Home Assistant Configuration

My Home Assistant Configuration Files

Inspiration and Support

• Graeme Smith
• Johan Bloemberg

My Setup

• Original OS: Windows 10 32-bit virtualization on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
• Original Home Assistant: Python folder, home assistant run command run at start-up from shortcut in Windows start-up folder.
• 2nd OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 LTS virtualization on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V.
• 2nd Home Assistant: Python virtual environment with homeassistant user. As per Manual installation on a Raspberry Pi. HASSCTL Used for management.
• 3rd OS: Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 LTS virtualization on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
• 3rd Home Assistant: Hass.IO in Docker on Ubuntu Server 18.04, as per these instructions
• Current OS: HASS.IO on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
• Current Home Assistant: Hass.IO for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 32bit

HASSIO Add-ons

• MQTT: Mosquitto broker MQTT broker add.
• HTTPS Certificate: Nginx Proxy Manager
• OLD HTTPS Certificate originally generated via by home assistant via Let's Encript Instructions, with scripts to auto-update and automations to alert via HTML5 push notification if renew date threshold is close. (Search my repository for ssl_cert.yaml)
• Dasshio Hass.io add-on to easily use Amazon Dash Buttons with Home Assistant
• ESPHome ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems. Also required MariaDB to be installed.
• Samba share
• APC UPS Daemon (No USB) View information from APC Network UPSs.
• AdGuard Home Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server.

ESPHome Things

• Busylight, I built so my family can know when I'm busy and working in my Home Office. See busylight.yaml and busylight_controller.yaml

BusyLight Controller	BusyLight Light

• Doorbell with Neopixel LED buttons and external sounder bell. See doorbell_controller.yaml

• Non-Invasive Power Meter for House Electricity with visible light phototransistor on LED of electricity meter. See doorbell_controller.yaml

Doorbell with Neopixel	Non-Invasive Power Meter

Devices

• HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Server
• APC UPS - APC UPS Daemon
• Google Chromecast Audio
• Google Chromecast
• Nest Thermostat
• Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) (using Emulated Hue Bridge to control hass with voice commands)
• Plex Media Server
• Amazon Dash Button
• Axis IP CCTV Cameras
• Raspberry Pi 3 IP CCTV with help from link
• IKEA Trådfri (Tradfri) lights (One of the reasons for moving to Linux as the modified lib-coap doesn’t exists for Windows)

Items controlled via my RFLink Controller

• Energenie Wall Light Switch MIHO026
• Room lamps plugged into Maclean MCE07GB Remote Control Sockets and Status RCS-K09 Remote Control Sockets
• Hacked Ikea E1201C Remote 'relay' for kitchen extractor fan (302.329.80 433MHz two button remote & in-line switch.)
• Ikea Ansluta Lights: Works together with Ikea 2.4GHz Remote control (903.007.73) with CC2500 Transceiver.
• Bunny fluff extractor fan, plug-in air freshener, room wax melters and extra lights (Christmas) plugged into Status RCS-K09 Remote Control Sockets
• Rest API control and power/energy monitoring of the Energenie MiHome Gateway MIHO001 with MiHome Smart Plug+ Control and Monitor MIHO005 and MIHO004 plugs

Homemade hardware

• Homemade 433Mhz MQTT transmitter gatway
• Homemade 433Mhz bunny shed heating contoller
• Home Assistant to RFLink Gateway Controller
• Controllino-Irrigation
• Irrigation-Controller

Example