I like the way you don't waste any time during the videos. You hit all the points quickly so that it's easy to watch multiple times while learning. Thanks !
Juan. Thank you for the awesome videos! Could you shed some light on the types of devices you use when it comes to Zwave, zigbee, and/or wifi? Do you have a favorite or technology that you prefer?
The only thing I don't like about Lovelace is c customizability of placing cards. Or is that already available and if yes. How. Can you produce a video for the same. Also, can we adjust the height and width of cards to make it more proportional?
Thank you Juan, you have very helpful videos. As I was watching this video, I noticed you have 2 harmony hub config files on your system. I have 2 Harmony hubs and I am only able to use 1 hub on my system due to the way Harmony only allows 1 hub per account. I heard that multiple hubs can be connected to Home Assistant. Neither of mine are connected to Home Assistant at this time but I was hoping you can make a video showing how to setup multiple Harmony hubs with Home Assistant. I am a noob and nothing has come easy for me. I would appreciate any help I can get and your videos have helped a lot. Thanks again Juan
It's actually very simple. You just have to set up the 2 harmony remotes in the configuration.yaml file. Both hubs would need to have a unique name. Here is an example of how the code would look like in the configuration.yaml file: remote: - platform: harmony name: LR Harmony Hub host: !secret LR_Harmony_IP port: !secret H_Hub_Port - platform: harmony name: BR Harmony Hub host: !secret BR_Harmony_IP port: !secret H_Hub_Port
Hello Juan. Thank you for all of your videoes. They helped me a lot during setting up HA. Im still strugling with setting up Automations - in particualar a simple Ikea on/off switch to turn on/off a light. So if you can - make a video how to set up automations. Thank you
Hi Juan, your videos are great and easy to follow. But for this one, i followed your guide and now if i add new group or groupview (tab) in group.yaml it doesn't show in the frontend, does this means if we enable Config UI we cannot use group.yaml anymore, and if that's true how do i "manually update cards" as you stated in the video ?
I have a lot of themes that I made myself. You can find them all on my GitHub page. This particular theme would be at the top of the list. github.com/JuanMTech/Home_Assistant_files
Thanks Juan, another very easy to understand and well explained vid. Home Assistant needs to start throwing you some $$$$'s for just how easy you make things. Any way you could do a vid on mqtt, with some actual examples? For whatever reason I just can't get it to work :/ Thanks for you vids Juan, :)
How the add a unused entitie? For example i see my blinds within the unused entities with the up stop and down button. But i don't know how the add it to my frontend. Thank you!
This is not easy to do. You have to copy the important things from the configuration and what files you changed also and paste it into the new generated files. You have to set up a new user account but you'll have the same entities.
@@RetchEinhundert I recently moved hassio from a pi to ubuntu on a nuc. It was easy and straightforward and I have zero experience with linux. You can restore a snapshot, but I just copied and pasted all my config files over. Done and done
Great video! I've been trying to research a bit regarding Home Assistant, and this actually has been the most simplistic explanation as to 'what it can do' verses 'omg better', which is what most people end up just doing lol. I have two questions that you and possibly any viewer can answer, though, if you will? 1) Can this work in conjunction with Google Home / Assistant API (Ergo, "Hey Google, turn on the lights" -- and you can also utilize this as a 'button' configuration for your phone, if you will, a 'hub')? 2) Can Hassio or any variation of this recognize a Raspberry Pi as a 'device' to be added to a room? Example: I have a Raspberry Pi that has a device setup and it's in the Living Room. Could I add this to a 'Living Room Group' to be turned off/on or simply 'controlled' with anything 'else' in this group? If you know of anywhere I could find information on this, it would be helpful! Thank you :)
1. there are multiple ways that you can use HA with Google Home. For example, using IFTTT or HA Cloud 2. I would say that it depends on the software used on that RPi
Just subscribed. I had a HASS.IO setup with my Tosmota lights connected and now with the Lovelace version I have lost them all. I used to use this example switch: - platform: mqtt name: "Computer Room LED Light" state_topic: "stat/sonoff03/POWER" command_topic: "cmnd/sonoff03/POWER" availability_topic: "tele/sonoff03/LWT" qos: 1 payload_on: "ON" payload_off: "OFF" payload_available: "Online" payload_not_available: "Offline" retain: true I don't seem to be able to use this now and I am not sure how to add the Sonoff Basic controlled devices. If you could show me how to add it I would be most grateful.
Juan, another great video. Can you share how you have the "computer on / off" button setup. I have been trying without success to be able to shut down a pc from HASSIO. I have no problem with the WOL to turn it on. Thanks
I use a few apps for that. I use the Join app to send notifications back and forth, and I use EvenGhost in the computer to turn it off. Join is from the developer of Tasker for Android. Great app.
You need to create a dword on the regedit (You can find on internet "shutting down PC dword regedit")Install samba and etherwake on your Raspberry and put a switch Switch: platform: wake_on_lan mac_address: "00-01-02-03-04-05" name: Wake on lan host: "192.168.1.105" turn_off: service: shell_command.turn_off_pc shell_command: turn_off_pc: 'net rpc shutdown -I 192.168.x.x -U user%password'
Great video. Is there any way to use the built in UI editor and also have custom cards? I had to switch into Yaml mode to get a ifan02 working with multi speeds, but am hopeless with editing Lovelace.
When I added entities to the Glance card and clicked an entity in the card, a popup appears that lets me control the entity (e.g., I put 3 switches in a Glance card. If I clicked one of the switches in the card, a popup appears, which allows me to toggle the switch) . Is there anyway to control an entity via the icons in Glance card directly (i.e., without the popup appearing)?
@@JuanMTech Hi Juan, I can't seem to find on your website where this is mentioned. I know there's a tap_action setting in the Entity-card UI, which was mention in your video and on your website. But there's no such action setting in the Glance-card UI.
I tried updating from 82.0 to 86... and all my automasations, scripts and entity’s were gone. So i downgraded to 82.0 again and now still use the lovelace interface manualy. Do u have any idea how i can fix this? I’m a little scared to update now after i lost everything for a moment (i do backups weekly).
There were some breaking changes to automations between v.0.82 and 0.86. You would need to check on the breaking changes to see what needs to be fixed.
@@JuanMTech Well, add resources: - type: module url: /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.0.2 at Raw Editor, but still "Custom element doesn't exist: mini-media-module." HA is on docker (Qnap) so i try with different path (instead local) but it also did not help.
I like the way you don't waste any time during the videos. You hit all the points quickly so that it's easy to watch multiple times while learning. Thanks !
You're welcome. Glad to help.
I just love how much effort you put in your videos. I have not heard a single "uhh" or "ehh" xD
best video, so far, with lots of clear info, in just less than 8 minutes... thanks!
Brilliant guides! Keep it up!
Great video, thank you for explaining lovelace ui. Keep up the great work, Subscribed.
Juan. Thank you for the awesome videos! Could you shed some light on the types of devices you use when it comes to Zwave, zigbee, and/or wifi? Do you have a favorite or technology that you prefer?
The only thing I don't like about Lovelace is c customizability of placing cards. Or is that already available and if yes. How. Can you produce a video for the same. Also, can we adjust the height and width of cards to make it more proportional?
Thank you Juan, you have very helpful videos. As I was watching this video, I noticed you have 2 harmony hub config files on your system. I have 2 Harmony hubs and I am only able to use 1 hub on my system due to the way Harmony only allows 1 hub per account. I heard that multiple hubs can be connected to Home Assistant. Neither of mine are connected to Home Assistant at this time but I was hoping you can make a video showing how to setup multiple Harmony hubs with Home Assistant. I am a noob and nothing has come easy for me. I would appreciate any help I can get and your videos have helped a lot.
Thanks again Juan
It's actually very simple. You just have to set up the 2 harmony remotes in the configuration.yaml file. Both hubs would need to have a unique name.
Here is an example of how the code would look like in the configuration.yaml file:
remote:
- platform: harmony
name: LR Harmony Hub
host: !secret LR_Harmony_IP
port: !secret H_Hub_Port
- platform: harmony
name: BR Harmony Hub
host: !secret BR_Harmony_IP
port: !secret H_Hub_Port
Thank you sir. Great video.
Hello Juan. Thank you for all of your videoes. They helped me a lot during setting up HA. Im still strugling with setting up Automations - in particualar a simple Ikea on/off switch to turn on/off a light. So if you can - make a video how to set up automations. Thank you
Great, thanks and your t-short is looks cool
Great video
Hi Juan, your videos are great and easy to follow. But for this one, i followed your guide and now if i add new group or groupview (tab) in group.yaml it doesn't show in the frontend, does this means if we enable Config UI we cannot use group.yaml anymore, and if that's true how do i "manually update cards" as you stated in the video ?
Thanks Juan, wonderful video. Would you mind sharing the dark theme you are using in HA in this video? It's cool :-)
I have a lot of themes that I made myself. You can find them all on my GitHub page. This particular theme would be at the top of the list.
github.com/JuanMTech/Home_Assistant_files
Hey Juan Great Vdeo.
Edit: (typo corrected)
Brah, it's Juan. Not Jaun. lol
JuanMTech fixed :-) sorry
Great video Juan. I have inquiry on the lovelace UI. Can it be possible to toggle hide certain tabs in the UI?
Views? Not at the moment
Great work.
I need some help with a DYI project, what's the best way to reach you?
Great video!!!
Can you share link for wallpaper on your pc?
Thx!
Thanks Juan, another very easy to understand and well explained vid.
Home Assistant needs to start throwing you some $$$$'s for just how easy you make things.
Any way you could do a vid on mqtt, with some actual examples? For whatever reason I just can't get it to work :/
Thanks for you vids Juan, :)
I'll look into it
How the add a unused entitie? For example i see my blinds within the unused entities with the up stop and down button. But i don't know how the add it to my frontend. Thank you!
Hey Juan, another great video. Is there any chance you could do a video on moving from a pi based HassOS setup to a generic Linux Docker based one?
Thanks for the suggestion. I've never done it, but I'll check on it and put in the list for future videos.
This is not easy to do.
You have to copy the important things from the configuration and what files you changed also and paste it into the new generated files. You have to set up a new user account but you'll have the same entities.
@@RetchEinhundert Really? I've heard people can just restore snapshots.
@@-vermin- I don't know. Ive searched for tutorials but just the same way as I said. No import export functionality.
@@RetchEinhundert I recently moved hassio from a pi to ubuntu on a nuc. It was easy and straightforward and I have zero experience with linux. You can restore a snapshot, but I just copied and pasted all my config files over. Done and done
Great video! I've been trying to research a bit regarding Home Assistant, and this actually has been the most simplistic explanation as to 'what it can do' verses 'omg better', which is what most people end up just doing lol.
I have two questions that you and possibly any viewer can answer, though, if you will?
1) Can this work in conjunction with Google Home / Assistant API (Ergo, "Hey Google, turn on the lights" -- and you can also utilize this as a 'button' configuration for your phone, if you will, a 'hub')?
2) Can Hassio or any variation of this recognize a Raspberry Pi as a 'device' to be added to a room? Example: I have a Raspberry Pi that has a device setup and it's in the Living Room. Could I add this to a 'Living Room Group' to be turned off/on or simply 'controlled' with anything 'else' in this group?
If you know of anywhere I could find information on this, it would be helpful! Thank you :)
1. there are multiple ways that you can use HA with Google Home. For example, using IFTTT or HA Cloud
2. I would say that it depends on the software used on that RPi
@@JuanMTech What about with the Google Assistant SDK/API? (RP3)
Just subscribed.
I had a HASS.IO setup with my Tosmota lights connected and now with the Lovelace version I have lost them all.
I used to use this example
switch:
- platform: mqtt
name: "Computer Room LED Light"
state_topic: "stat/sonoff03/POWER"
command_topic: "cmnd/sonoff03/POWER"
availability_topic: "tele/sonoff03/LWT"
qos: 1
payload_on: "ON"
payload_off: "OFF"
payload_available: "Online"
payload_not_available: "Offline"
retain: true
I don't seem to be able to use this now and I am not sure how to add the Sonoff Basic controlled devices. If you could show me how to add it I would be most grateful.
Hey Juan, great video. What is that windows app for Home Assistant you using in video?
want to know it too
I use chrome so I'm using a shortcut to home assistance.
@@JuanMTech Thanks! I tried it, but i have still a link bar in app window. It is not as nice as yours.
In Chrome, go into the Chrome apps section and then when you see Home Assistant, right click it and select "Open as a window".
@@JuanMTech Yeah, i did that, but on your app is no link bar visible, on my window there is link bar under header of the app.
great video, one quiestion how do yo make the title bar the same color as your home assistant theme
When Home Assistant is set up as a shortcut to open in a Window, it would use the color of the title bar.
Juan, another great video. Can you share how you have the "computer on / off" button setup. I have been trying without success to be able to shut down a pc from HASSIO. I have no problem with the WOL to turn it on. Thanks
I use a few apps for that. I use the Join app to send notifications back and forth, and I use EvenGhost in the computer to turn it off. Join is from the developer of Tasker for Android. Great app.
You need to create a dword on the regedit (You can find on internet "shutting down PC dword regedit")Install samba and etherwake on your Raspberry and put a switch
Switch:
platform: wake_on_lan mac_address: "00-01-02-03-04-05" name: Wake on lan host: "192.168.1.105" turn_off: service: shell_command.turn_off_pc shell_command: turn_off_pc: 'net rpc shutdown -I 192.168.x.x -U user%password'
hello I reallly like homeassitant . anyway I can using voice control as old version via iftt?? thanks
Great video. Is there any way to use the built in UI editor and also have custom cards? I had to switch into Yaml mode to get a ifan02 working with multi speeds, but am hopeless with editing Lovelace.
I used the Manual card to set up the Mini Media Player. Didn't have any issues. I didn't set up other custom cards, but they should work as well.
how to back up the user interface? is there a yaml file that contain all of the cards/views?
Thats a good question. I also want to know that..
”The edit UI is not available when in YAML mode.“ How to deal with it?
in configuration.yaml
lovelace:
#mode: yaml
Great video! I'm wondering if is there any way to backup the lovelace config other than manually copy/paste from raw view into a text file.
The data is stored on the .storage folder. That is a hidden folder in your Config folder. You could back up that folder.
thanks!
Where is the link for the mini media player?
You need to set up HACS and download it from there.
When I added entities to the Glance card and clicked an entity in the card, a popup appears that lets me control the entity (e.g., I put 3 switches in a Glance card. If I clicked one of the switches in the card, a popup appears, which allows me to toggle the switch) . Is there anyway to control an entity via the icons in Glance card directly (i.e., without the popup appearing)?
Yes. Set up the variable tap_action with the action toggle. You can find the updated steps on my website. Link in the video description
@@JuanMTech Hi Juan, I can't seem to find on your website where this is mentioned. I know there's a tap_action setting in the Entity-card UI, which was mention in your video and on your website. But there's no such action setting in the Glance-card UI.
does home assistant work well on windows too? :)
I tried updating from 82.0 to 86... and all my automasations, scripts and entity’s were gone. So i downgraded to 82.0 again and now still use the lovelace interface manualy. Do u have any idea how i can fix this? I’m a little scared to update now after i lost everything for a moment (i do backups weekly).
There were some breaking changes to automations between v.0.82 and 0.86. You would need to check on the breaking changes to see what needs to be fixed.
JuanMTech okay thanks for the fast reply 😁!
Hii bro i have a probleam with api of new hassio vartion please make a video abut that thank you bro
How did you that with your computer at 6:35?
Hi, I am new here, and new to HA. Could You tell me how to add custom cards without losing UI editor.
As long as you save the resource for the custom card using the Raw Config Editor, you should be able to set up a custom card using the Manual card.
@@JuanMTech Well, add
resources:
- type: module
url: /local/mini-media-player-bundle.js?v=1.0.2
at Raw Editor, but still "Custom element doesn't exist: mini-media-module."
HA is on docker (Qnap) so i try with different path (instead local) but it also did not help.
Do you have the Mini Media Player .js saved in you www folder?
@@JuanMTech Yes mini-media-player-bundle.js