Awesome Video, it follows the latest install version. The only issues I had was you clicked on "Send & Activate" quickly, but I was able to figure that out. The first thing I plan to use this for is to check my main computer to see if it has entered hibernation, and hibernate it if not. Many times I have come downstairs in the morning to find the PC and 3 monitors running because something like a remote desktop session kept it running. Thank you for all your work and detail!
Thank you very much for the comprehensive video. Just one question: Everything works fine, with one exception: I can't stop the media player. When I start a song in the music assistant, it keeps playing.
Unfortunately, HASS.Agent hasn't been maintained for some time now. BUT soon there will be new release, new features and also new team that's picked up development from previous dev. My suggestion is to try and ask on Discord discord.gg/G9xTgrxP I haven't tested still latest version 2.0 and 2.1 will be released in week or two.
Cracking video thank you! I tried to do this some time ago with a different program but it was nowhere near as easy as this (thanks to your video!) Merry Christmas, Sir
@@BeardedTinker If you figure out how to integrate hwinfo64 sensors please let me know? I'd like to get some other performance metrics, but can't see anything about shared access memory anywhere in the docs.
Thank you very much for the video. I have a problem with the entities of the previous version. I was already using hass agent for a while and now I uninstalled it and installed the new version. But home assistant keeps finding the device (computer) that it had before and the new one identified as another device. I mean, I have a computer but it shows me two devices and the old one with all the entities now unavailable. Do you know how I can solve this? Thank you so much
Not sure - is it old entities from previous installation or duplicate entities because of system service and agent app? HA has still problem with removing obsolete entities. For now, you could potentially disable each one. If you don't see option to delete it (by hand) it's also the only way.
This is fantastic! Thanks for a great video will be doing this asap. Is there a way that you can monitor servers, nas's (unraid) VMs (proxmox) in HA in a similar way?
Well, that's not that easy to answer. I use Uptime kuma to track some of the services. Proxmox actually has integration (did also video on that and Uptime Kuma), BUT don't get disappointed by the integration. It actually doesn't allow that much of a mointoring. My best bet, for now, would be Uptime Kuma. Not hard to setup, but also has limitations.
i implemented 2 computers and it works fine (although the media player works only from the browser and not from an external player). What I can't get to work well is the WOL. On one PC it seems to work but on the second it doesn't. Should the script be placed in a separate file? One for each PC? Could you explain the procedure a little better, please?
WOL has to be setup for each device separately - how/where you place it depends on your specific configuration. You need switch for each of the PCs you want to control. Also, not all devices support WOL - check motherboard documentation to make sure it is supported and if something has to be enabled in BIOS.
2:26 - My HACS looks very different than yours (Integration v1.29.1 & Frontend v20230105194043). I found that when searching for Agent I had to have the period after HASS and couldn't do the search starting with "hass age" What did work, for me at least, was searching for "hass.agent"
@@BeardedTinker Yes, sir, that was the difference. Thank you replying so quickly and also for your videos. You're one of my top 3 resources for HA on new ideas and implementation of guides into my circumstance.
Sorry to hear that. Are you using it as service or? I have issues sometimes with services being unavailable and because of that I can do TTS notifications on PC (media player not available).
Well, if someone did this to you, then your network is already compromised from before. This agent is not talking to the cloud or using any external access. All the traffic should stay on your network and it doesn't require any port open on firewall.
Have a great Christmas. However, since this integration appears to be going in an mqtt direction, I won't bother with it - my HA is and will remain an mqtt free zone.
For now.... nope. But you have ability to install HA companion app on MacOS - not sure what can you get from it, but my guess is a lot of info and similar.
@@BeardedTinker yep i already have the Mac Companion app. It's more of a one-way thing, a bunch of sensors such as Battery, Webcam in use, stuff like that. Very useful, but yeh other than send notifications and stuff you cant send too much back the other way.
Perfect timing: needed my laptop's battery status for the optimal charge and discharge of the battery using a smartplug. Thank you very much !
Glad it helped! Have fun with it automating it!
Merry Christmas BT 🎁🎅🎄
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too 🎄🍪🍷
Awesome Video, it follows the latest install version. The only issues I had was you clicked on "Send & Activate" quickly, but I was able to figure that out. The first thing I plan to use this for is to check my main computer to see if it has entered hibernation, and hibernate it if not. Many times I have come downstairs in the morning to find the PC and 3 monitors running because something like a remote desktop session kept it running. Thank you for all your work and detail!
Thanks again for great and very useful content. Merry Christmas to all .
Hvala Nikša and Merry Christmas to you and the family too!!!
@@BeardedTinker Many thanks .
Thank you very much for the comprehensive video.
Just one question: Everything works fine, with one exception: I can't stop the media player. When I start a song in the music assistant, it keeps playing.
Unfortunately, HASS.Agent hasn't been maintained for some time now. BUT soon there will be new release, new features and also new team that's picked up development from previous dev. My suggestion is to try and ask on Discord discord.gg/G9xTgrxP
I haven't tested still latest version 2.0 and 2.1 will be released in week or two.
You keep bugging me with interesting ideas! 🙂How will I ever find the time to implement all those things?! Thanks again and best wishes!
You can do it - I need to keep you on the edge always :) All the best in 2023!!!
Cracking video thank you! I tried to do this some time ago with a different program but it was nowhere near as easy as this (thanks to your video!) Merry Christmas, Sir
That's awesome! Glad you got it working and hope you'll put it to good use! And Merry Christmas to You too!!!
@@BeardedTinker If you figure out how to integrate hwinfo64 sensors please let me know? I'd like to get some other performance metrics, but can't see anything about shared access memory anywhere in the docs.
Great video. I'm struggling with sending a command to the pc to open the on screen keyboard. Any ideas?
Unfortunately, no - last year or so I'm just pulling basic info from PC more or less - to check if kids are playing games instead of doing homework.
Thank you for this interesting video ! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you BT 🎉
Thank you very very much!!! Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you too!!!!
This is a great video, very well presented
Glad you liked it! Thank you very much!!!
Merry Christmas. to all.
Merry Christmas to you too
Thank you very much for the video. I have a problem with the entities of the previous version. I was already using hass agent for a while and now I uninstalled it and installed the new version. But home assistant keeps finding the device (computer) that it had before and the new one identified as another device. I mean, I have a computer but it shows me two devices and the old one with all the entities now unavailable. Do you know how I can solve this? Thank you so much
Not sure - is it old entities from previous installation or duplicate entities because of system service and agent app?
HA has still problem with removing obsolete entities. For now, you could potentially disable each one. If you don't see option to delete it (by hand) it's also the only way.
@@BeardedTinker Use MQTT explorer and delete retain topic and magically all those entities disappeared
If thez are MQTT entities, yes. But not all are, that's the problem with HA still...
This is fantastic! Thanks for a great video will be doing this asap. Is there a way that you can monitor servers, nas's (unraid) VMs (proxmox) in HA in a similar way?
Well, that's not that easy to answer. I use Uptime kuma to track some of the services. Proxmox actually has integration (did also video on that and Uptime Kuma), BUT don't get disappointed by the integration. It actually doesn't allow that much of a mointoring. My best bet, for now, would be Uptime Kuma. Not hard to setup, but also has limitations.
great job. thank you 😊👍
Thank you! Cheers!
That's great, thank you!
You're welcome and thanks for the comment!
i implemented 2 computers and it works fine (although the media player works only from the browser and not from an external player).
What I can't get to work well is the WOL. On one PC it seems to work but on the second it doesn't.
Should the script be placed in a separate file? One for each PC?
Could you explain the procedure a little better, please?
WOL has to be setup for each device separately - how/where you place it depends on your specific configuration. You need switch for each of the PCs you want to control.
Also, not all devices support WOL - check motherboard documentation to make sure it is supported and if something has to be enabled in BIOS.
@@BeardedTinker I was able to set WOL for all my 3 PC.
P.S.
I share same of your video in a Facebook group of Home Assistant in Italy. 😉
2:26 - My HACS looks very different than yours (Integration v1.29.1 & Frontend v20230105194043). I found that when searching for Agent I had to have the period after HASS and couldn't do the search starting with "hass age" What did work, for me at least, was searching for "hass.agent"
Do you have experimental UI enabled? I don't - maybe that's the difference.
@@BeardedTinker Yes, sir, that was the difference.
Thank you replying so quickly and also for your videos. You're one of my top 3 resources for HA on new ideas and implementation of guides into my circumstance.
Nice video. Pity my messages to windows don't work. It was one of my main reasons for trying this out
Sorry to hear that. Are you using it as service or? I have issues sometimes with services being unavailable and because of that I can do TTS notifications on PC (media player not available).
@@BeardedTinker Yes. I am using it as a service. How do you send it as TTS to the pc?
I use internal TTS (Google one) and use media_player of device to send it. Nothing special, all internal Home Assistant services.
I used Hass.Agent for 4 days and someone got inside my PC and started playing Indian music...
How to secure this ?
Well, if someone did this to you, then your network is already compromised from before. This agent is not talking to the cloud or using any external access. All the traffic should stay on your network and it doesn't require any port open on firewall.
Have a great Christmas.
However, since this integration appears to be going in an mqtt direction, I won't bother with it - my HA is and will remain an mqtt free zone.
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too!
I think you probably missed that you can still use older way of opening parts etc.
Fantástico trabalho. Muito útil. Obrigado.
Thank you :)
how about linux?
For Linux, you can try this one: github.com/joshuar/go-hass-agent
I have yet to find a safe way to remote start my pc from a full shutdown.
Use wake up on lan. You will have to enable in BIOS first. Then you can do this
@@ItsmeCoringa from sleep yes but not when the pc is completely off , no?
If motherboard supports it, yes, from full shutdown too. But mostly works only with cable. Not WiFi, although it can with WiFi too.
if only there was a MacOS version, just sold my last windows pc...
For now.... nope. But you have ability to install HA companion app on MacOS - not sure what can you get from it, but my guess is a lot of info and similar.
@@BeardedTinker yep i already have the Mac Companion app. It's more of a one-way thing, a bunch of sensors such as Battery, Webcam in use, stuff like that. Very useful, but yeh other than send notifications and stuff you cant send too much back the other way.