If you want me to do a deep dive on any one of these leave a comment in the description! ★★ Contents ★★ 00:00 - Learn YAML 03:01 - Visual Studio 04:04 - Splitting Configuration Files 05:26 - Scripts 06:37 - Rename Entities 08:44 - Declutter Automations 09:46 - Organise Automations 10:25 - Groups & Areas 12:06 - Backups 13:03 - Grid Cards 13:42 - Helpers 14:42 - Home Assistant Lab
I have been reading and watching videos as I prepare to get started with HA. Your video is very timely for me with lots of excellent advice. Keep these kinds of videos coming! Thanks!
Very good video for the more nuanced topics for a novice. I picked several of these up on my own in 3 weeks but it would've been faster had I found this video, first.
A great guide for HA users. Although I consider myself not a HA rookie anymore, I noticed that I still am missing some steps. The most difficult one for me remains scripts. Gave multiple shots at it and only have two working. A lot of my scripts failed and were replaced by other methods. Really can not get a hold of it.
Hi Robin, as you are a member there should be some dedicated videos on scripts in the source. Pick a series of repetitive actions from your automations and then create a script out of them!
Lots of usefull tips. I would love to learn more about setting up a ‘lab’. What hardware? Can you use the same sensors and devices as your production? Or do you create temporary setups for experiments? Naming conventions is also something I seem to find little about. I tried my own ‘Room - Device type - Subwhatever’ but now if it’s in an area, the area automaticaly gets removed so that leaves me with ‘ - Device type - Subwhatever’. This leads me to believe that the naming convention is supposed to be something like ‘Room Device type subwhatever’ which seems less clear to me.
Hi Wouter, in terms of naming convention it should make it easier to find things (example all battery sensors end with _battery. Given a motion sensor in the kitchen you could have: kitchen_motion_sensor, kitchen_illuminance_sensor, kitchen_motion_battery. A lab is going to be one thing that I look into building properly!
I would love to know more about variables in scripts and how to exactly pass the information into the variables inside the script. I thought I had my head wrapped around this concept but whenever I try it it doesn’t work.
Hi my friend excellent work and video,I would like to ask you if there is a way this alarm pad to trigger a sonoff switch device via philips hue,,maybe,after the time pass of arm or stay ,in order to arm or disarm my home alarm via key switch.I want to use sonoff as a key trigger for my alarm.
As a content creator, I think it is good to know that Premium UA-cam Users do not see all "Cards," so if you want to share links to other videos you should put them in the description as well.
Thanks for this interesting walkthrough! I'm wondering how you obtained the Automation Dashboard seen at 9:25, in particular the on/off toggles for automations and the order of tabs. I run 2023.2, but I don't have the ability to toggle automations. Could you explain? Thanks!
All nice and valuable, but I want to know how to build scripts and templates and what not. I don't need to know how to organize all of it if I don't know how to use it.
Hi Gio, I was looking to implement outdoor PiR motion sensors with Home Assistant. Can you please suggest wired sensors which can ingerate with Home Assiatant. I am based out in India.
Hey Gary, the best way to find the list of platforms is when you are in the UI and you create an automations and expand the trigger type. Remember platform is just a keyword that helps HA understand what you are trying to do. For example looking for the sun set, a numeric value, mqtt, state etc.
@@JoseBerruezo I had the same. It's because you're running the 32-bit version of HA OS on your Pi. You need the 64-bit version to use Visual Studio Code. Take a full backup, install the 64-bit version and then restore your backup.
In order to use yaml, Instead of learning a human readable language, you need to learn how to think like a yaml parser The worst concept in programming, is whitespace dependant syntax And I write lisp for fun, the ancient programming language known as (L ots of (I rritating (S uperfluous (P arentheses)))) Seriously, booth yaml and python are many times worse than even the largest most confusing clojure (def clojure ["modern", "functional", "immutable", "lisp dialect"]) projects
@@SmartHomeMakers Hi, I only started HA myself about a year ago and have had a really rocky road. The whole footholds, which I often had to find out laboriously through dozens of videos, a series of well-made videos could certainly help avoid. Gladly I share, in the interest of such a well-made series my bad experiences ... only it is too extensive for such a comment field. Is there a way to send you a mail ?
No way is this good for beginners 😥. It assumes far too much and does not start with basic principles. It gives detailed tips for someone who is already into HA
Olá Jota obrigado pelos teus vídeos! correu tudo bem exceto na parte do configuration.yaml # Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove. default_config: http: ssl_certificate: /ssl/fullchain.pem ssl_key: /ssl/privkey.pem # Load frontend themes from the themes folder frontend: themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes automation: !include automations.yaml script: !include scripts.yaml scene: !include scenes.yaml Antes de reiniciar faço a verificação e dá erro! Configuração inválida! Erros de configuração Invalid config for 'http' at configuration.yaml, line 7: not a file for dictionary value 'http->ssl_certificate', got '/ssl/fullchain.pem' Invalid config for 'http' at configuration.yaml, line 8: not a file for dictionary value 'http->ssl_key', got '/ssl/privkey.pem' Alguma dica do que pode ser? Obrigado, abraço
If you want me to do a deep dive on any one of these leave a comment in the description!
★★ Contents ★★
00:00 - Learn YAML
03:01 - Visual Studio
04:04 - Splitting Configuration Files
05:26 - Scripts
06:37 - Rename Entities
08:44 - Declutter Automations
09:46 - Organise Automations
10:25 - Groups & Areas
12:06 - Backups
13:03 - Grid Cards
13:42 - Helpers
14:42 - Home Assistant Lab
I have been reading and watching videos as I prepare to get started with HA. Your video is very timely for me with lots of excellent advice. Keep these kinds of videos coming! Thanks!
Thanks Adam!
Very good video for the more nuanced topics for a novice. I picked several of these up on my own in 3 weeks but it would've been faster had I found this video, first.
Thanks Chris
Great tips, I 100% agree! I wish I knew these when I started my Home Assistant journey.
Thanks Alan!
A great guide for HA users. Although I consider myself not a HA rookie anymore, I noticed that I still am missing some steps. The most difficult one for me remains scripts. Gave multiple shots at it and only have two working. A lot of my scripts failed and were replaced by other methods. Really can not get a hold of it.
Hi Robin, as you are a member there should be some dedicated videos on scripts in the source. Pick a series of repetitive actions from your automations and then create a script out of them!
would love to see a better deep dive into yaml specifically. Something like a yaml master class / yaml for dummies
Lots of usefull tips. I would love to learn more about setting up a ‘lab’. What hardware? Can you use the same sensors and devices as your production? Or do you create temporary setups for experiments?
Naming conventions is also something I seem to find little about. I tried my own ‘Room - Device type - Subwhatever’ but now if it’s in an area, the area automaticaly gets removed so that leaves me with ‘ - Device type - Subwhatever’. This leads me to believe that the naming convention is supposed to be something like ‘Room Device type subwhatever’ which seems less clear to me.
Hi Wouter, in terms of naming convention it should make it easier to find things (example all battery sensors end with _battery. Given a motion sensor in the kitchen you could have: kitchen_motion_sensor, kitchen_illuminance_sensor, kitchen_motion_battery. A lab is going to be one thing that I look into building properly!
Very helpful video, especially at the end!
Thanks Ant! Which part at the end did you enjoy ?
Excellent video. Super helpful. Thank you.
Thanks Christian Baptiste!
I would love to know more about variables in scripts and how to exactly pass the information into the variables inside the script. I thought I had my head wrapped around this concept but whenever I try it it doesn’t work.
Thanks Greg for the idea!
Hi my friend excellent work and video,I would like to ask you if there is a way this alarm pad to trigger a sonoff switch device via philips hue,,maybe,after the time pass of arm or stay ,in order to arm or disarm my home alarm via key switch.I want to use sonoff as a key trigger for my alarm.
Hi Sterg! Are you using home assistant? Have you integrated all devices into HA? Once that is done you should be able to do this!
As a content creator, I think it is good to know that Premium UA-cam Users do not see all "Cards," so if you want to share links to other videos you should put them in the description as well.
I honestly didn't know that Robert! I just stared the UA-cam premium today do you get much value out of it?
Thanks for this interesting walkthrough! I'm wondering how you obtained the Automation Dashboard seen at 9:25, in particular the on/off toggles for automations and the order of tabs. I run 2023.2, but I don't have the ability to toggle automations. Could you explain? Thanks!
All nice and valuable, but I want to know how to build scripts and templates and what not. I don't need to know how to organize all of it if I don't know how to use it.
Hi Oliver!Checkout my templating masterclass video!
Hi Gio,
I was looking to implement outdoor PiR motion sensors with Home Assistant. Can you please suggest wired sensors which can ingerate with Home Assiatant. I am based out in India.
Hue is quite good although expensive !
Hi can you speak about platform never understood what follows that. Is there a list of different platforms for HA
Hey Gary, the best way to find the list of platforms is when you are in the UI and you create an automations and expand the trigger type. Remember platform is just a keyword that helps HA understand what you are trying to do. For example looking for the sun set, a numeric value, mqtt, state etc.
Great vid. Can you tell me how to put a web url pic as an icon?
You can either use the web url or download and upload the image in the www folder
How do you get the icon preview in VS code?
only installed latest version of the add-on
Nice video. Unfortunately, my HA installation does not allow me to install Visual Studio.
What are you running ha on?
@@SmartHomeMakers Nothing, just the normal installation (no container) HA on a raspberry pi 4 with an SSD
I have the message: This add-on is not compatible with the processor of your device or the operating system you have installed on your device.
@@JoseBerruezo Right, so I would use the samba-share add on and install Visual studio on your pc/Mac
@@JoseBerruezo I had the same. It's because you're running the 32-bit version of HA OS on your Pi. You need the 64-bit version to use Visual Studio Code. Take a full backup, install the 64-bit version and then restore your backup.
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Thanks!
In order to use yaml,
Instead of learning a human readable language, you need to learn how to think like a yaml parser
The worst concept in programming, is whitespace dependant syntax
And I write lisp for fun, the ancient programming language known as
(L ots of
(I rritating
(S uperfluous
(P arentheses))))
Seriously, booth yaml and python are many times worse than even the largest most confusing clojure (def clojure
["modern",
"functional",
"immutable",
"lisp dialect"]) projects
For „starter“ too nerdy …. for a „nerd“ … so what ?
Do something for real newcomers and keep the tips & tricks for later.
Thanks for you feedback, what type of content would you like to see?
@@SmartHomeMakers
Hi, I only started HA myself about a year ago and have had a really rocky road. The whole footholds, which I often had to find out laboriously through dozens of videos, a series of well-made videos could certainly help avoid.
Gladly I share, in the interest of such a well-made series my bad experiences ... only it is too extensive for such a comment field.
Is there a way to send you a mail ?
@@n.r.2258 sure gio@leonardosmarthomemakers.com
No way is this good for beginners 😥. It assumes far too much and does not start with basic principles. It gives detailed tips for someone who is already into HA
Thanks Rico for your feedback!
Olá Jota obrigado pelos teus vídeos! correu tudo bem exceto na parte do configuration.yaml
# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:
http:
ssl_certificate: /ssl/fullchain.pem
ssl_key: /ssl/privkey.pem
# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
Antes de reiniciar faço a verificação e dá erro!
Configuração inválida!
Erros de configuração
Invalid config for 'http' at configuration.yaml, line 7: not a file for dictionary value 'http->ssl_certificate', got '/ssl/fullchain.pem'
Invalid config for 'http' at configuration.yaml, line 8: not a file for dictionary value 'http->ssl_key', got '/ssl/privkey.pem'
Alguma dica do que pode ser?
Obrigado, abraço
What did you change in your yaml file ?