Home Assistant COMPLETE Beginners Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- A complete idiot's guide to Home Assistant with zero nerd speak from setting up the Raspberry Pi to creating automations, connecting Alexa & Creating Dashboards. The first 1,000 people to use my link to sign up will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/paulhibbert06221
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Home Assistant Hardware
1:07 - You Will Need
1:45 - Home Assistant Raspberry Pi 4 Construction
3:11 - Installing Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi 4
5:24 - Raspberry Pi Boot from USB
6:13 - Home Assistant First Time Actions
7:50 - Home Assistant Zigbee setup
8:14 - Home Assistant Mobile App
9:15 - Home Assistant Dashboard Tutorial
13:01 - Nabu Casa Setup : Home Assistant Cloud
14:19 - Home Assistant Alexa Support
15:42 - Home Assistant Scenes
16:59 - Home Assistant Automation
18:59 - Home Assistant Backups - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Nope, you were pretty much spot on. Ahav, on the other hand, messed up the port forwarding part. It should be 443 to 8123, not 8173! I think he deserves another slap for that :P
I remember filming that segment and I think you can see my eyes kind of glaze over as I'm desperately trying to remember that piece of dialogue and I knew the port number was coming out of my face wrong as I said it and I was like "you aren't gonna be able to get this far through this sentence a second time just keep bloody talking" 🤣
How about grammar nerds instead. It is "Cue", not "Queue" :-P
I thought that Brits were big on Queues?
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Props to you for touching on backups immediately - giving you a thumbs up for that alone
At which point in the setup did your wife file for divorce?
Great little video for anyone starting out. It's amazing how much easier it's gotten since I started using it about 4 years ago when everything was in YAML
Home Assistant for normal people. Brilliant Paul. You have given me hope! Thanks 😊
Don't worry, after a week using HA you won't be a normal person.
So many YAML files...
@@Guitarocker493 nah, that’s still a normie thing. You should try some soldering and C programming your controllers
Great timing, I set up HA about 6 months ago, got what I needed working and then felt a bit lost and left it at that. Last week, a couple things stopped working. I'll follow this and get a better start this time. Thank you sir! HOME ASSISTANT!! HOME ASSISTANT!!!
Yes!!! back to your best with step by step tutorials. Loads of info to get started. Just need to dig out my Pi4 that buried in a draw somewhere a couple of months back coz I was too scared to try it. More of this please Paul. Your tutorials are great!
Note on using the Conbee (or any USB-based Zigbee controllers) in combination with the RPi, although your case may have actually solved it:
The WiFi antenna signal may interfere with the Zigbee antenna signal, so you need to distance them apart using a USB extension cable (or use a case that includes it).
This comment should be pinned haha. This problem cost me hours and the last bit of colour left in my hair!
I will try it, with usb extension cabel as my rasbee stick doesnt work after migration to ssd.
Great video, nice and straightforward but covers all the basics in 20 mins 👍
Actually running Home Assistant right now because your earlier video on the Tuya local integration gave me the push to do it. Works pretty good so far. Main issue the rube goldberg collection of sensors, IR blasters, and scripts needed to make it work with the minisplit, is just one of the many rabbit holes you can find in Home Assistant. Another Home Assistant rabbit hole is ESPhome, which leads to soldering and burned fingers
I may have missed this - but a silly blocker for me as a complete newbie to Raspberry Pi 4's and Home Assistant is that the SD card may need to be removed before it can boot via USB (SSD). So after you've put USB Boot via the Raspberry Imager on the SD Card, you've inserted the SD Card into the Raspberry Pi 4 and let it boot to copy the boot-up instructions to the Pi... Turn it off, take out the SD Card and the USB Boot should work.
This took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out why the SSD would not boot up Home Assistant.
I wish I had seen this comment before spending an hour banging my head against the wall
my Pi4 booted directly from SSD without any need to convince it with some SD card tricksors.
Very much appreciated! Thanks!
This is definitely the push I needed to check this out. The final selling point for me was being able to tick what Alexa can detect when you set that side of things up! That'll make it so much simpler setting up all the rooms and devices on 2 accounts. Awesome content my dude \m/.
The Alexa support through Nabu Casa is VERY slick. The HA team nailed it!
You'll never want to move back after setting it up. Not even after screwing things up. (Yes, you will..( Just don't skip the backup tip. its a real lifesaver!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
@@andy-v Noted! Thanks :)
@@asdkjh4370 I mean, I just want to play with the interesting technology that turns my bulbs on and off and makes life easier for my visually impaired wife, but ok. Not quite sure how I'm risking my family's safety, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the assassins just in case.
All of this stuff could just work with Alexa on its own, but sometimes it's nice to try something new and discover the good and bad yourself, y'know?
You got me pointed in the right direction, thanks! Seeing as how this video was posted 11 months ago, it's amazing how much the web and app interfaces have changed in so short a time...but, your info (and my past experience) allowed me to find what I was looking for to move forward. Thanks!
Great video Paul, because of this I finally took the leap to HA. One thing though, you may want to note that the SD card should be removed after turning off the Pi and turning it back on to load from SSD. May be common knowledge to HA/RPi pros, but not for a noob like me.....FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY :)
THANK YOU!!!!
Just spent about an hour scratching my head over this! After some googling and plugging the Pi into my TV via HDMI, I saw a green scree (to confirm successful flash of USB boot), then had the brainwave to remove the SD card!
@@tomchittock I had exactly the same problem!
Yes, the remove SD card had me circling for hours. It does make since that the goal is to no longer boot from the SD card but for noob like me It took hours to figure out what I did wrong.
Great channel Paul, your basic instructions and product reviews convinced me to finally move all my smart home devices over to Home Assistant. Oh and your style of humor keeps me coming back!
WOW THANK YOU..., we have been searching as well and this fixed the problem while eating Kebab :D
Sorry, as a beginner you lost me on the raspberry pie
Ikr?! As a beginner I can't understand how baking a pie will help me control my house 😢
🤣
As yet I’ve no reason for home assistant. I’m just loving bellowing commands at Alexa and having a 5 minute argument when something fails! Lol
Paul you are an appreciated legend! Another awesome video!
Thanks dude!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Good job paul. Might I suggest to add the Home Assistant Google Drive Backup add-on. This will backup your HA every few days to your google drive account automatically, keeping all updates and changes you make to HA current in case of a drive failure. Can even set it to delete the old versions so it doesn't take up all your google drive space. But i agree with all you've said and done. Again keep up the good work. 🙂
Oh, this is fantastic! Thanks!
Oh my goodness, I am so reluctant to click the play icon, I have a feeling that I am about to jump into a very nerdy rabbit hole. I hope I don’t end up hip thrusting everyone.
Really good tutorial! Starting out with HA now is sooo much easier then when I did it 2.5 years ago lol
It's so good that half a year ago I migrated my HA from Raspberry Pi 2 to Pi 4 w SSD and it took under 1 hour for everything to be back up again with no issues (including Zigbee)
Paul, I am so grateful for your tutorial. I have watched it several times and already ordered from your links. Fingers crossed I can get the job done once it all arrives and I put it all together.
Thank you Paul for a very logical and informative video, I needed this 6 months ago when I started my Home Assistant adventure with an Intel NUC, my choice of hardware. You have resolved one issue I had with remote access, I hadn't copied my Nabu Casa url into my companion app 😭, now I have 😀.
Ah Paul, my RPi just arrived yesterday. This is the absolute best timing :D Many thanks and keep up the good work!
I told myself I would not get HA cause I don't want to nerd out for hours programming everything, and I've realized there's isn't any smart home options that are convient for my family.
So I started doing my parts list for HA, and this video came at the right moment xD
Thank you Paul for the amazing tutorial, and have a great day 👍
I'm just starting out organizing my gadgets and this video helps because I was thinking of using HA initially but thought it would be overkill. It's confusing sometimes using the phone app(s) and trying to tie them altogether. It would be worth it not to have to do all this on a smart phone also ... Love the bloopers and thanks again for the info!
Awesome Vid! As a newbie, this is exactly what I needed. Your the MAN Paul. Thanks again!!
There is a Google drive backup addon.
It creates backups on schedule and uploads them to Google drive.
You can even set how many backups should be saved locally and on the cloud
Thanks mate, I did almost go into doing automated backups, but I figurted the topic might have started to become overwhelming after 20 minutes.
@@paulhibbert I understand.
But local backups and/or manual backups is the same as no backups at all.
It's going to work for a few days then weeks from now it has been forgotten and all you have is a month old backup, and that probably equals several hours of development lost.
I upload a new backup every morning. Probably not needed anymore, but in the beginning when lots of changes are done it's very helpful to have current backups.
I was going to suggest the same thing, using the google backup add-on. Well worth it, saves manual download and then copying
Yep, best HA addon ever. It just does it's thing and backs up to the cloud every time. Generational backups are the bomb!
Isn't that only available with Supervisor, which I don't think Paul is running?
17:06
We have to because now we can't say anymore: "JuST UsE HOmeAsSiSsTANt ...!!!" 😅
I've been one of those guys that watches your videos for the past few years and complains (to myself) about some aspects.. but this was a really good video.
I've jumped down the HA hole a few times but renting is holding me back on a full install which I will be starting when I move back to Ireland and into my own house, at which point I will be using this video as things have changed somewhat in HA world (believe it or not 😂).
Again, good video, good points, straightforward with the basic jump off points which I take you were aiming for.
Well done
Just got inspired by this and installed home assistant and commissioned 5 lights with scenes. I deployed on proxmox and it had none of the non-responsive delay periods after the install wizard. A few suggestions on Pauls approach (1) I'd put a redirect on your router so the external server gets redirected to your internal server when you're connected at home (2) A virtualisation server with NVME is available for ~200-250 USD and sips tens of watts... then you can run pihole etc isolated but on the same box
I have moved from SmartThings to HA three weeks ago and can confirm you will become single due the work in learning all this. This video would have saved me some time starting out as the information is all over place. Some advise I started in Pi3 but has I have 80 zigbee devices it seems to struggle and was getting slow already. I moved this to a Small computer with a celeron processor and like rapid now. If you are deep into automations I recommend getting the right hardware. As Paul said raspberry Pi with and SSD disk should be best for most.
Once your setup and ready to play around more look at trigger IDs - game changer in automation clean up!
I freaking love your videos so much that I swear I hit LIKE as soon as I click on it because I KNOW it is going to be good, informative, and funny AF! Thank you.
Thanks man. That means a lot! 😊
Wow who would think that +PaulHibbert in half a year to a year moved from yelling Home Assistant, Home Assistant to creating tutorials about Home Assistant. Great stuff Paul, keep up the good work :)
Excellent video again. Now you just need to dip your toes into the fantastical realm of Node Red, because honestly it's a beautiful combination. You can spend many of your lonely hours moving nodes to precise positions, then sit back, and feel almost accepting of your new-found celibate lifestyle.
Awesome video, keep in mind there are several addons such as the google drive addon that will manage doing backups automatically so you don't even have to remember to make them
Personally I'd create a second dashboard for customization, so that on the automatic dashboard all the new stuff shows up. Just because sometimes an integration updates and adds more useful information and you wouldn't know it in your regular dashboard. But that additional info will show up in the automatic dashboard.
This was amazing. Thanks for spending my money. Looking forward to learning more about HA.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a Home Assistant fanboy lol (love you really lol) 🤣🤣🤣
Great video. I just started exploring this topic for home automation and monitoring. This video makes this look easy and highly customizable. Thank you! Subbed for sure!
Thanks man! ❤️
Great work, even though I've been using HA for years, and are even doing YT videos about it, I learned something, good job! (and Node Red is great :-D )
Thank you Paul for this. Between yourself and those mentioned I have a much better understanding of what HA can do and how to do it. Funny - my wife thinks I am having an affair on computer as I have spent days watching videos and then taking what I watched and converting into how I will use in my home. This was a massive undertaking and happy now that I am on the other side. Well worth it and I am still amazed at the things my home now does.
Amazing Video for beginners for sure. Really enjoyed it, even I am not a HA beginner anymore :)
Step 1 to 7 and all the raspberry pi crap you can avoid ( and all the pain with it ) by just getting a Odroid N2+ with pre-installed
Homeassistant Image :) odroid UK and amerdroid US has them ( can not post link here I guess ).
I personally use in both houses Homeassistant Blue which are bascially the same just neater looking case.
Also when you first startup HA I would highly recommend to not let HA all import what it finds, especially if you have already a lot of Smart devices.
I would rather recommend doing that manually one by one from Settings > Devices/Services later and immediately start renaming the entities and devices to names
that actually make sense to you.
Otherwise you can end up with hundreds or even thousands of entities you have to rename, disable, etc. makes things easier.
Would assume a lot of beginners in your audience also would appreciate a HACS Video, without it, Home Assistant is only half as good :)
Was about to say the same. I ran HA on a Win machine for a couple of weeks just over a year ago to have a look. Ordered an N2+ as you mentioned and never looked back. Rock-solid from day one. I have dozens of NR flows, actionable notifications, cameras, thermostats etc etc. Very pleased with my choice.
Maybe Paul should also talk about Home Assistant Yellow : so you can start HA without tinkering, and the ZigBee/Thread radio is included, with Matter support in development.
Thanks much. This provides a great onramp to HA. All the easier to hurry up past the boring bits and get stuck in nerdery faster :)
Great, entertaining video!
I view the nabu casa fee as a support/goodwill gesture. These people work hard and I can afford it. I'm an old hack so maybe I'm an old softy
what I like about node red the most besides the interface is the fact that's easy to store the state of your room. So for example, my lights are rigged to remember their last state when they were turned off. That way I don't have to faff about with scenes and settings 99% of the time. Also, much easier to expose to the outside world - you don't need an amazon account for example. I'm on the fence though about exposing my server directly, still digging into security.
I'm realizing now that automations are the tip of the iceberg with node red.
This is awesome, I genuinely reckon I could tackle Home Assistant now. Thanks mate, brilliant stuff as always!
Nice one dude! It's one of those things where it's easy once you know how. There's still loads I need to learn, but everything so far has started out a real pain in the butt and then later on I've gone "Ooooooh, why didn't someone just say that!?!"
@@paulhibbert It's something I've really wanted to do to grow my smart home beyond the very basic stuff I have at the moment, but just seemed quite intimidating from the guides I'd watched on other channels. This video makes starting out so much more within reach and worth giving it a crack.
Welcome to the rathole.
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
I am so new to HA.... You have saved me. Thank you! Bless your heart! I learned so much!
Thanks for the video Paul, informative and definitely more entertaining than other automation uploads I've seen. I'm thinking of making the jump from Google Home to home assistant, not really because I need it, but because playing with tech is fun. Are all the parts still relevant today and is it possible to implement the Matter/Thread new standard I keep hearing about?
I do already have a Qnap Nas, is it worth doing it on that or should I run home assistant on a stand-alone raspberry pi?
For backups also there is an addon that automatically makes backups and uploads them to your Google Drive which is quite handy as it's a set and forget kind of thing.
Yep! I used to use that, but recently I found a Samba backup integration that saves backups directly to my laptop instead of filling up my Google Drive storage. Both are good options though.
@@neekster28 I need to move to that one actually. I haven't tried the SAMBA one specifically but the GDrive one I really liked as it was actively developed and had so many things you could configure. But I have only 5Mbps upload and my backups are 4GB so takes hours (not to mention space) 😅
@Paul Hibbert ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you for this! Im just starting my journey with HOME ASSISTANT (PELVIC THRUST) lol and this helped a lot. Quick question, I've read a lot about the Conbee 2 stick and the Sonoff 3.0 dongle. Is there any difference between the 2? Making a list of things to get but stuck on this part. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again
Brill video Paul, at last something that make sense on setting up the Assistant beastie. Thanks for posting it.
Arrrggg I finally installed HA after seeing this and it's *so unfriendly,* even to someone who's ok writing a bit of python.
Got my zigbee coordinator connected - reset and added a few bulbs and a sensor and I'm already pretty frustrated/angry at the whole process.
Replicating the basic "sensor makes room lights bright during day, dim at night, turn off after 5 mins no motion" rule that Hue makes easily was pretty painful. If it's going to be that hard to re-make the routines I have in there and Alexa this is not going to be for me and I'm in awe of the patience anyone has that can do this.
Oh dammit and now my wife has left.
Another brilliant video. And as usual, very informative.
You’re by far the nuttiest guy of all my YT subscriptions 😂… by far… 🚀
please never change 🙏
Paul I enjoy your videos!! This is the best tutorial for Home Assistant for beginners that I have found. Thank you!
Thanks dude! ❤️
That easy hey! Thanks Paul. I'll get it done straight after I finish my Neurosurgery degree.
Thank you! In HomeKit now but was hesitant to make the jump to HA. Knowing my wife will never know the difference makes it a lot easier. Lol
Great content again Paul, Having found you I’m getting more and more into this home automation, if I may ask what are your home pc specs it’s a mine field out there in the desktop market a little help if you don’t mind or anyone else if they wish to comment cheers Paul keep up the amazing work
Your props and nic nacs in the background are top notch. Well done.
I just got a mini PC to install HA on, this is helping me out a ton!! Many thanks 🙏🏾
Thanks for this.
Should I remove my devices from the cloud ( tuya, yeelight, etc.) before or after setting up home assistant? Can they work together at least until I get my automations set up?
Can you include a link to the cloud service and costs, thanks.
This is exactly what I needed, most other HA guides I've tried to watch are too dry. Much prefer watching your version
That was too much screaming like a mentally disabled person. So annoying
I have literally been waiting for this!
Great video!! Finally back to making home automation videos.
Brilliant stuff! when I get a home assistant thingie ma bob, you will be the first video I watch (fekin chip shortage). 👍
Just started with home assistant and this was really helpful!!
Never thought Paul would be doing a HA beginners Guide 😂
Nice. Sold my athom homey for more then I bought it for and was going to setup home assistant tomorrow. Know some but nice to have a reference. Was going buy the case but didn't know it had possibility for ssd :)
Well done Paul! Someone definitely needed to do this :o
10:07 As of 2023.12.0, you can change what rooms do and do not appear in the default dashboard, so this isn't necessarily true anymore. Still, it is recommended you still "take control" and make a custom dashboard.
I’ve just ventured into the home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT world.. it’s a steep learning curve and I can’t say home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT just the once! Even in RL! my other half gives me a look like I’m crazy!😂😂😂 thank you Paul!
Haha, glad to have had such a profound effect on your marriage 😅
@@paulhibbert errrrm we’re not married…yet… shhhh, I don’t mention it! Lol
@@jvoric don't worry, Home Assistant will stop her marrying you. 🤣
@@paulhibbert 😂😂😂😂 still need to figure out how to tts on Alexa so I’ll be safe from marriage for a while longer! 😉😉😝😝
Thanks for this video. I haven't started using HA yet but will be doing soon. Just as an idea for accessing it from outside the home network, you could set up a Tailscale network (free for individuals). Works even from behind a CGNAT without a public IP.
So what protocols can communicate with home assistant using a raspberry pi, natively? Do I have to have a stick for every protocol? (z wave, ZigBee, etc...). Can I get a stick that well cover more then one protocol? I have some globe electric smart bulbs that us wifi, what protocol are those, how do I find out. Can I control my WiFi smart bulbs with home assistant. I have an old laptop, can I run home assistant on that, until I get a raspberry pi? Thanks for your time and sorry for the newb questions.
Great guide Paul , newbie here in automation and i really need help ?Ive got amazon echo show 5 and 8 and im planning to have switchbot motion sensors,indoor camera etc.. my question is if im gunna go for these setup having raspberry pi with zigbee will my echo 5 and 8 integrate with the home assistant?( i understand echo 5 and 8 doesnt have an zigbee hub) are switchbot products zigbee compatible?or i need to have their switchbot hub for me to be able to connect to my rasberry pi with zigbee? or should ill be using another dongle for switchbot products? do i even need a zigbee dongle on my raspberry pi using switchbot and echo 5 and 8? TIA really appreciate all your videos.
Brilliant, informative and cracked me up too...cheers!
Hi Paul, I hope you are well. Is it better to get the Home Assistant image for the pi, then to get the install file for the pi?
Thanks for showing us how to setup Home assistant. Can you advise me If i have say 2 thermostat smart switches like say the sonoff TH16, can I control a smart switch connected pump based on the difference in readings of the thermostats??
GREAT presentation and content. I am new to HA and just installed 2022-12 on a NUC. The SUPERVISOR and CONFIGURATIONS options are NOT in the SIDEBAR! How do I fix this? Thanks David
Just discovered your channel. Informative, Funny, Refreshing. You've got a new subscriber.
Paul I would strongly suggest a usb extension lead and move the zigbee stick away from the raspberry pi as it could interfere with the signal.
Hello, do you have this as a document somewhere? Your way of running HA seems much easier than the super convoluted way that I installed it. Also what Raspberry are you using, I have a RPi4 with 1 Gb of RAM and it is struggling so hard with everything.
hey Paul there's an easier way to manage backups, there is an addon that can automatically make a backup at certain times and then automatically upload it to your drive Everything Smart Home did a video on it. Very easy to set up and you won't ever have to think about making one again, it just does it for you.
Super nice tutorial! I suppose it will work on my synology with the USB key for zigbee.
One thing, can you make a video about what you will buy if you have to start over again your smart home. Motion sensors, bulbs, light strips, cameras,... All the basic stuff. Because with all the videos I watched on your channel, I'm a bit lost of what to buy. I know, not Philips hue. :p
This kind of video can be very helpful to summarize all the devices you tested and adopted.
I’m back! the value of these videos is getting better and better.
THOSE DEPP MEMES 🤣
Bravo young man, bravo
Morning Doctor!!
Brilliant. Thanks Paul, I think I might make the jump to HA
Beginner's guide:
You are a beginner.
Use another platform.
You'll thank me later when you loose the noob badge and try home assistant again.
🤣🤣🤣
Spot on, I bottled it on HA and went hubitat, ended up linking HA to it for WiFi devices and found out it wasn't so bad after all. When Paul dropped his conbee vid I got one and the hubitat is now gathering dust.
Hi Paul ! great vidéo !
For the Pi and the SSD what size do you recommend ?
Thanks
After your last video this is exactly the video I thought you should make, and here it is. Good work.
Too late for me, but I got my laptop based HA working.
Alas Switchbot as great as the devices are, is a pain to get on HA. I only just barely managed to get the Curtain Bot working, barely. Forget about thier motion sensor and door sensor. I'm very disappointed, considering how easy it's integrated in Alexa, Smarthings, and IFTTT.
I hope there is a way.
"Turn the lights back on....there's no girl there"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's true.😢
I noticed that the SABRENT USB 3.0 to SSD/SATA/IDE 2.5/3.5/5.25-INCH Hard Drive Converter with UL Power Supply is in short supply. What alternatives are available that would serve the same purpose?
Might actually have a go at this again. I've burned through a couple of SD cards trying to get HA to work
@ 8:59 - Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
I almost shat myself
Great video again thanks for all your help on these setups! Just wondering if you can help on a Type one situations where I tend to not like IFFFT as it never seems to do what I want. e.g turn lights colours to Orange on when getting a low reading yet will not change light back to normal colours or off when Blood reading go back to normal, would be great if you can help out on these more important things! :-) thanks!
'Home Assistant Google Drive Backup' is a nice addon. automatic backups and moving to google drive :)
If I can't get the Sabrent USB to SSD can you recommend a replacement? Newbie here. Thanks so much!
Great video Paul thank you, really want to give this a try. But I have one question.
I have 2 homes, can i create 2 Pi based HA servers and switch and switch between them in the app?
Many thanks 😊
Great Video. Nice starter and overview. Agree with the Node Red stuff. There's a nice little add-on that'll backup to Google Drive automagically I'd recommend it.
I think that's in the Supervised install which he's not using.
Quick tip for people following along @6:25 the point when advised to boot from the SSD, make sure you take the SD card out, and also make sure the Pi is plugged into your network.
Why unplug the sd card
@@TeeJayKay14 Because it keeps trying to boot of the SD card.
Well, I'm Glad I found this!
I loved this video on all aspects hahah
Hey Paul and whoever else happens to buy the case. I am not sure if they came out with a new model or if they send a different model to US but the version of the case that I got had a different look on the inside(also a cheaper fan :/) I still followed your instructions(swapping which USB ports) but nothing connected so I followed the case directions and nothing, finally I just unplugged the usb3.0 to ssd(basically the whole top) and used the connector you had me get to hook up the ssd and no more interference. I still love this case and want to use it for another project but with the ssd adapter not working great I have to go with something else lame :( the rest of the video was spot on and perfect, thanks for your videos helping guide me through the process!!!
Hi Paul, great video, I actually moved to HA because of you. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the Aqara stuff on HA, I have G3 as the hub and a few Aqara devices, and even though I do have a Conbee II stick as you suggested to get Zigbee devices on board to HA, I can't seem to get Aqara to work on HA. G3 doesn't appear, and none of the other Aqara devices get picked up either. Any thoughts on how to get them to work?
Thinking of getting into Home Assistant was wondering what GB raspberry Pi you recommend. So happy your back doing videos. Best on TH-cam 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Now you need to make a joke about an annoying Home Assistant dude where you slap yourself.