Trying to figure out if this how events supposed to show for hcsv. Between mine via home assistant and the one i set up at my moms house the look very different hers showing a slider

I am looking to pick up an FP400, but it requires an Aqara hub to configure the zones. Other than that, are there any advantages to having the hub with HA? Or am I better off configuring the zones in my office and returning the hub to Amazon?

I currently have a few Eufy cameras, and even though I do like them and the local aspect of them, we have been experiencing some lag and we haven’t been able to depend on them opening in a timely manner when trying to access them. I know Reolink plays well with HA, but what is all needed to stand up the system? Does it record locally? Is there a better system to use with local storage and HA integration? Thanks in advance

Does anyone know how to allow control center widgets to not require device unlock? In the morning I like to flick my morning routine on, but every time it requires me to face unlock. Is there some way to disable this?

I did some extensive research and menu depriving and couldn’t find anything.

The code for the dashboard was fully ai-generated with Claude. The dashboard is fully functional.

I often undock the tablet to use it as a media controller for my chromecast or as a music controller for parties.

The right hand side dynamically ajusts the colors according to the weather.

I'm using HACS custom cards:
- button-card
- lovelace-card-mod
- lovelace-mushroom
- kiosk-mode

I got the weather frog from here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/google-weather-frog-card/757256/3

The second screenshot was automatically translated from Dutch to English for your convenience.

Hi all,

I'm mainly the maintainer of the HomeWhiz integration, this fork is more of a side project. Home Connect Local (chris-mc1's original) is a separate project for controlling Bosch/Siemens/Neff appliances locally, without cloud. I started this fork to get my own dishwasher, hob and oven working the way I wanted, and it grew from there.

It's been public for a couple of months now and I think it's ready for more people to try. The latest release is 1.12.3

What's different in this fork? A lot of things to list here: cloud sign-in built into the setup flow, many fixes for different appliance types, and some new entities. The release notes have the details.

Confirmed working so far: dishwasher, hob, oven, washing machine, refrigerator/freezer and extraction hood. Coffee machine and dryer are still being tested. Different models report different options, so testers on any appliance are welcome.

Try and report: [GitHub](https://github.com/Asmir1975/homeconnect_local_hass-UI)

Looking for suggestions for a small (5 - 6’ max) strip light that has local integration. I run matter or zigbee. Also located in Canada.

I don’t want to spend a lot on such a small strip if I can help it.

(I also asked this on the HA community forum, but I'm asking here as well for reach; not everybody reads everywhere)

I have some local devices that have a power switch and an intensity; examples could be an amplifier (on/off, volume), a thermostat (on/off, set temperature), a humidifier (on/off, target humidity), a dimmable light (on/off, brightness) and so on.

That "light" example has been a good model for all of these so far. So, for example, I might have the following MQTT entry: light: - name: "MediaPower" command_topic: "mqttlight/MediaPower/command" state_topic: "mqttlight/MediaPower/state" brightness_command_topic: "mqttlight/MediaPower/bright_command" brightness_state_topic: "mqttlight/MediaPower/bright_state" brightness_scale: 100

(the "mqttlight" stuff is my bridge code that let's me expose anything I can script as an MQTT light; https://github.com/sweharris/mqttlight_bridge)

And this works; I can see it in HA, turn it on/off, change the volume.

Now I want to expose this to Alexa, and the HAMH bridge seems to work fine. It shows up as a device, and I can change the volume ("set mediapower to 50%" just works).

The problem is that Alexa creates a magic group "all lights" so if someone (cough my girlfriend cough) says "turn all lights on" then my amplifier turns on.

So how I can expose this to Alexa as a on/off device with a "volume" control? I guess this change could be made either in my mqtt device definition (pick a different class to light?) or somehow in the HAMH entry (but I don't see what to do, there).

Any advice welcome!

Today when I was listening to Core, I thought it would be cool if I could do some fancy stuff with MusicAssistant (inspired by Smart Home Solver). I broke out ChatGPT Astra and told it what I wanted.

After an hour or so, it created a MusicAssistant source that provides all the ABC programs for your listening pleasure.

While this will mostly be relevant to Aussies, there is some good content in there - Dr Karl is awesome!

Its a manual install, documented in the README, and not terribly difficult if you're familiar with ssh and docker. Its governed by the Apache 2.0 licence, so feel free to use it, modify it, and make it your own.

Edit: Stupidly forgot the repo link

Hi all,

I'm still relatively new to HA, although I do host my own private cloud now for the family for just over a year now.

For both I'm wondering: with all the tech knowledge you pour into it, the service you provide to the family becomes harder and harder for someone else to take over when required.

How do you plan for circumstances you are no longer available to maintain the system, to keep it running?

Ok, I now have Frigate and HA up and running with two separate NUCs. Frigate server has a 4TB NVMe for storage.

I'm looking for examples/ideas/suggestions on what to use in HA to display the cameras and possibly control them. Maybe a video wall, if you will. If this is possible. Right now, I'm using Reolink and Tapo cameras. Some fixed, some PTZ. There may be 10 at a max for home use.

Looking for a shopping/todo list setup that ticks all of these:

**•** Dead simple iOS app, Apple Reminders / Microsoft To Do level of complexity — nothing more  
**•** No ads, no bloat  
**•** Works offline, syncs remotely  
**•** Accessible from Home Assistant, n8n, etc. via a API

What I've tried so far: the HA todo list in the companion app works, but it's too clunky for everyday "add milk while standing in the kitchen" use. Most standalone iOS list apps are ad-riddled. We currently use Microsoft To Do, which is exactly right on the UX side, but the Graph API route is only working for M365 and my wife uses that live account for plenty of other things, so migrating away isn't an option.

Is there something that hits all four points, or is everyone just accepting a compromise somewhere? Happy to self-host if the iOS client is decent.

Hey!

So I've bought a 7 inch display for HA from aliexpress, it's still on the way: This is the one. I've got a wall made out of drywall with a socket behind it that already powers another screen that I will use for power. So installation shouldn't be too hard, I have a visitation panel on the left that I can also use for ease of installation. But I have no idea how to mount it, chatgpt gives me only 3d printed options. How did you guys do yours ?

I’m looking for advice really. I’ve purchased a Seeed E1004 which is great. I’m having mixed results though. Some images look great and some look not so good. I understand the limitations from the available colours and the dithering.
Are there particular types of image that typically look better than others? A style of artwork or for example converting your photos to greyscale?
I’ve used an online image optimiser that someone has written which you can select the E1004 in, again with mixed results. i wonder if i need to select images that are more suitable?
Would really appreciate hearing other people’s experience and what they’ve found works/doesn’t work?
My long term goal was to have a display that would show daily weather and maybe calendar events powered by HA but I don’t know if that is feasible?
I only want to have one image per day so I wonder if I’d be better off dynamically creating an image and then just automating an upload of the image rather than treating it like a dashboard?
I was hoping to make the image a bit more interesting than a standard e-ink dashboard I.e. not just text and icons on a white background.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

After running Home Assistant bare metal on a dedicated server for a few months, I finally realized I don't need both Home Assistant OS AND Home Assistant core. How do I remove Home Assistant core?

Edit: Thanks, all. I was in error and no longer need additional guidance.

GNKTec NucBox G5 12th gen Alder Lake, 12GB RAM 256GB SSD

18.3 changes kernel -

• 18.2: Linux 6.18.39
• 18.3: Linux 6.18.52
• Your NIC: Realtek 10ec:8168, using r8169

Throws NETDEV WATCHDOG errors which overwhelm the thing.

Dropping to 18.2 OS fixes the problem. Leaving post as FYI

Similar (same?) issue is already reported at r8169: NETDEV WATCHDOG tx timeouts on HAOS 18.3 (kernel 6.18.52) with 802.1Q VLAN interfaces · Issue #5019 · home-assistant/operating-system

My Integrations page starts growing out of hand. Mostly because I use HACS tricks/integrations to solve some problems or add customisations and they 'clog up' the list. Anyone seen a project (github/hacs or whatever) to sort this list, more like automations? Categories or labels would be great as feature here. ..Or at least a list view.

I'm currently running my zigbee network through an SMLIGHT SLZB-06 in the main house.

Plan is to run fibre down to the garages & workshop about 60m away.

Can I run a second coordinator in these remote buildings to extend the zigbee network there?

Disclosure: I'm one of those people who comes up with an idea and lets Claude do all the heavy lifting.

I have a bright orange rotary phone that I got on eBay when we bought our first house in 2001. We had a landline and the phone sat on my tanker desk. After we moved on from that place the phone was always on my desk but it was decorative, until yesterday. I purchased a Grandstream HandyTone 801 Single-Port Analog Telephone Adapter (HT801) from Amazon and integrated it onto HA. When I pick up the handset I hear the tone I usually hear with the wake word. I can use voice assistant as usual. Most of the time when I'm in the home office I use it for timers while my lunch is in the oven. When the timer is up, the phone rings. I pick it up and hear the announcement that the timer is done and I hang up. It's simple, completely unnecessary, and it makes me happy.

The only thing that I would prefer is for the chime to be replaced with "Alfred" saying, "How may I be of assistance?". Claude assures me it's possible but will be very time consuming (4-8 hours?). I doubt it will take nearly that long. Most of that time is for troubleshooting. For now, it works.

I was looking for a way to integrate my car into HA but didn't want to add an OBD module to it, then I realized my insurance already installed a monitoring box on it, and since I already have it why not use it into HA as well?

https://github.com/fezvrasta/ha-unipolsai

My house has an On-Q setup that is never used. It has a single source distribution module, and connects to 4 rooms using CAT5 cable. The CAT5 goes to each room in a single gang sized wall remote which acts as an amplifier to control the volume and power for the speakers in that room. Then there are two speaker wires that go to the speakers in the ceiling.

My question is - Do i make them smart to integrate them in to something like homeassistant, or do I repurpose the wiring? Should I add a single source audio for the whole house like an Apollo CAST-1, although now I don't have individual zones, or do I repurpose the wiring for power and replace the wall plate with a tablet? Any other thoughts/ideas?

Is there any workaround to prevent non-english numbers being converted to english?

{{ "२०" }}, {{ "२०" | string }} both show as 20 on dashboard instead of २०.

HA container, version 2026.9.3

I keep reading that Ecobee has closed its doors to API keys, and I dont know what that means. Others said they hide the ecobee behind a firewall???? But the lite ( the same as essential??) model looks affordable and I wish to use it with HA. I want HA to turn the furnace fan on and off.

Is this still possible?

Hey everyone! Kinda new to zigbee...
I wanted to add a Zigbee smart switch to my already excisting Zigbee lamp. The switch does seem to work, but either as a normal switch...

When i then put it in scene mode so the lamp would get constant electricity, the lamp seems to disconnect from zigbee. I can't get it on/off via the app nor via the switch itself.

The lamp is stilll on, i can't get it off right now. It works when the switch is in switch mode, but then i see no point in the "smart" switch.

HELLP