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Home Assistant is an alternative to openHAB. Home Assistant is python/yaml based and quite nerdy to setup. Also, several devices support are quite wierd and not well-fuctioning in my opinion. After a short test, I left Home Assistant in favor of openHAB |
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Home Assistant can be executed on several types of hardware (Laptop, NAS', Reapbeery PIs) and methods (Native, Docker, HASS Image), I do prefer Docker:
Upgrade the installation
On my Ubuntu
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sudo su -s /bin/bash homeassistant
source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate
pip3 install --upgrade homeassistant |
ZenseHome Office Light
See more at ZenseHome API interfacing
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switch:
platform: command_line
switches:
office_light:
command_on: /var/turnon-office.exp
command_off: /var/turnoff-office.exp
friendly_name: Office Lights
kitchen_light:
command_on: /var/turnon-kitchen.exp
command_off: /var/turnoff-kitchen.exp
friendly_name: Kitchen Lights |
Adding HIK/Trendnet Cams
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Some discussion on Reddit here |
Install ffmpeg on Linux
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apt-get install ffmpeg |
Add som config (see https://www.home-assistant.io/components/ffmpeg/):
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ffmpeg:
ffmpeg_bin: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
camera 41:
- platform: generic
still_image_url: http://admin:******@10.0.0.140:80/PSIA/Streaming/channels/1/picture
name: Bag hus
- platform: generic
still_image_url: http://admin:******@10.0.0.130:80/PSIA/Streaming/channels/1/picture
name: Fordør
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ffmpeg:
ffmpeg_bin: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
camera:
- platform: ffmpeg
input: rtsp://admin:******@10.0.0.140:554/Streaming/Channels/1
name: Bag hus (stream)
- platform: ffmpeg
input: rtsp://admin:******@10.0.0.130:554/Streaming/Channels/1
name: Fordør (stream) |
NMap
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apt-get install nmap
sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin,cap_net_bind_service+eip
sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin,cap_net_bind_service+eip /usr/bin/nmap |
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