integration VS esphome

I have HACS[0] installed in my Docker image, I use it for exactly one integration and the initial setup seemed a little dodgy but it's been pain-free for a couple of years now.

[0]: https://hacs.xyz/

Yeah! So first, get HACS if you don’t already have it (https://hacs.xyz), then the custom Tesla integration (https://github.com/alandtse/tesla) - side note: you’ll need to be able to get a refresh token for your account (iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/auth-app-for-tesla/id1552058613)… once you have the integration setup, create an automation. It should trigger when your vehicle tracker enters home zone and you can set device > myQ to open. Lmk if you need more help or have questions

Adaptive lighting is not a default for Home Assistant. It's an addon. You can install it through HACS (which is an addon itself) https://hacs.xyz/

Once you have that, you can also install a lot of additional services that would require separate docker containers from the Addon Store (like PiHole) or HACS, which is where you'll get all the unofficially supported integrations. Frigate is an option in the latter, so I don't think you need a separate PC application, unless it's just to view.

Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 411, in run await self.future File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 446, in __run_body rv = await self.method(([self] + args)) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema.py", line 1140, in nf res = await f(args, *kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema.py", line 1272, in nf return await func(args, *kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/chart_releases_linux/chart_release.py", line 481, in do_create await self.middleware.call( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1345, in call return await self._call( File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1305, in _call return await self.run_in_executor(prepared_call.executor, methodobj, *prepared_call.args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1206, in run_in_executor return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, *kwargs)) File "/usr/lib/python3.9/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 52, in run result = self.fn(self.args, *self.kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/chart_releases_linux/helm.py", line 44, in helm_action raise CallError(f'Failed to {tn_action} chart release: {stderr.decode()}') middlewared.service_exception.CallError: [EFAULT] Failed to install chart release: Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: template: home-assistant/templates/common.yaml:5:3: executing "home-assistant/templates/common.yaml" at : error calling include: template: home-assistant/charts/common/templates/loader/_apply.tpl:20:5: executing "tc.common.loader.apply" at : error calling include: template: home-assistant/charts/common/templates/spawner/_configmap.tpl:16:10: executing "tc.common.spawner.configmap" at : error calling include: template: home-assistant/charts/common/templates/class/_configmap.tpl:33:6: executing "tc.common.class.configmap" at : error calling tpl: error during tpl function execution for "configuration.yaml.default: |-\n # Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)\n default_config:\n\n # Text to speech\n tts:\n - platform: google_translate\n\n group: !include groups.yaml\n automation: !include automations.yaml\n script: !include scripts.yaml\n scene: !include scenes.yaml\nhttp.default: |2-\n\n http:\n use_x_forwarded_for: true\n trusted_proxies:\n {{- if hasKey .Values \"ixChartContext\" }}\n - {{ .Values.ixChartContext.kubernetes_config.cluster_cidr }}\n {{- else }}\n {{- range .Values.homeassistant.trusted_proxies }}\n - {{ . }}\n {{- end }}\n {{- end }}\ninit.sh: |-\n #!/bin/sh\n if test -f \"/config/configuration.yaml\"; then\n echo \"configuration.yaml exists.\"\n if grep -q recorder: \"/config/configuration.yaml\"; then\n echo \"configuration.yaml already contains recorder\"\n else\n cat /config/init/recorder.default >> /config/configuration.yaml\n fi\n if grep -q http: \"/config/configuration.yaml\"; then\n echo \"configuration.yaml already contains http section\"\n else\n cat /config/init/http.default >> /config/configuration.yaml\n fi\n else\n echo \"configuration.yaml does NOT exist.\"\n cp /config/init/configuration.yaml.default /config/configuration.yaml\n cat /config/init/recorder.default >> /config/configuration.yaml\n cat /config/init/http.default >> /config/configuration.yaml\n fi\n\n echo \"Creating include files...\"\n for include_file in groups.yaml automations.yaml scripts.yaml scenes.yaml; do\n if test -f \"/config/$include_file\"; then\n echo \"$include_file exists.\"\n else\n echo \"$include_file does NOT exist.\"\n touch \"/config/$include_file\"\n fi\n done\n\n cd \"/config\" || echo \"Could not change path to /config\"\n echo \"Creating custom_components directory...\"\n mkdir \"/config/custom_components\" || echo \"custom_components directory already exists\"\n\n echo \"Changing to the custom_components directory...\"\n cd \"/config/custom_components\" || echo \"Could not change path to /config/custom_components\"\n\n echo \"Downloading HACS\"\n wget \"https://github.com/hacs/integration/releases/latest/download/hacs.zip\" || exit 0\n\n if [ -d \"/config/custom_components/hacs\" ]; then\n echo \"HACS directory already exist, cleaning up...\"\n rm -R \"/config/custom_components/hacs\"\n fi\n\n echo \"Creating HACS directory...\"\n mkdir \"/config/custom_components/hacs\"\n\n echo \"Unpacking HACS...\"\n unzip \"/config/custom_components/hacs.zip\" -d \"/config/custom_components/hacs\" >/dev/null 2>&1\n\n echo \"Removing HACS zip file...\"\n rm \"/config/custom_components/hacs.zip\"\n echo \"Installation complete.\"\nrecorder.default: |2-\n\n recorder:\n purge_keep_days: 30\n commit_interval: 3\n db_url: {{ ( printf \"%s?client_encoding=utf8\" ( .Values.postgresql.url.complete | trimAll \"\\"\" ) ) | quote }}": template: home-assistant/templates/common.yaml:19:18: executing "home-assistant/templates/common.yaml" at <.Values.ixChartContext.kubernetes_config.cluster_cidr>: nil pointer evaluating interface {}.cluster_cidr

Yup! There's a community integration you can install called Alexa Media Player. The easiest way to install it is by using HACS.

There's also an extended 'store' called HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) which basically has third-party, but still FOSS so you can audit the code, integrations which further expand. https://hacs.xyz/

[HACS](https://hacs.xyz/

For the ESP32, an hero is in the process of adding LVGL to ESPHome. You can try it out now: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/6363

Here's the (very good!) preview documentation: https://deploy-preview-3678--esphome.netlify.app/components/...

This is such a game-changer for me that I'll be using the ESP32 over the ESP8266 for any projects involving displays from now on.

Solid state relay is probably a bad idea with all the extra heat-sinking, extra cost, and chance of getting counterfeits.

I do this with ESPHome & a J115F21C12VDCS.9 relay (note only the NO side is rated for 40A resistive): https://i.imgur.com/MqqOkoY.png

Choose any of the temperature sensors here for air temperature sensing: https://esphome.io/

Configuration is so easy. For the sensor, just copy the config from here, for example: https://esphome.io/components/sensor/bme280. Add a gpio output (https://esphome.io/components/output/gpio) and a bang-bang climate controller (https://esphome.io/components/climate/bang_bang.html)

You might want to take a look at https://esphome.io/ for an easy integration of an ESP32/8266 into home Assistant.

You can do this with a $30 Sonoff S31 running ESPHome [0]. Since the Sonoff wall switch can run a ping sensor against your server you could create a watchdog automation right on the S31 to shut off the mains power to the S31 switch and turn back on after X seconds.

There are other ways you could have the S31 do operational checks but ultimately ESPHome is probably an interesting consideration and supported by tons of off the shelf hardware.

[0] https://esphome.io/

They're pretty great and compatible with most things. ESPHome [1] is a great resource for getting ESP32's working nicely with HA and you can find lots of projects using it to learn from.

You'll likely need to do soldering if you want to connect sensors, batteries and the like.

Personally I really like what SEEED Studio [2] does with their ESP32 boards and they have nice docs.

1. https://esphome.io/

Maybe you could set up ESPHome on the ESP32. It might make connecting those components easier, plus a decent web server built in. Then your app can be set up to access data provided by the ESPHome web server.

# # Setting pins for sda and scl will be required until https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/2970 is released

Probably an unpopular opinion, but for the simple stuff you may just want to use something like EspHome where you just need to create a yaml file. Once you’re comfortable with that maybe get into something a bit more advanced, but esphome make it a breeze. It integrates with home assistant if you already have that in place as well.

ESPHome