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Home Assistant Configuration

Home Assistant is a powerful open-source platform for smart home automation. It allows you to integrate, control, and automate a wide variety of devices and services, all from a single dashboard. With Home Assistant, you can create custom automations, monitor sensors, control lights, thermostats, cameras, and much more.

Features and Possibilities​

  • Device Integration: Connect and control devices from hundreds of brands (lights, switches, sensors, cameras, media players, etc.).
  • Automations: Create rules and scripts to automate your home based on time, events, or device states.
  • Dashboards: Build custom dashboards to visualize and control your smart home.
  • Voice Assistants: Integrate with Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri.
  • Notifications: Send alerts to your phone, email, or speakers.
  • Remote Access: Securely access your home from anywhere.
  • Energy Monitoring: Track and optimize your energy usage.
  • Scenes: Set multiple devices to specific states with a single tap.
  • Add-ons: Extend functionality with community add-ons (Node-RED, ESPHome, etc.).

Example: Basic Automation​

automation:
  - alias: "Turn on lights at sunset"
    trigger:
      - platform: sun
        event: sunset
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: light.living_room

Example: Custom Lovelace Dashboard Card​

type: entities
title: Living Room
entities:
  - light.living_room
  - switch.tv
  - sensor.temperature_living_room

Example: Notification on Door Open​

automation:
  - alias: "Notify when front door opens"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
        to: 'on'
    action:
      - service: notify.mobile_app_your_phone
        data:
          message: "The front door was opened!"

Home Assistant makes it easy to tailor your smart home to your needs, whether you want simple automations or advanced integrations. Explore the documentation and community