xbmcnut's Home Assistant configuration

For now, until I can figure out how to get my entire config into Github safely and securely, some of my config files can be accessed through my Wiki along with some Home Assistant tips and tricks.

My inspiration

When I first started out, no one was making Home Assistant videos until Ben from BRUH Automation came along. His videos were revolutionary and truely set me on a path of home automation obession. Thesedays, with Ben taking a hiatus, inspiration now comes from BeardedTinker, DrZzs, BurnsHA, Csongor Varga, digiblurDIY, Franck, one of the HA staff now, Intermit.Tech, JuanMTech, Rob over at The Hook Up, vCloudInfo and of course, the excellent community over at the Home Assistant forum including the awesome Ninja Template Warriors who always come to my rescue when I break something.

Want to get more info?

Follow @xbmcnut on Twitter, check out xbmcnut on YouTube or if you want some specific code mentioned in the Home Assistant podcast in Sept 2020, DM me on Twitter or log an issue here and I'll do my best to follow up.

Hardware

My Home Assistant installation now resides on an Intel NUC i5 with 16GB RAM and a 256GB nVME SSD (overkill!). This is more reliable than using any device that leverages a SD Card (in my opinion). If you are using a SD card, I highly encourage you, as your very first integration, to add the excellent Google Drive Backup for your installation files and set this to backup every day.

My MQTT Broker is running on my Synology NAS in a docker container along with a few other IoT components.

Gadgets

• 9 x Shelly1 (one integrated into mains powered outdoor PIR). Video here
• 5 x Shelly PM1
• 1 x Shelly 2.5
• 2 x Shelly Dimmer
• 2 x ShellyEM
• 1 x Shelly Door/Window sensor
• 1 x Smart Dimmer Switch by Martin Jerry running custom Tasmota firmware by digiblur
• 4 x Sonoff
• 5 x Sonoff POW
• 1 x Sonoff Dual
• 1 x Sonoff TH10 with temp probe
• 1 x Sonoff Zigbee DIY smart switch
• 1 x Sonoff RF Bridge (all running Tasmota)
• 1 x OpenGarage controller with Ultrasonic 'car-in-garage' detection
• 4 x Xiaomi Temperature and Humidity Sensors
• 5 x Xiaomi Motion Detectors
• 6 x Xiaomi Door and Window Sensors (integrated into IP65 boxes). Video here
• 6 x Xiaomi Zigbee Smart Plugs with power monitoring (Soldering iron, Espresso machine, TV Cabinet, Office power...)
• 1 x Xiaomi Gateway used for doorbell, fire siren and nightlight
• 3 x Xiaomi buttons (Gen1 and Gen2) for running scenes
• 1 x Xiaomi wireless light switch
• 2 x Xiaomi Plant Sensors connected to:
• 1 x RPi Zero running plantgateway and igrill-hassio
• 1 x Dresden Conbee II Zigbee Gateway (currently running with deCONZ add-on)
• 1 x Aeon Labs Z-Wave stick
• 2 x Aeon Labs MultiSensor 6
• 5 x Z-Wave in-wall switch modules
• 1 x Yale Security Assure Lock with Z-Wave
• 2 x Broadlink universal IR+RF remote control
• 1 x QuinLED-Dig-Uno running WLED connected to 12V Addressable LED's behind the Tele
• 1 x Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 running Fully Kiosk Browser. Video on that here.

Power Monitoring

• 1 x Eastron SDM-220 DIN Rail MODBUS whole-house power monitoring module
• 1 x USR-TCP232-410S MODBUS to Ethernet converter for connection to HA

Streaming

• 3 x Echo Dot
• 3 x Google Home
• 4 x Google Home Mini
• 3 x Chromecast
• 4 x Chromecast Audio
• 1 x Odroid N2 running Kodi (CoreELEC) and Hyperion
• 1 x Android TV with PiPup installed which allows HA to send it messages and other content
• 1 x Logitech Harmony Companion All in One Remote Control for Smart Home

Security

• 1 x DSC 16-zone alarm panel with Envisalink Ethernet interface for connection to HA
• 2 x Hikvsion G-Series 5MP H.265 Outdoor Dome Cameras integrated using Hikvision component
• 1 x Dahua SD22204T-GN Outdoor PTZ (integrated using Amcrest component)
• 3 x Dahua HDBW4431R-AS H.265 4MP IP Dome Cameras
• 1 x Synology Surveillance Station (running on RS814+) and integrated into HA using SS platform

Network

• 1 x UniFi 24-port Gen2 PoE switch
• 1 x UniFi 24-port switch
• 1 x UniFi 8-port PoE switch
• 1 x UniFi 8-port switch
• 2 x UniFi AC-Lite AP
• 1 x UniFi AC-Pro AP
• 1 x UniFi USG
• 1 x Synology RS814+ NAS (Docker: MQTT, TasmoAdmin, UniFi Controller and AdGuard)
• 1 x RPi3 running a 2nd AdGuard server as a Ubuntu Appliance. Also running a backup MQTT broker
• 1 x Smart-UPS X 1500 with Network Management Card 2

Integrations

• Alexa Media Player
• deCONZ
• Google Cast
• HACS
• HomeKit Bridge
• Logitech Harmony Hub
• Mobile App
• MQTT
• Samsung Smart TV
• Sony Bravia TV
• Sony Songpal
• Synology DSM
• Xiaomi Gateway (Aqara)
• Z-Wave

Add-ons

• deCONZ
• Hass.io Google Drive Backup. Must have!
• MariaDB
• phpMyAdmin
• Samba share
• TasmoBackup
• Terminal & SSH

HACS

Frontend

• Alexa Media Player
• Attributes
• browser_mod
• HACS
• SmartIR

Integrations

• Bar Card
• button-card
• Canvas Gauge Card
• card-mod
• card-tools
• Custom Header Must have!
• Flexible Horseshoe Card for Lovelace
• Mini Graph Card
• Search Card