Upgrade the Home Assistant installation
On my Ubuntu (See https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/virtualenv/)
sudo su -s /bin/bash homeassistant source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate pip3 install --upgrade homeassistant
Update pyatv
sudo su -s /bin/bash homeassistant source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate pip3 install --upgrade pyatv
Renaming Devices etc
As stupid as it is, You cant rename via the GUI - this will give:
The trick is to edit the file core.entity_registry
cd .storage vi core.entity_registry
Change:
{ "config_entry_id": null, "device_id": null, "disabled_by": null, "entity_id": "remote.sovevrelse", "name": "null, "platform": "apple_tv", "unique_id": "9465bb10bf1214d769bd2aca8377aaa5203e09ae3ea4a353a02d80e3e71e149c" }
to
{ "config_entry_id": null, "device_id": null, "disabled_by": null, "entity_id": "remote.sovevrelse", "name": "Apple TV Soveværelse Remote", "platform": "apple_tv", "unique_id": "9465bb10bf1214d769bd2aca8377aaa5203e09ae3ea4a353a02d80e3e71e149c" }
And restart Home Assistant
ZenseHome Office Light
See more at ZenseHome API interfacing
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
Some discussion on Reddit here
Install ffmpeg on Linux
apt-get install ffmpeg
Add som config (see https://www.home-assistant.io/components/ffmpeg/):
Still
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
Stream
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
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
device_tracker: - platform: nmap_tracker hosts: 10.0.0.0/24
Sony Songpal discover
songpal discover Found SRS-X77 - MINT1.9.1 * API version: 1.0 * Endpoint: http://10.0.0.114:54480/sony * Services: - Service: guide - Service: audio - Service: avContent - Service: system Found STR-DN1060 - STR-2015 * API version: 1.0 * Endpoint: http://10.0.0.120:10000/sony * Services: - Service: guide - Service: system - Service: audio - Service: avContent