Home Assistant Configuration

This is my primary Home Assistant configuration, This instance is running 2021.1.5 on a Virtual Machine within my UnRaid Server with the HassOS operating system running HassIO. It was installed following this guide.

Add-ons

• Alexa Smart Home Skill
• AppDaemon
• Check Home Assistant configuration
• Configurator
• DuckDNS
• Glances
• Grafana
• InfuxDB
• Let's Encrypt
• MariaDB
• Mosquitto
• SSH & Web Terminal
• Visual Studio Code
• Z-Wave - Z-Stick Gen 5

Integrations, Devices, and Services

Here is a list of all of the devices and services that I use. I will link to each integration. I will also indicated which ones require purchasing an item, I'll do this because I'm always surprised about what is available to make your home smart that is readily available for free. I have not included everything here, because some are custom integrations which I will discuss separately.

Cameras

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Amcrest	Link	Yes	IP3M-943B
Amcrest	Link	Yes	IP2M-841B
Amcrest	Link	Yes	ASH26-W
SkyBell	Link	Yes	SkyBell Trim Plus
Zoneminder	Link	No

Device Trackers

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Home Assistant Bluetooth	Link	No
Home Assistant IOS	Link	No	Home Assistant Companion
Home Assistant Android	Link	No	Home Assistant
ASUS	Link	Yes	RT-AX3000

HVAC

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Ecobee	Link	Yes	Ecobee3

Lights

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Philips Hue	Link	Yes	Color
Philips Hue	Link	Yes	White
Custom LED Strip	Link	Yes	Controller and LED Strip

Media Players

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Plex	Link	No
LG webOS	Link	Yes	LG 49in 4k WebOS
Yamaha AVR	Link	Yes	RX-V671
Yamaha AVR	Link	Yes	RX-V683
Playstation 4	Link	Yes	PS4 Slim

Notifications

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Home Assistant IOS	Link	No	Home Assistant Companion
Home Assistant Android	Link	No	Home Assistant

Other

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
IFTTT	Link	No	IFTTT App
N/A	N/A	Yes	Lutron Aurora	Used so people stop turning off Hue bulbs

PC Control

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
RPC Shutdown	Link	No
Wake on LAN	Link	No
Pi-hole	Link	No

Sensors

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Bayesian Sensors	Link	No
Cert Expiry	Link	No
Counter	Link	No
Google Calendar	Link	No
History Stats	Link	No
Input Number	Link	No
Input Select	Link	No
MQTT	Link	Yes	DIY Beacon
MQTT	Link	Yes	Light Sensor	It's just a photoresistor connected to an MQTT gateway.
MQTT	Link	Yes	MiFlora Plant Sensor	There is an integration for this, but the sensor is too far from my Pi, so in order to extend it's distance I grab the data and send it through MQTT - Link
Random Number	Link	No
SpeedTest	Link	No
Sun	Link	No
System Monitor	Link	No
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	Aeotec MultiSensor 6

Switches

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
TP-Link	Link	Yes	HS100
TP-Link	Link	Yes	HS105
TP-Link	Link	Yes	HS200
TP-Link	Link	Yes	HS220
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	GE Smart Dimmer SKU#: 14294
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	GE Smart Dimmer SKU#: 46203
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	GE Smart Outlet SKU#: 14288
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	Jasco On/Off Swithc SKU#: 45709
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	Aeotec Nano Dimmer	A bypass was needed for some lights
Z-Wave	Link	Yes	Aeotec Nano Switch

Vacuum

Component	Integration	Requires Purchase	Part	Comment
Xiaomi Mi	Link	Yes	Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum

Custom Integrations

These are the remaining items that I have running on my system. Most are pulled from HACS, but there are one or two I have been working on myself.

• HACS
• AppDaemon
  • Bring Back group.all_x
  • Check Config
  • Convert Media Player Volume
• Integrations
  • Alexa Media Player
  • Authenticated
  • Auto Backup
  • Average Sensor
  • Breaking Changes
  • Favicon Changer
  • Illuminance
  • Lightpack - Requires Purchase
  • Momentary Switch Component
  • Thingy:52 Sensor - Requires Purchase
  • WeatherAlerts
  • Xiaomi Cloud Map Extractor
• Plugins
  • Card-Mod
  • Card-Tools
  • Decluttering Card
  • Fold-Entity-Row
  • Lovelace Swipe Navigation
  • Lovelace Xiaomi Vacuum Map Card
  • Mini Media Player
  • Restriction Card
  • Simple Thermostat
  • Swipe Card
• Python Scripts
  • Power Usage Estimator
• Themes
  • Red Day Theme
  • Red Night Theme

Unraid Server

• M/B: ASRock B450M Pro4 Version
• BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. Version P3.90. Dated: 12/09/2019
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics @ 3600 MHz
• Memory: 32 GiB DDR4 (max. installable capacity 128 GiB)
• Kernel: Linux 5.9.13-Unraid x86_64
• UnRaid Version: 6.9.0-rc1

To Do List