from Banggood.
Work well with the home assistant app

mrb13676 · Feb 13, 2022

MidnightZA said:
Anyone use LocalTuya and a CBI Astute?

View attachment 1243250

Im trying to figure out which number associates to each entity.
So far I got these by matching the values to the current value reported by the Tuya intergration (the cloud based one)
1: Current power state
14: Power on state
21: Current
22: Voltage
23: Consumption

I cant figure out what 7 and 20 are, there are no values relating to that in my Tuya intergration.

@tRoN localtuya is a way to get Tuya devices into HA. The cloud based one is horseshit

One of them (7 i think) is wifi signal strength.

petum · Feb 13, 2022

Concentric said:
I got from Banggood.
Work well with the home assistant app

Got mine from TA.

Care to share the integration with nfc and HA?

ItherNiT · Feb 13, 2022

petum said:
Got mine from TA.

Care to share the integration with nfc and HA?

You add the tag via your phone (using phone's nfc capability). An easy way is to just let it execute a script.

MidnightZA · Feb 17, 2022

w1tw0lf said:
Been using the https://github.com/klaasnicolaas/home-assistant-glow for few months and happy so far. Works as needed and gives accurate readings. So far it has been of with about 5 units on average. Just make sure photodiode is connect correctly as per the github and that it can't see any other light as it will effect it. Also there is a sensitivity adjustment that needs to be tweaked on the photodiode.

I finally got around to ordering the photodiode from banggood last month. It got delivered last week and now Im stuck.

My photodiode is soldered the correctly as shown in the github pics but I cant get the sensitivity to come right. I set it to max sens till the D0 light was on permanently, went into a dark room and adjusted it down till the D0 light went off (a very slight adjustment). But it still doesnt detect the red light from the meter. If I use a my phone flash it gets detected, even if I put paper in front of my flash to dim it down.

Any idea how to fix this? I guessing my prepaid meter red light is too dim or the clear casing of the meter above the light is somehow blocking it from being detected, or the photodiode board could be faulty (the diode itself or the potentiometer). Ill go get another one this weekend to rule out the photodiode.

w1tw0lf · Feb 17, 2022

MidnightZA said:
I finally got around to ordering the photodiode from banggood last month. It got delivered last week and now Im stuck.

My photodiode is soldered the correctly as shown in the github pics but I cant get the sensitivity to come right. I set it to max sens till the D0 light was on permanently, went into a dark room and adjusted it down till the D0 light went off (a very slight adjustment). But it still doesnt detect the red light from the meter. If I use a my phone flash it gets detected, even if I put paper in front of my flash to dim it down.

Any idea how to fix this? I guessing my prepaid meter red light is too dim or the clear casing of the meter above the light is somehow blocking it from being detected, or the photodiode board could be faulty (the diode itself or the potentiometer). Ill go get another one this weekend to rule out the photodiode.

I started from the opposite end. Setting sensitivity to the lowest possible. Slowly turning it up and till it was in sync.

Biggest thing is you must make sure there is no other light around the photodiode and the red light. What I did is, take a small piece of wood, same thickness as the photodiode, drilled a hole the same size and blocked the rest of with isolation tape and masking tape. Photodiode also needs to be right on the red light. It is tricky to get right. Took me almost a whole day fiddling around.

MattRoy · Feb 17, 2022

MidnightZA said:
I finally got around to ordering the photodiode from banggood last month. It got delivered last week and now Im stuck.

My photodiode is soldered the correctly as shown in the github pics but I cant get the sensitivity to come right. I set it to max sens till the D0 light was on permanently, went into a dark room and adjusted it down till the D0 light went off (a very slight adjustment). But it still doesnt detect the red light from the meter. If I use a my phone flash it gets detected, even if I put paper in front of my flash to dim it down.

Any idea how to fix this? I guessing my prepaid meter red light is too dim or the clear casing of the meter above the light is somehow blocking it from being detected, or the photodiode board could be faulty (the diode itself or the potentiometer). Ill go get another one this weekend to rule out the photodiode.

I have the same issue with my old Conlog's red indicator light. This is a common issue though as described in this issue thread: https://github.com/klaasnicolaas/home-assistant-glow/issues/62. There is a suggestion of replacing one of the 10k resistors, but I haven't gotten around to trying this yet.

w1tw0lf · Feb 17, 2022

Have this installed by previous owners.

Works perfectly with this.

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