While I appreciate the effort, I feel 764 lines of Jinja (even if they work out of the box) is not a bridge I have to cross today.

Also I definitely want some guardrails to make sure that there's always hot water, with or without Nordpool data and associated machinery.

https://github.com/TheFes/cheapest-energy-hours/blob/V5.5.4/cheapest_energy_hours.jinja

Pulled apart one of my echo dots so I can use the case o embed an orange pi zero and conference call microphone to make a #homeassistant satellite. I think I’ll make a custom PCB so I can reuse the power and audio out connector and the light ring.

I'm automating stuff at the family farm using #homeassistant ; lights, smoke alarms, stove fire preventers, heaters.

It's inspiring to see so many iot devices support #ZigBee but also infuriating that 50% of the ones I've encountered has something fucky with their zigbee implementation. It's also somewhat concerning that the mains-connected zb router devices I've found will drop off immediately when the power goes out. The thought of not getting alerts about a fire in the barn if the power's out, concerns me.

I've got my eye on #matter , but I can't find compatible smoke alarms in Norway (so I can be confident they comply with local regulations, and return them if they're bad), and only limited reviews of ones available from abroad.

I see there's https://www.matteralpha.com/category/smoke-co-alarm and https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smoke-detector-with-matter-over-thread-support/810731 but idk.

Can anyone recommend a mains-powered zigbee router device with a built-in battery, that'll keep it routing for at least 1 hour if it loses power?

Alternatively, a small (max 20*10*10cm) #ups that'll power a zb router or other tiny device for 1 hour? #NUT #networkUpsTools compatibility is a big plus

"AdGuard Home" auf dem #HomeAssistant installiert. Zack... lästige Werbung und Tracker auf allen Geräten im Haus mit einem Schlag eliminiert.

Snagged a cheap tablet to chuck on the wall for my #HomeAssistant dashboard

Sometimes it's the little joys in the #selfhosted journey. Like when you find that your town has released an API endpoint to get your garbage and recycling pick up schedule that I can now integrate into #HomeAssistant . What a win!

Save the date!

The State of the Open Home is on Saturday, April 12th! Join the team as we go over the year since the founding of the foundation, with some special guests, and what's to come over the next year.

Check out the @homeassistant blog for more details + the live stream link!

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #OpenHome
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/26/state-of-the-open-home-2025-announcement/

Snailmail notifications via #HomeAssistant

Right, that's #homeassistant decoding my garage door BLE adverts. Now I can automate the light turning on.

I should really have normal hobbies

Hmm, there's no way to export a #HomeAssistant calendar in an ical format? I found an integration with a single release and poor documentation.

There also doesn't seem to be a way to add events to a synced calendar via CalDAV?

I'm trying to put the garbage collection schedules that are generated in Home Assistant based on Holidays on a shared calendar.

Hey #HomeAssistant community - I have a challenge with very quiet sensors.

If all is well, they tend to drop off the system and need to be revived. e.g. a moisture sensor in a spot that never gets wet. You want to monitor in case your dishwasher or hot water tank leaks.

It might be years (or never?) before you need the critical warning. Does one need to do a manual water-dip wake-up every month, or is there some 'keep-alive' function in HA + ZHA or zigbee that will do it?

Hi @caseyliss, I’ve just listened to the latest clockwise podcast and you mentioned about having a crazy dashboard on your watch. With #homeassistant you can! Under the settings on the iOS companion app, you can create your own custom complications, that read data from any sensors in your house! Refresh is not immediate (I believe it’s more of a WatchOS limitation), but it works great!

Gibt es #homeassistant kompatible (bsp. #Zigbee ) #SmartPlugs mit Schweizer #T13 Anschluss, die auch den aktuellen Stromverbrauch ausgeben? Weiss da jemand was?

Finally got around to installing #HomeAssistant tonight on the #RaspberryPi3BPlus @Ideajuice gifted me, along with a 3D printer, what feels like many moons ago. We likely have to retire the 3D printer, but at least I’ll have the rpi as my remaining connection. I still hate that he’s gone.

Smart TRV failure mode. New to me, so may be to some others as well.

Radiator was getting hot when it should have been off. Valve appeared to respond to software normally, sensors seemed OK, signal OK, battery OK. Valve reported fully closed ... but the radiator got hot.

OK, I assumed, the mechanical/-plumbing bit of the valve is stuck, so I'd need to hit it (gently!) with a hammer.

But no, I could push it down by hand easily.

However the valve head felt a bit loose as I'd taken it off - eventually I worked out that the vibrations from the motor over the months had unscrewed it somewhat. Now that I've tightened it up properly it appears to behave correctly again.

See, it isn't *always* DNS.