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

crashy said:
I can drop the code in here if you want. I make use of lovelace_gen which is pretty handy for code re-use
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You're welcome to share it, I'm sure someone will find it useful. I tend to procrastinate - if its not broken - I don't fix it :p
 
Haha yeah to be honest I hear you, it was such a ballache to implement.

I make us of this custom_component - https://github.com/thomasloven/hass-lovelace_gen

Then I made a ui-generic-alarm-button.yaml which has the below code (still improving it)

YAML: 
# lovelace_gen

type: "custom:button-card"
color_type: card
entity: {{entity}}
name: '[[[ if (states["{{entity_bypass}}"].state == "on") return "{{name}} - Bypassed"; else return "{{name}}" ]]]'
# name: {{name}}
show_last_changed: true
styles:
  name:
    - font-size: 10px
  label:
    - font-size: 10px
state:
  - value: "on"
    color: red
    icon: mdi:alert
    styles:
      card:
        - animation: blink 2s ease infinite

  - operator: template
    value: >
      [[[ return states["{{entity_bypass}}"].state == "on" ]]]
    color: Grey
    icon: {{icon}}

  - operator: template
    value: >
      [[[ return states['alarm_control_panel.main_house'].state === 'armed_night' ]]]
    color: {{armed_night_colour}}
    icon: mdi:shield-check

  - operator: template
    value: >
      [[[ return states['alarm_control_panel.main_house'].state === 'armed_away' ]]]
    color: red
    icon: mdi:shield-check

  - operator: default
    color: green
    icon: {{icon}}

tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: switch.toggle
  service_data:
    entity_id: {{entity_bypass}}

Then I have another file ui-security.yaml that !includes the above yaml file and passes through some parameters. Here's for the top part of the alarm section

YAML: 
# lovelace_gen

type: vertical-stack
cards:
  ## Sleeping Zones
  - type: "custom:button-card"
    color_type: label-card
    color: rgb(44, 109, 214)
    name: Sleeping Zones
  - type: horizontal-stack
    cards:
      - !include
        - ui-generic-alarm-button.yaml
        - name: Master Bedroom
          entity: binary_sensor.master_bedroom
          icon: mdi:human-male-female
          armed_night_colour: yellow
          entity_bypass: switch.master_bedroom_bypass
      - !include
        - ui-generic-alarm-button.yaml
        - name: Matts Room
          entity: binary_sensor.matts_room
          icon: mdi:human-male
          armed_night_colour: yellow
          entity_bypass: switch.matts_room_bypass
      - !include
        - ui-generic-alarm-button.yaml
        - name: Isabels Room
          entity: binary_sensor.isabels_room
          icon: mdi:human-female
          armed_night_colour: yellow
          entity_bypass: switch.isabels_room_bypass
      - !include
        - ui-generic-alarm-button.yaml
        - name: Passage
          entity: binary_sensor.passage
          icon: mdi:table-column
          armed_night_colour: yellow
          entity_bypass: switch.passage_bypass
 
Tinuva said:
Can you bypass zones with this and see bypass state?
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It is supported if im not mistaken, I havnt looked into it as I dont need to bypass zones, develoepr is also actively expanding it. There is lots of info in the project.
 
Gielie01 said:
It is supported if im not mistaken, I havnt looked into it as I dont need to bypass zones, develoepr is also actively expanding it. There is lots of info in the project.
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Hmm maybe I should move over to that eventually too. The envisalink4 integration in home assistant is getting no love since the developer moved over to a different alarm system
 
Anyone know off hand if its possible to pull low battery/battery information from wireless sensors with Pai?
 
Tinuva said:
My Alarm PIRs also switch lights for movement at night.

Switches are all Shelly based for 95% of my house's light switches.
Alarm is a DSC pc1864 integrated with envisalink into Home Assistant.
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Is your HA interface with the PIR via the alarm panel / Envisalink? I.e. HA picks up motion activity directly from the PIR's via the alarm without any further hardware required?
 
Speedster said:
Is your HA interface with the PIR via the alarm panel / Envisalink? I.e. HA picks up motion activity directly from the PIR's via the alarm without any further hardware required?
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Yes. For each zone you get a sensor. All binary sensors to show either open or close. Pir is usually closed and open when there is movement. Eg. If you see the led on the Pir it show as open in HA.
 
Tinuva said:
Yes. For each zone you get a sensor. All binary sensors to show either open or close. Pir is usually closed and open when there is movement. Eg. If you see the led on the Pir it show as open in HA.
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Fantastic! So no need to get extra components. Whoop whoop

I'm slowly planning my system. I have the first few sonoffs already, esp8266 en route and then just to get my hands on a Pi.
 
My next odd question, is there such a thing/device that can be used to open a complex gate or garage door at long range(similar to a remote but can be wall mounted)?

I stay in an oldish complex and there is no high tech access control for the main gate just the regular 2 button remotes. My unit is about 150 - 200m from the main gate and my remote cant open the gate from inside and outside. I have to walk to the main gate to open. I would like some sort of longish range transmitter that can replicate the remote signal so I can open the gate without going outside.

Bonus would be if I can link said device (if it exists) to my HA so I can open the gate and/or garage if needed from my watch or phone.

I dont have access to the gate control panel and the trustees are old people who are allergic to tech so convincing them to add cell access control is pointless. They didnt even want the alarm company to programme their remotes on the panel, I had to speak to the managing agents for approval.

EDIT: Something like this, can it work?
 
MidnightZA said:
My next odd question, is there such a thing/device that can be used to open a complex gate or garage door at long range(similar to a remote but can be wall mounted)?

I stay in an oldish complex and there is no high tech access control for the main gate just the regular 2 button remotes. My unit is about 150 - 200m from the main gate and my remote cant open the gate from inside and outside. I have to walk to the main gate to open. I would like some sort of longish range transmitter that can replicate the remote signal so I can open the gate without going outside.

Bonus would be if I can link said device (if it exists) to my HA so I can open the gate and/or garage if needed from my watch or phone.

I dont have access to the gate control panel and the trustees are old people who are allergic to tech so convincing them to add cell access control is pointless. They didnt even want the alarm company to programme their remotes on the panel, I had to speak to the managing agents for approval.

EDIT: Something like this, can it work?
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doubt it, firstly you would have to code the new transmitter to the receiver which would mean access to the receiver.

the best bet would be changing or adding a long range receiver, like the sherlo 500m receiver (note you wont get 500m in a built up area with obstacles)
 
Steamy Tom said:
doubt it, firstly you would have to code the new transmitter to the receiver which would mean access to the receiver.

the best bet would be changing or adding a long range receiver, like the sherlo 500m receiver (note you wont get 500m in a built up area with obstacles)
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What about these units where you miss-call a specific number? My old complex where I stayed had one of those.

Residents are registered with their phone number onto the system. I imagine it has a SIM inside. As soon as you miss-call the SIM, and you're doing it from one of the registered numbers, then the gate opens.

Yeah, it isn't Home Assistant based but I think it is fairly reliable.
 
ebendl said:
What about these units where you miss-call a specific number? My old complex where I stayed had one of those.

Residents are registered with their phone number onto the system. I imagine it has a SIM inside. As soon as you miss-call the SIM, and you're doing it from one of the registered numbers, then the gate opens.

Yeah, it isn't Home Assistant based but I think it is fairly reliable.
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i think those are called mircom systems (or that might just be the main brand of them) but yes it is a pretty much a pc board with gsm capability added and what not to enable opening the gate based on configured numbers and actions
 
I'm stumped by the variety of HA installation options - could one of you more acquainted with the options help me out? I want to run HA on a Pi, as well as Pi-hole. My understanding is I can't run Pi-hole on the Home Assistant OS option. What would be the best option to do this?
 
I have a related question to one above, I am moving my hassio installation to a Pi4 8gig. Does it make sense to go the docker installation route instead of hassio?
 
Steamy Tom said:
doubt it, firstly you would have to code the new transmitter to the receiver which would mean access to the receiver.

the best bet would be changing or adding a long range receiver, like the sherlo 500m receiver (note you wont get 500m in a built up area with obstacles)
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I could probably get ask the alarm company to code the transmitter to the complex receiver. But I dont think I can get approval to install a long range receiver.

Also, I wouldn't want to upgrade this complex at my cost. I rather upgrade my own unit to make my life easier
 
Speedster said:
I'm stumped by the variety of HA installation options - could one of you more acquainted with the options help me out? I want to run HA on a Pi, as well as Pi-hole. My understanding is I can't run Pi-hole on the Home Assistant OS option. What would be the best option to do this?
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From what I remember Pi-Hole is an add-on in the HACS.
I definitely remember seeing it previously.
 
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