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Devices Controlled by Home Assistant

The following devices are controlled via my Home Assistant configurations. They may also provide sensors as input.

Appliances

Device Functionality
LG FH4G1BCS2 Washing Machine Component: ha-smartthinq-sensors via HACS
Device provides details of active washing program

Limitations:
  • No official support, requires using HACS.
  • Requires an an LG account. Note federated/social accounts can't be used.
  • Power monitoring data not provided.
LG FDV909WN Tumble Dryer Component: ha-smartthinq-sensors via HACS
Device provides details of active drying program

Limitations:
  • No official support, requires using HACS.
  • Requires an an LG account. Note federated/social accounts can't be used.
  • Power monitoring data not provided.
Flamerite Electric Fire Component: switch.rfxtrx
Our flamerite fire came with a 433Mhz remote control. The RFXCOM 433 Transceiver was able to detect the codes from the remote and allow Home Assistant to send the same codes

Climate Control

Device Functionality
Nest Thermostat (3rd generation) Component: via HomeBridge and HomeBridge Nest Plugin
Temperature, heating, hot water and protect control and monitoring

Limitations:
CHOSRY WiFi Fused Spur Component: HACS Custom Component: hass-localtuya
WiFi controlled 13A fused spur with energy monitoring, connected to panel heater in conservatory. Allowing automations to drive when the the heater is active, rather than relying on the onboard timer and thermostat.

Security

Device Functionality
Ring Floodlight Cam Component: Ring
Floodlight with motion activated camera.

Limitations:
  • No live view of video via HomeAssistant
  • Unable to trigger the camera to start recording

Gas, Electricity and Solar Generation Monitoring

Device Functionality
Modified Zigbee magnetic Sensor Xiaomi Aqara Window or Door Magnetic Sensor Component: ZigBee Home Automation
Removing the reed switch from the existing sensor and connecting an external reed switch which senses the dial on the gas meter rotating, enables accurate measurement of gas usage which can be added to the Energy Dashboard.
Owl Intuition PV Component: Custom Component : Owl Intuition
Captures electricity usage from multiple current sensors attached to power cable near the electricity meter, in order to detect total power usage, electricity being generated and also what is being exported back to the grid.

Limitations:
  • Requires active Owl Intuition Subscription in order to use the Owl Web Portal to configure the IP address on the LAN to send packets to, e.g. The HomeAssistant machine. It is also required to enter the cost per unit of electricity which is then sent back down to the Network Owl
  • The Network OWL supports a UDP broadcast of the data, which would negate the need for the Owl Subscription, however this doesn't appear to be supported.

Power and Lighting control

Device Functionality
Lightwave RF Devices
  • Plug in sockets (JSJSLW321)
  • Inline Dimmer module (JSJSLW831)
  • Smartphone Web Link - Hub (JSJSLW930) (Note: Not needed for Home Assistant Control)
 Component: RFXtrx
LightwaveRF devices provide an easy solution for retrofitting automation into existing homes. Many other technologies require both Live and Neutral to be present at light switches, which is uncommon for UK installations at least

Limitations:
  • One-Way communication, you can not query state to know devices status, nor can you confirm if commands sent were obeyed.
Zigbee RGB Controller Component: ZigBee Home Automation
Zigbee 3.0 connected RGBW Lighting controller. Used in conjunction with RGBW light strips. See my installation Multi-zone WiFi LED Lighting, though this was initially done using WiFi controllers, I've since switched to Zigbee as I had issues with the WiFi controllers frequently disconnecting from the network.
TP-Link HS110, KP115 & Tapo P110 WiFi Smart Plug with energy monitoring Component: TP-Link Smart Home
WiFi controlled plugin adapter with Energy monitoring. Enabling actions/automation to be triggered based on power usage.
Sonoff WiFi Relay Modules (with modified hardware and firmware) Component: MQTT Switch
Simple MQTT enabled wifi relay/switches and sensors at an incredibly low cost. With modifications:
  • Hardware modified by soldering headers onto Sonoff board to enable custom firmware updating.
  • Custom Firmware to provide simple web configuration and control and MQTT support. Currently using Sonoff-Tasmota additional information in the project wiki
Limitations:
  • Need to open up devices and solder headers to flash custom firmware.
  • Need to flash custom firmware via 3.3V FTDI USB-to-Serial Converter/Programmer (Be sure to set USB to serial programmer to 3.3V, it may be 5V by default (mine was) and will likely kill the ESP8266 is you supply it with 5V.)
  • Need to setup MQTT Broker on Raspberry Pi. I'm using Mosquitto. Useful setup video
  • The TH16 Device is CE marked and having compared the design to the original switch, with a fuse and greater separation between High and Low voltage components.
  • The Sonoff Basic switch is not CE certified, based on the CE Certification document. Caution should be used with this device.

Media Players

Device Functionality
Sonos Component: mediaplayer.sonos
Automatic detection of all Sonos Devices. Shows what is playing on each device. Able to control playback. Also able to be integrated with Text to Speech components
Plex Component: mediaplayer.plex
Shows activity of Plex Clients
Samsung Smart TVs Component: mediaplayer.samsungtv
Discovery component will automatically detect TVs, report status and can be controlled via component

Limitations:
  • Not all Smart TV models are fully supported.

Voice Control

Device Functionality
Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) Component: Alexa
Voice control input to Home Assistant. Uses an AWS lambda to provide route information to Alexa from HomeAssistant

Hardware Sensors

Device Functionality
ZigBee: Xiaomi Aqara TH1 Temperature Humidity Sensor Component: ZigBee Home Automation
A compact wireless battery powered temperature and humidity sensor.

Limitations:
  • None yet.
Zigbee: Sonff SNZB-02P Temperature & Humidty Sensor Component: ZigBee Home Automation
A battery powered temperature and humidty sensor with claimed 4 year battery life due to larger CR2477 battery.

Limitations:
  • None yet.
ZigBee: Xiaomi Aqara Window or Door Magnetic Sensor Component: ZigBee Home Automation
A compact battery powered magnetic sensor for use on doors and windows.

Limitations:
  • None yet.
BLE: Xiaomi Mi Flora Plant Sensor Component: Mi Flora plant sensor
A compact battery powered plant sensor.

Limitations:
  • Bluetooth Low Energy range is limited.
  • ZigBee Shield required Bluetooth be disabled, so on board Bluetooth wasn't available.
Workaround:
Other 433Mhz devices Component: RfxTrx
  • Owl Energy Monitor (investigating)
  • Internal Temperature and Humidity monitors WH5
    • Temperature readings from WH5 are 40 Deg C higher than they should be. This can be corrected by use of a template i.e. `value_template: "{{ (states.sensor.temp_humid_1_temperature.attributes['Temperature']

Software Sensors

Component Functionality
iOS App Home Assistant App With Home Assistant addon ios enables location tracking plus complete control of HASS, iPhone battery monitoring and is able to receive notifications from Home Assistant
Sun Sun position, enabling automation to be triggered, e.g. at dusk and dawn
System Monitor System resource usage information on the host system Home Assistant is running on