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Brenvelm
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Добавлен 7 дек 2022
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Designing your smart home kitchen - what tech to add and how to automate
Most of the time we start our smart home journeys a little backwards - we buy one device, then one more and end up with a mish-mash of smart home that's not fit for purpose. Instead, it is the time to take a page from the construction industry playbook and plan first. Whether you are Home Assistant acolyte or an Apple Homekit guru, owner or renter - this video will be universally useful. This video is about planning your smart home kitchen, device placement and automations
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00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Floor plan
00:47 - Smart devices & placement
03:19 - Automations
04:13 - Summary and O...
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00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Floor plan
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04:13 - Summary and O...
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5 MOST POPULAR Home Assistant Custom Cards
Просмотров 4,1 тыс.19 часов назад
In today's video we will cover 5 most popular custom cards available through Home Assistant Community Store aka HACS. HACS offers custom integrations, frontends and addons but today's focus will be on the custom cards that can be found in the Frontend section. I will leave a link in the description to the HACS page so that you can follow the easy installation steps. The way I've chosen cards is...
Amateur review of Insta360 GO 3S + unboxing & comparison with GO 2
Просмотров 191День назад
Insta360 just launched its latest smallest camera - GO 3S. With 4k on board I felt it's the right time to upgrade from my GO 2 - and here is the short video to get some thoughts together. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - Intro 00:06 - Unboxing 01:51 - Comparison with GO 2 02:46 - Walkthrough 04:12 - Outro ...
5 MUST-HAVE Home Assistant Blueprints
Просмотров 6 тыс.14 дней назад
In today's video we will talk about speeding up our automation and script writing for Home Assistant using community blueprints. We will review the the top of them and integrate into our install. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - What is a home assistant blueprint 00:30 - Where to find bluepri...
How to plan your smart Home Office
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.21 день назад
Most of the time we start our smart home journeys a little backwards - we buy one device, then one more and end up with a mish-mash of smart home that’s not fit for purpose. Instead, it is the time to take a page from the construction industry playbook and plan first. Whether you are Home Assistant acolyte or an Apple Homekit guru, owner or renter - this video will be universally useful. This v...
Ranking all major smart home ecosystems with ChatGPT... Who got it right and won?
Просмотров 53728 дней назад
In today's video I've decided to rank all 4 main smart home ecosystems on complexity, cost, customisation, setup time and compatibility. And to try make it more objective I've also asked ChatGPT to provide the scoring it thinks apply to Apple Homekit, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant. Let me know your thoughts on whose score is more reflective of reality! SUBSCRIBE and check your go...
ChatGPT can program your smart home - Home Assistant Dashboards & Automations coding
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Месяц назад
Tired of trying to figure out the right YAML code for your Home Assistant Dashboard or Automations? Fear not - ChatGPT can help you figure it out very quickly. In this video we will prompt it to generate some code for Home Assistant Dashboard and build one for an automation. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 ...
ChatGPT designed this Home Assistant smart home dashboard
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Looking for inspiration for your Home Assistant dashboard? ChatGPT can be an endless source of creativity. In this video we will prompt it to design a dashboard for us and build it together. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 #homeassistant #smarthomedashboard #smarthome
Lost iOS passwords? Here is one reason why - iCloud Keychain family sharing
Просмотров 59Месяц назад
Short video warning on iCloud Keychain Family Passwords sharing. Turns out, if one of the family members resets their device those shared passwords are wiped from every device... So if you have suddenly lost your iOS passwords - this may be the reason. At the end of this short video I offer solutions that may help you avoid the problem I had very recently 00:00 Intro 00:34 What happened 01:17 H...
Keeping Home Assistant organised - naming
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.Месяц назад
Today’s topic is focused on keeping up to speed with your growing smart home by introducing consistent naming conventions. Yes, when you have 5-10-20 things to manage it is not as big of an issue. But as soon as you are past 50 you will be struggling. This is especially true with Home Assistant where you create automations, scenes, scripts, helpers and other incremental entity types to help man...
Have your say on future videos & thank you 100+ times!
Просмотров 212 месяца назад
First of all, thanks to all of my subscribers - this community is now over 100 strong! I am enjoying making videos on the topics I care about and want to do something extra for all of you - subscribers and viewers of this channel. Going forward, you can have your say on the topics for the videos of this channel. Simply leave the comment with the topic you want me to cover under this or any othe...
2-3-4-way light switches with smart home and without extra wires
Просмотров 2902 месяца назад
In this video I will show how to make a two-, three-, four- or five-way switch without any additional wiring or expensive alterations - thanks to smart home and automations. This can be easily achieved through your smart home whether you run Home Assistant, HomeKit or another ecosystem SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmati...
Super Minimal Home Assistant Dashboard for you iPhone
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.2 месяца назад
Today we will build a single-page, super minimal dashboard for your smartphone. There will be no scrolling involved and the dashboard is flexible to accommodate screens from 5.8 to 6.8 inches by cleverly managing empty spaces. It will look as great on your tablet and laptop should you prefer to use a single dashboard for all of your devices. You will be able to customize the views as you see fi...
DIY smart heater with automations on a budget
Просмотров 2433 месяца назад
Making regular heating smart is a great option to make your house a more convenient place to live. Today, we will look into how you can convert any basic heater into a smart one with the use of just a few items at a third of the cost of the off the shelf smart radiator. We will also look into how to automate the heating using Home Assistant and how to control it through Apple HomeKit. SUBSCRIBE...
Home Assistant Sections Dashboard - is it a true drag and drop?
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 месяца назад
Home Assistant Sections Dashboard - is it a true drag and drop?
Smart bulb with Matter support on a budget. Tapo L535
Просмотров 5644 месяца назад
Smart bulb with Matter support on a budget. Tapo L535
The most convenient Home Assistant Dashboard for an iPhone
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.4 месяца назад
The most convenient Home Assistant Dashboard for an iPhone
Saving money with smart home cameras - a $1000 story
Просмотров 804 месяца назад
Saving money with smart home cameras - a $1000 story
Design your smart bathroom with a floor plan
Просмотров 965 месяцев назад
Design your smart bathroom with a floor plan
Start your smart home with a floor plan - Bedroom Edition
Просмотров 1795 месяцев назад
Start your smart home with a floor plan - Bedroom Edition
Apple TV Wi-Fi issue and how to solve it
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Apple TV Wi-Fi issue and how to solve it
Automating with iOS Actions - Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Automating with iOS Actions - Home Assistant Automations
Lifestyle Counters - Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 1949 месяцев назад
Lifestyle Counters - Home Assistant Automations
Advanced Weather Notifications - Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 3309 месяцев назад
Advanced Weather Notifications - Home Assistant Automations
Zigbee Network Monitoring - Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 49310 месяцев назад
Zigbee Network Monitoring - Home Assistant Automations
Sports tracking - Home Assistant Automations
Просмотров 73710 месяцев назад
Sports tracking - Home Assistant Automations
Temperature & Humidity Sensors - foundation of healthy home
Просмотров 26110 месяцев назад
Temperature & Humidity Sensors - foundation of healthy home
Amazon Prime Day 2023 - smart home & gadget choices
Просмотров 3711 месяцев назад
Amazon Prime Day 2023 - smart home & gadget choices
Aqara G3 - camera and zigbee hub hybrid
Просмотров 25311 месяцев назад
Aqara G3 - camera and zigbee hub hybrid
great video, but lose the music
Thank you! Any music recommendations or drop it altogether?
@@brenvelm No need for any music IMO
Question i added the low battery blueprint, I made my changes and click Save. Once I exit and get back into the blueprint none of my settings were saved. Any ideas why its not saving?
Usually when you save it a new automation appears in your list of automations - check if you got it. If you do - all good, all worked as expected since blueprint is a “setup” of sorts which results in new automation
Great Video, thank you. I am using the cards specified. Where are you finding the configurator to use. I am programming myself in YAML.
Some of the configs available on pages of course, but I also sometimes use ChatGPT or, if have enough time, just tinkering away myself
What do you ask ChatGPT? Do you ask it to make you a blueprint? Can you give me an example of what you would ask it I would really appreciate it.
Sorry. I see you have a whole video on it. I'll look there first.
whats the music?
Ice & Fire - King Canyon
No link to them?
good call, added now
@@brenvelm thanks 👍
Wth? You’re not ONCE saying what the fourth one DOES??
in a nutshell, an overengineered binary sensor trigger automation
It does so much. There is no single function really.
Instructions are impossible to follow as the demonstration and the talking are far too fast to follow, and then the flashing lights started... Lets do it again but more methodically if the clip is to be of benefit to the majority
Thank you for your feedback, will slow down. Just wanted to keep length of video shorter
@@brenvelm This is a very good approach. People can slow it down individually by reducing playback speed.
@@chrschra I wasn’t aware of that… Will it still make sense?
@@ucdailoi what do you mean?
Thank you for shearing
My pleasure
My understanding, could be wrong, is that the latest updates allow for OpenAI to create automations for you inside of HA
I need to get round to testing this
Nice video @Brenvelm, is also great for checking configuration.yaml files
Fantastic add!
Hi, can I also add to this that if you have door and windows in the room with sensors on them that you would send an actionable notification with the option to turn off the heating if a door or window is open for longer than a set time
Great addition, thank you!
Have a look at openai extended conversation. It can create an automation from a voice command, even a really vague one. Saves a lot of copying and pasting.
Use a horizontal stack card if you want more columns. Very handy for placing a row of scene buttons above the light controls 👍
Good call. Somehow I never got into adopting scenes despite multiple attempts
I have a similar system at the moment. I use the labels for the type of device or sensor it is then I assign the name with what device its controlling i.e ZSwitch01 - Nuc Monitor (this tells me ita a generic zigbee smart plug, I use OZ for those from OZSmartThings and TSwtich for Tuya based ones) and have that first part of the name written on the device itself so that I know where it is when I need to find it when its not a light switch that is always going to be in the same location at all times then its just tied to the area its in for scene control. I also keep that naming convetion using the first part of the device name in the app if it comes with one it needs to setup like in the case of the Tuya wifi plugs so its all consistent and then I just use the device its controlling as the label when its added as a button on my streamdeck xl or I leave it as say TSwtich01 for those tuya ones for generic use. It's then nice and simple to make the automations organised with the devices as I set them up and I use similar naming conventions and labels i.e Motion Sensor: Bedroom Lights for the automation name then its Motion Sensor for the label etc For helpers I have the devices its going to be assigned to as the name with button if its to be used with a button action or toggle so I know this will toggle an automation it will be linked as i.e Alarm Toggle for the input boolean or Bedside Lamps Button for a control input to toggle two hue bulbs at the same time and I use the bedside lamps label with that button helper to put it into the automation that I need it in via call service actions. Overall HA is a very versitile system when you get setup right especially since they add/ed more options to organise things for what you want to control in and around the home.
Great idea to add the “origination” app - may simplify troubleshooting a lot!
First
Great idea
Great
100% agree with all of this. I made the mistake of buying them to fit out my house after a (rather large home automation) youtuber made them out to be the most amazing thing ever - they are a nightmare, switches often dont work (even in dumb mode) software is crap and no (easy) HA integration :( avoid at all costs!
Indeed, luckily there are many more good options these days!
Wait
Agree
Aqara temperature also tends to disconnect once the battery is low without the battery indicator showing a low battery... so your heater might just stay stuck ON. Maybe it's best to leave the heater limit on.
I run an automation that tells me when battery goes under 10% to avoid something like this from happening. There was a blueprint published for it and covers all battery operated devices
Hey! Just discovered your channel. I have attached a vibration sensor to my coffee machine to detect when it was running (I use this to decrement the counter of my coffee capsules and if it goes beyond a certain threshold, I put coffee capsules on the shopping list automatically). Wouldn’t that be more precise than the button press? What if you forget to push the button? If you have multiple persons in the household using the coffee maker, you could use presence detection to check who is currently close to the coffee maker and if the rare case that two persons are in proximity of the coffee maker occurs, you could send an actionable notification to both asking whether they just drank a coffee and only if they answer „yes“ increment their counter…
Those are certainly both great options! I did try vibration sensors before in various scenarios and for me those only worked flawlessly with doors. In most other scenarios (e.g. washing machine) I was getting a bunch of false positives. Again, everyone “mileage” may vary. Presence sensors is something I am considering, but the need to have them wired puts me off for now. But certainly both great additions - thank you!
Matter smart devices save Apple HomeKit 💯
Yes, Matter pushed Apple HomeKit to the top of convenience scale
Is there like a button that can be customised to toggle on/off everything in a room?
Yes, there are a few ways to achieve this. The simplest is probably to write a Script. Then you can just add a chip to the dashboard and assign Script Toggle to it
Nice. Would love if you acutally share the code for the dashboard you are showing! Thanks!
I have now added the link to Google Docs with the code - thank you!
@@brenvelm It would be nice with the whole code, just like the video please.
I've published all 24 pages of code - entirety of that dashboard including all the sub-pages - or would you prefer just the main dashboard element?
@@brenvelm Still the same code as before? Sure you linked to the right code?
I have just re-uploaded to the same link - this is the correct code
Nice video, keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Is the code posted anywhere to look at?
I've just added a link to Google Docs with the code into the video description. Thank you
Hi, can you please share this automation yaml?
Unfortunately RUclips won't allow me to copy paste as it prohibits certain symbols in comments
Its a bit to slow explained and very nice music.
Thank you for your feedback!
Thanks for the video! How updated is this info? Would love to create an automation to flash some lights if my team scores. Is that possible?
In my experience it’s pretty much instant. And I am sure you can use it automation the way you want - will try myself actually - great shout!
Also interested in the light show. As far as the attributes go what displays when the team scores? Or what would you use to trigger the automation to flash the lights?
@@kylegurney8610 I’d say you should either use TeamScore or OpponentScore attribute. Or both actually. You can set each of them as separate triggers and then assign actions accordingly (flash red for opponent, flash whatever for your team)
Got it, has there been any breaking changes to this? It keeps asking me to add a 2-character language code to use for the API call. Or is that only for leagues not native to the integration?
Probably... have you tried to enter EN for the language code?
I would have loved to watch this, it's very concise and seems intuitive and simple. But seriously, this music in the background. Why? And so loud even.
Thank you for your feedback - will improve in the next video!
I’ve never heard it called Zwav. As far as I know it is pronounced as it is spelled. Z-Wave.
You are absolutely right, I guess I just don’t like the concept of Z-Wave enough to subconsciously destroy the spelling
How to do 3 ways? Can they be connected to two lights at the same time?
The only way to do 3-way switch is to combine with Aqara wireless switches. Even two-way works a little iffy so it’s best to combine wired & wireless and use automations to achieve the same. 2-gang switch can control 2 lights yes