Controls, Sensors and Events
Besides the many configuration options, View Assist Companion App provides a number of HA sensor and control entities.
This enables/disables the inbuilt alarm sound on the VACA app. It is primarily designed for use with automations for things like timers but can be used however you wish.
This will turn off all sound on the device but keep the microphone active
A HA media player entity that can be used to play radio via the Radio browser or music via various music integrations/addons. Tested with Music Assistant.
Mute the microphone on the device.
Refresh the browser on the device to reload the page. Same as the swipe to refresh but can be done without touching the device.
Turn the screen on and off
Sets the brightness to minimum and adds a black overlay to the screen to give the appearence of it being off but not. This is for some devices that do not work well when the screen is turned off.
Turn the devices screen off
Wake the device. Same as the device detecting the wake word but without needing to say the wake word. Once woken, you can issue a voice command to the device.
Turn the devices screen on
Shows battery charge level on devices with batteries.
Shows if the battery is charging on devices with batteries.
Shows the current url path of the devices webview
Shows the resulting intent detail of the issued command. The attributes of this sensor show detail of affected entities etc.
Shows the last time motion was detected. Requires motion detection to be supported on the device and enabled. See motion detection config setting for more info.
The detected light level from your device. This can be used in automations that depend on light or dark in a room.
The orientation of the device. This can be used to display a different dashboard depending on the device orientation.
Shows the current status of the screen, either on or off. Note: On some devices when using the sleep screen button, the screen will go black but it can take 10-15s to actually turn off. This sensor may exhibit a delay in registering a screen off event on this basis.
The speach to text sensor. Displays the last issued voice command as heard by your chosen STT engine.
The text to speach sensor. This displays the last response from your chosen conversation engine (ie HA, Gemini, ChatGPT etc)
Raises events for screen gestures on your device. Left, right, up, down and 1,2 or 3 fingers are supported. These can be used to drive automations but (as of HA 2026.6) you need to enable the Purpose-specific triggers and conditions in labs to be able to do that.