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Nope, you were pretty much spot on. Ahav, on the other hand, messed up the port forwarding part. It should be 443 to 8123, not 8173! I think he deserves another slap for that :P
I remember filming that segment and I think you can see my eyes kind of glaze over as I'm desperately trying to remember that piece of dialogue and I knew the port number was coming out of my face wrong as I said it and I was like "you aren't gonna be able to get this far through this sentence a second time just keep bloody talking" 🤣
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Great video Paul, because of this I finally took the leap to HA. One thing though, you may want to note that the SD card should be removed after turning off the Pi and turning it back on to load from SSD. May be common knowledge to HA/RPi pros, but not for a noob like me.....FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY :)
Just spent about an hour scratching my head over this! After some googling and plugging the Pi into my TV via HDMI, I saw a green scree (to confirm successful flash of USB boot), then had the brainwave to remove the SD card!
Yes, the remove SD card had me circling for hours. It does make since that the goal is to no longer boot from the SD card but for noob like me It took hours to figure out what I did wrong. Great channel Paul, your basic instructions and product reviews convinced me to finally move all my smart home devices over to Home Assistant. Oh and your style of humor keeps me coming back!
I may have missed this - but a silly blocker for me as a complete newbie to Raspberry Pi 4's and Home Assistant is that the SD card may need to be removed before it can boot via USB (SSD). So after you've put USB Boot via the Raspberry Imager on the SD Card, you've inserted the SD Card into the Raspberry Pi 4 and let it boot to copy the boot-up instructions to the Pi... Turn it off, take out the SD Card and the USB Boot should work. This took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out why the SSD would not boot up Home Assistant.
Good job paul. Might I suggest to add the Home Assistant Google Drive Backup add-on. This will backup your HA every few days to your google drive account automatically, keeping all updates and changes you make to HA current in case of a drive failure. Can even set it to delete the old versions so it doesn't take up all your google drive space. But i agree with all you've said and done. Again keep up the good work. 🙂
I told myself I would not get HA cause I don't want to nerd out for hours programming everything, and I've realized there's isn't any smart home options that are convient for my family. So I started doing my parts list for HA, and this video came at the right moment xD Thank you Paul for the amazing tutorial, and have a great day 👍
Note on using the Conbee (or any USB-based Zigbee controllers) in combination with the RPi, although your case may have actually solved it: The WiFi antenna signal may interfere with the Zigbee antenna signal, so you need to distance them apart using a USB extension cable (or use a case that includes it).
As yet I’ve no reason for home assistant. I’m just loving bellowing commands at Alexa and having a 5 minute argument when something fails! Lol Paul you are an appreciated legend! Another awesome video!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Oh my goodness, I am so reluctant to click the play icon, I have a feeling that I am about to jump into a very nerdy rabbit hole. I hope I don’t end up hip thrusting everyone.
This is definitely the push I needed to check this out. The final selling point for me was being able to tick what Alexa can detect when you set that side of things up! That'll make it so much simpler setting up all the rooms and devices on 2 accounts. Awesome content my dude \m/.
You'll never want to move back after setting it up. Not even after screwing things up. (Yes, you will..( Just don't skip the backup tip. its a real lifesaver!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
@@asdkjh4370 I mean, I just want to play with the interesting technology that turns my bulbs on and off and makes life easier for my visually impaired wife, but ok. Not quite sure how I'm risking my family's safety, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the assassins just in case. All of this stuff could just work with Alexa on its own, but sometimes it's nice to try something new and discover the good and bad yourself, y'know?
Great timing, I set up HA about 6 months ago, got what I needed working and then felt a bit lost and left it at that. Last week, a couple things stopped working. I'll follow this and get a better start this time. Thank you sir! HOME ASSISTANT!! HOME ASSISTANT!!!
Great little video for anyone starting out. It's amazing how much easier it's gotten since I started using it about 4 years ago when everything was in YAML
I have moved from SmartThings to HA three weeks ago and can confirm you will become single due the work in learning all this. This video would have saved me some time starting out as the information is all over place. Some advise I started in Pi3 but has I have 80 zigbee devices it seems to struggle and was getting slow already. I moved this to a Small computer with a celeron processor and like rapid now. If you are deep into automations I recommend getting the right hardware. As Paul said raspberry Pi with and SSD disk should be best for most. Once your setup and ready to play around more look at trigger IDs - game changer in automation clean up!
There is a Google drive backup addon. It creates backups on schedule and uploads them to Google drive. You can even set how many backups should be saved locally and on the cloud
@@paulhibbert I understand. But local backups and/or manual backups is the same as no backups at all. It's going to work for a few days then weeks from now it has been forgotten and all you have is a month old backup, and that probably equals several hours of development lost. I upload a new backup every morning. Probably not needed anymore, but in the beginning when lots of changes are done it's very helpful to have current backups.
Actually running Home Assistant right now because your earlier video on the Tuya local integration gave me the push to do it. Works pretty good so far. Main issue the rube goldberg collection of sensors, IR blasters, and scripts needed to make it work with the minisplit, is just one of the many rabbit holes you can find in Home Assistant. Another Home Assistant rabbit hole is ESPhome, which leads to soldering and burned fingers
You got me pointed in the right direction, thanks! Seeing as how this video was posted 11 months ago, it's amazing how much the web and app interfaces have changed in so short a time...but, your info (and my past experience) allowed me to find what I was looking for to move forward. Thanks!
Yes!!! back to your best with step by step tutorials. Loads of info to get started. Just need to dig out my Pi4 that buried in a draw somewhere a couple of months back coz I was too scared to try it. More of this please Paul. Your tutorials are great!
I freaking love your videos so much that I swear I hit LIKE as soon as I click on it because I KNOW it is going to be good, informative, and funny AF! Thank you.
Wow who would think that +PaulHibbert in half a year to a year moved from yelling Home Assistant, Home Assistant to creating tutorials about Home Assistant. Great stuff Paul, keep up the good work :)
Just got inspired by this and installed home assistant and commissioned 5 lights with scenes. I deployed on proxmox and it had none of the non-responsive delay periods after the install wizard. A few suggestions on Pauls approach (1) I'd put a redirect on your router so the external server gets redirected to your internal server when you're connected at home (2) A virtualisation server with NVME is available for ~200-250 USD and sips tens of watts... then you can run pihole etc isolated but on the same box
Nice one dude! It's one of those things where it's easy once you know how. There's still loads I need to learn, but everything so far has started out a real pain in the butt and then later on I've gone "Ooooooh, why didn't someone just say that!?!"
@@paulhibbert It's something I've really wanted to do to grow my smart home beyond the very basic stuff I have at the moment, but just seemed quite intimidating from the guides I'd watched on other channels. This video makes starting out so much more within reach and worth giving it a crack.
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Great, entertaining video! I view the nabu casa fee as a support/goodwill gesture. These people work hard and I can afford it. I'm an old hack so maybe I'm an old softy what I like about node red the most besides the interface is the fact that's easy to store the state of your room. So for example, my lights are rigged to remember their last state when they were turned off. That way I don't have to faff about with scenes and settings 99% of the time. Also, much easier to expose to the outside world - you don't need an amazon account for example. I'm on the fence though about exposing my server directly, still digging into security. I'm realizing now that automations are the tip of the iceberg with node red.
Amazing Video for beginners for sure. Really enjoyed it, even I am not a HA beginner anymore :) Step 1 to 7 and all the raspberry pi crap you can avoid ( and all the pain with it ) by just getting a Odroid N2+ with pre-installed Homeassistant Image :) odroid UK and amerdroid US has them ( can not post link here I guess ). I personally use in both houses Homeassistant Blue which are bascially the same just neater looking case. Also when you first startup HA I would highly recommend to not let HA all import what it finds, especially if you have already a lot of Smart devices. I would rather recommend doing that manually one by one from Settings > Devices/Services later and immediately start renaming the entities and devices to names that actually make sense to you. Otherwise you can end up with hundreds or even thousands of entities you have to rename, disable, etc. makes things easier. Would assume a lot of beginners in your audience also would appreciate a HACS Video, without it, Home Assistant is only half as good :)
Was about to say the same. I ran HA on a Win machine for a couple of weeks just over a year ago to have a look. Ordered an N2+ as you mentioned and never looked back. Rock-solid from day one. I have dozens of NR flows, actionable notifications, cameras, thermostats etc etc. Very pleased with my choice.
Maybe Paul should also talk about Home Assistant Yellow : so you can start HA without tinkering, and the ZigBee/Thread radio is included, with Matter support in development.
For backups also there is an addon that automatically makes backups and uploads them to your Google Drive which is quite handy as it's a set and forget kind of thing.
Yep! I used to use that, but recently I found a Samba backup integration that saves backups directly to my laptop instead of filling up my Google Drive storage. Both are good options though.
@@neekster28 I need to move to that one actually. I haven't tried the SAMBA one specifically but the GDrive one I really liked as it was actively developed and had so many things you could configure. But I have only 5Mbps upload and my backups are 4GB so takes hours (not to mention space) 😅
Really good tutorial! Starting out with HA now is sooo much easier then when I did it 2.5 years ago lol It's so good that half a year ago I migrated my HA from Raspberry Pi 2 to Pi 4 w SSD and it took under 1 hour for everything to be back up again with no issues (including Zigbee)
There's a design issue with USB 3 and RF wireless devices (like wireless keyboards, mice and things like zigbee). These wireless devices use a frequency of around 2.4GHz to transmit and receive data. USB 3 sends and receives signals at 5GHz but this creates radio interference of around 2.5GHz so if the USB 3 cables or sockets are not shielded properly they will interfere with any RF wireless transmitter/receiver if they're too close. This sort of thing can also happen if you plug 2.4G transmitter directly into an unshielded USB3 socket. This is why it's advisable to always plug those little antenna dongles into USB2 ports if you have them. If you have no choice, Moving the dongle a short distance away from the USB3 port will fix the issue (just 20cm away is usually enough) so if you only have USB3 ports, just get a short USB cable and stick the dongle on the end. So many people have thrown away or dismissed wireless keyboards or mice as junk simply because of this widely occurring design oversight. Nerds can Google "USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference Impact on 2.4 GHz Wireless Devices" if they want the full explanation.
Note on using the Conbee (or any USB-based Zigbee controllers) in combination with the RPi, although your case may have actually solved it: The WiFi antenna signal may interfere with the Zigbee antenna signal, so you need to distance them apart using a USB extension cable (or use a case that includes it).
So what protocols can communicate with home assistant using a raspberry pi, natively? Do I have to have a stick for every protocol? (z wave, ZigBee, etc...). Can I get a stick that well cover more then one protocol? I have some globe electric smart bulbs that us wifi, what protocol are those, how do I find out. Can I control my WiFi smart bulbs with home assistant. I have an old laptop, can I run home assistant on that, until I get a raspberry pi? Thanks for your time and sorry for the newb questions.
Awesome video, keep in mind there are several addons such as the google drive addon that will manage doing backups automatically so you don't even have to remember to make them
Arrrggg I finally installed HA after seeing this and it's *so unfriendly,* even to someone who's ok writing a bit of python. Got my zigbee coordinator connected - reset and added a few bulbs and a sensor and I'm already pretty frustrated/angry at the whole process. Replicating the basic "sensor makes room lights bright during day, dim at night, turn off after 5 mins no motion" rule that Hue makes easily was pretty painful. If it's going to be that hard to re-make the routines I have in there and Alexa this is not going to be for me and I'm in awe of the patience anyone has that can do this. Oh dammit and now my wife has left.
Quick tip for people following along @6:25 the point when advised to boot from the SSD, make sure you take the SD card out, and also make sure the Pi is plugged into your network.
Excellent video again. Now you just need to dip your toes into the fantastical realm of Node Red, because honestly it's a beautiful combination. You can spend many of your lonely hours moving nodes to precise positions, then sit back, and feel almost accepting of your new-found celibate lifestyle.
10:07 As of 2023.12.0, you can change what rooms do and do not appear in the default dashboard, so this isn't necessarily true anymore. Still, it is recommended you still "take control" and make a custom dashboard.
Personally I'd create a second dashboard for customization, so that on the automatic dashboard all the new stuff shows up. Just because sometimes an integration updates and adds more useful information and you wouldn't know it in your regular dashboard. But that additional info will show up in the automatic dashboard.
I’ve just ventured into the home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT world.. it’s a steep learning curve and I can’t say home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT just the once! Even in RL! my other half gives me a look like I’m crazy!😂😂😂 thank you Paul!
Say you plan to use HA for 5 years. That's 60 months times $6.50 for their cloud, or $390 (assuming they will not raise the price, assuming you will quit HA after 5 years). Doesn't it make sense to spend 30 minutes to define Alexa or Google locally? (15 minutes for the video, 15 for the actual definition). I don't know of many people (none, actually) who make $780 per hour. Plus, if you define it locally you don't need to rely on the cloud and on your Internet connection anymore - one of the main goals of HA is cloud independence (BTW there's also a LocalTuya integration).
You might want other services they provide, like not having to fiddle with port forwarding ect. It's a good point though! I know I could do this stuff, but I don't mind paying to help the Nabu Casa team running. Having them actually pay devs to work on stuff is good, especially since they've got ESPHome, ZHA and Rhasppy in house now.
This informative and educational video led me to conclude Home Assistant is still too much work. Dear Paul, do you think there is a sexier alternative to HA? An alternative which offers less tinkering and more time for life, sex and actually using the smart home rather than setting it up in a meh-bleh web interface? (I love web interfaces, please don't get me wrong, it's the ugliness and the utter lack of UX that turns me off in both HA and Hubitat web interfaces, they are ungodly and should be smitten down by our lord ) I feel that, for example, Hubitat videos you gallantly made for us are not enough, and I believe your witty and humorous elaboration on sexier and less geeky HA alternatives would be a much-anticipated blast.
Spot on, I bottled it on HA and went hubitat, ended up linking HA to it for WiFi devices and found out it wasn't so bad after all. When Paul dropped his conbee vid I got one and the hubitat is now gathering dust.
Paul, I am so grateful for your tutorial. I have watched it several times and already ordered from your links. Fingers crossed I can get the job done once it all arrives and I put it all together.
For remote access you have 2 other FREE choices: 1. With DDNS (Duckdns), for an extra layer of security i would suggest you to use a reverse proxy 2. Setup a vpn (I used Wireguard) its probably the most secure option, but you have to turn on your Wireguard vpn on the client device anytime you want to access your HomeAssistant (PN you could also open your port of HomeAssistant and with your public ip just access your HomeAssistant installation Thought i strongly suggest you do not go that route.) Also for everything exposed to the internet make sure you have a strong password.
I tried HA hosted on my Windows Server and was never really stable. I am tempted to go down Pi route but I have The Home Remote which does it all. Have a look, Alexa integration is a bit weird tbh and doing custom tiles is geeky (watch their tutorial videos is geek heaven) but no host required, literally sign into integrations, add buttons to screen and done.
Hey Paul and whoever else happens to buy the case. I am not sure if they came out with a new model or if they send a different model to US but the version of the case that I got had a different look on the inside(also a cheaper fan :/) I still followed your instructions(swapping which USB ports) but nothing connected so I followed the case directions and nothing, finally I just unplugged the usb3.0 to ssd(basically the whole top) and used the connector you had me get to hook up the ssd and no more interference. I still love this case and want to use it for another project but with the ssd adapter not working great I have to go with something else lame :( the rest of the video was spot on and perfect, thanks for your videos helping guide me through the process!!!
Paul is moving into the big leagues with content like this, love it. ;) I run HA in a VM on (one of) my UNRAID server but I still enjoyed the vid and learned a couple of things (also it reminded me to make a backup) I personally like to have a clone of the installation as a backup to, that way you could just deploy the image and it's all setup (witch is much easier for a VM to be fair and I understand most people don't have a server ((or 3))
At long last, I installed HASSIO (or whatever they want to call it these days) many months ago and could never get past the install and start. everything was SOOOO complicated. I have it on Raspi4 sitting there not doing anything, all integrations are sort of set up but just not doing anything. Then wam bam you made this vid, so I am trying it on the Odroid XU4 as a fresh install, nb: make sure you use the correct install as there are 2, one called Core and the other is the OS. The OS is better as you seem to have more control ie: addons... here's where I hope to do a Paul Hibbert hip thrust lol. Time will tell. Thanks Paul and thanks for all your late evening giggles when I get chance to watch your vids. oh and Hi from Bulgaria.
I'm just starting out organizing my gadgets and this video helps because I was thinking of using HA initially but thought it would be overkill. It's confusing sometimes using the phone app(s) and trying to tie them altogether. It would be worth it not to have to do all this on a smart phone also ... Love the bloopers and thanks again for the info!
I've been one of those guys that watches your videos for the past few years and complains (to myself) about some aspects.. but this was a really good video. I've jumped down the HA hole a few times but renting is holding me back on a full install which I will be starting when I move back to Ireland and into my own house, at which point I will be using this video as things have changed somewhat in HA world (believe it or not 😂). Again, good video, good points, straightforward with the basic jump off points which I take you were aiming for. Well done
I’m a bit of a nerd so I used the Docker method to install Home Assistant on my server, although doing that disables Supervisor Add-Ons. I can still use HACS though. It gives my server something to do lol I use the same Phoscon ConBee II though, I used it because I had seen it on your channel.
Thanks for this video. I haven't started using HA yet but will be doing soon. Just as an idea for accessing it from outside the home network, you could set up a Tailscale network (free for individuals). Works even from behind a CGNAT without a public IP.
In practice, for me HA only discovered 3 Televisions and 50 other devices that could not be used immediately because they did not have an integration, for a lot of these (e.g all my smart sockets) the process was considerably more complicated to even get them recognised. I’ve watched a few HA “simple” set up videos where every device immediately appears in a dashboard and I think it’s misleading.
Late to the party but here's a tip. You can also setup a VPN on a device in your home to login to your local network from outside. From that moment your local IP address are reachable from your phone. I've setup a shortcut on my iPhone to open the VPN connection when I use the Home Assistant app and voila I can reach my home remotely.
hey Paul there's an easier way to manage backups, there is an addon that can automatically make a backup at certain times and then automatically upload it to your drive Everything Smart Home did a video on it. Very easy to set up and you won't ever have to think about making one again, it just does it for you.
Thank you Paul for a very logical and informative video, I needed this 6 months ago when I started my Home Assistant adventure with an Intel NUC, my choice of hardware. You have resolved one issue I had with remote access, I hadn't copied my Nabu Casa url into my companion app 😭, now I have 😀.
Great video (and entertaining as usual 😁). just a few comments (related mostly to HA). First thing, first, you convinced me to try the Home Assistant (after you convinced me in the past it is a lot of tinkering and maybe not worth it). So bite the bullet ordered an SSD, grabbed a PI3 that I have laying around and 4 hours later: - managed to finally boot from USB on my RPI3 (btw the RPI imager utility boot from usb does not work for PI3, there is a bit of good ol' linux cmd line typing) - created account & waited 20 minutes & voila! all my smart devices in one place ... 'but wait' (to quote you) - dashboard showing only 4 devices (chromcasts actually) - one NvidiaTV, one chromecast, one google nest mini, one TV (android) None of the smart devices: two Nest thermostats, three temperature sensors (WIFI), Samsung smart washer (WIFI), Broadlink bridge & switches (also WIFI), smart plugs (WIFI). Was too late last night to check if I missed something, but I start to remember your frustration with the HA. Also the dashboard is very bland (I'll try the themes later maybe). I see now that you have a more recent tutorial for HA, hopefully that will show me where I went wrong. Once again, thank you for all these great videos.
Have to say, I appreciate the view around the Raspberry Pi download... I don't know if Neesha appreciates it.... But I do.... Thanks for the tutorial sir!
My wife thanks you Paul for giving me another project to work on :). I do have a quick question that you or someone else may be able to answer: I am after a high amperage safe smart plug that will work with Home Assistant and the ConBee II stick and in the UK format 240v. Has to be capable of running a heater (say 2kw) and, preferably, has power monitoring included. Everything I have seen for Zigbee sound good until you see the disclaimer regarding high current devices. I would prefer not to burn the house down this winter but find that this sort of plug with a temp sensor could save a pretty penny this winter, especially now that UK electricity is reaching for the stars!
Hello, total noob here. Home assistant looks awesome. The questions I have are; do you have to have a raspberry pi to make this work? Or would for example a Laptop be able to run this?
Just started your Video. so I am looking to take my Hodge podge of home automation, WIFI plugs/lights/switches/sensors and ZWave/Zigbee devices all connected to a few apps (KASA/SmartLife/Alexa/SmartThings/CYNC) and make them all work with one device and I am hoping that this is the video for me :)
Great work, even though I've been using HA for years, and are even doing YT videos about it, I learned something, good job! (and Node Red is great :-D )
Nice. Sold my athom homey for more then I bought it for and was going to setup home assistant tomorrow. Know some but nice to have a reference. Was going buy the case but didn't know it had possibility for ssd :)
Controlling mine from anywhere I want, without subscription.. I don't use raspberry, I build my own Nas with xpenology, and use Virtual Machine. Which is running for almost a year now.
Great video. I just started exploring this topic for home automation and monitoring. This video makes this look easy and highly customizable. Thank you! Subbed for sure!
You forgot to add a secure certificate for home assistant for the self hosting. I started there and pulled a Cartman. Said "screw you guys, I'm going to nabu casa!" Soooo much easier! Plus it supports the project
came here to find out how to set up Home Assistant on a Windows Laptop, seems I am in the wrong place..lol - I am a sub to your channel anyway, catch you later Paul. Used a Raspberry Pi before, but if Home Assistant burns through SD cards then def not setting it up on my only laptop..lol - So, you saved me loads of frustration and time, I think I will give this a miss. It seemed too much of a pain to set up Home Assistant when I only came here to calibrate my Xiaomi Bluetooth sensors which have been playing up. All the best buddy!
Has anyone noticed that Home Assistant isn’t available and I have been checking now for weeks and still not available. I am in US but I am surprised there are still so many videos about this, since the platform isn’t available. Any info on if and when we can get it would help! Love your videos!
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Nope, you were pretty much spot on. Ahav, on the other hand, messed up the port forwarding part. It should be 443 to 8123, not 8173! I think he deserves another slap for that :P
I remember filming that segment and I think you can see my eyes kind of glaze over as I'm desperately trying to remember that piece of dialogue and I knew the port number was coming out of my face wrong as I said it and I was like "you aren't gonna be able to get this far through this sentence a second time just keep bloody talking" 🤣
How about grammar nerds instead. It is "Cue", not "Queue" :-P
I thought that Brits were big on Queues?
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Props to you for touching on backups immediately - giving you a thumbs up for that alone
At which point in the setup did your wife file for divorce?
😂😂😂😂
Home Assistant for normal people. Brilliant Paul. You have given me hope! Thanks 😊
Don't worry, after a week using HA you won't be a normal person.
So many YAML files...
@@Guitarocker493 nah, that’s still a normie thing. You should try some soldering and C programming your controllers
Great video Paul, because of this I finally took the leap to HA. One thing though, you may want to note that the SD card should be removed after turning off the Pi and turning it back on to load from SSD. May be common knowledge to HA/RPi pros, but not for a noob like me.....FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY :)
THANK YOU!!!!
Just spent about an hour scratching my head over this! After some googling and plugging the Pi into my TV via HDMI, I saw a green scree (to confirm successful flash of USB boot), then had the brainwave to remove the SD card!
@@tomchittock I had exactly the same problem!
Yes, the remove SD card had me circling for hours. It does make since that the goal is to no longer boot from the SD card but for noob like me It took hours to figure out what I did wrong.
Great channel Paul, your basic instructions and product reviews convinced me to finally move all my smart home devices over to Home Assistant. Oh and your style of humor keeps me coming back!
WOW THANK YOU..., we have been searching as well and this fixed the problem while eating Kebab :D
I may have missed this - but a silly blocker for me as a complete newbie to Raspberry Pi 4's and Home Assistant is that the SD card may need to be removed before it can boot via USB (SSD). So after you've put USB Boot via the Raspberry Imager on the SD Card, you've inserted the SD Card into the Raspberry Pi 4 and let it boot to copy the boot-up instructions to the Pi... Turn it off, take out the SD Card and the USB Boot should work.
This took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out why the SSD would not boot up Home Assistant.
I wish I had seen this comment before spending an hour banging my head against the wall
my Pi4 booted directly from SSD without any need to convince it with some SD card tricksors.
Very much appreciated! Thanks!
Youre a legend, you have no idea how much this comment saved me tonight!
Good job paul. Might I suggest to add the Home Assistant Google Drive Backup add-on. This will backup your HA every few days to your google drive account automatically, keeping all updates and changes you make to HA current in case of a drive failure. Can even set it to delete the old versions so it doesn't take up all your google drive space. But i agree with all you've said and done. Again keep up the good work. 🙂
Oh, this is fantastic! Thanks!
I told myself I would not get HA cause I don't want to nerd out for hours programming everything, and I've realized there's isn't any smart home options that are convient for my family.
So I started doing my parts list for HA, and this video came at the right moment xD
Thank you Paul for the amazing tutorial, and have a great day 👍
Note on using the Conbee (or any USB-based Zigbee controllers) in combination with the RPi, although your case may have actually solved it:
The WiFi antenna signal may interfere with the Zigbee antenna signal, so you need to distance them apart using a USB extension cable (or use a case that includes it).
This comment should be pinned haha. This problem cost me hours and the last bit of colour left in my hair!
I will try it, with usb extension cabel as my rasbee stick doesnt work after migration to ssd.
Great video, nice and straightforward but covers all the basics in 20 mins 👍
As yet I’ve no reason for home assistant. I’m just loving bellowing commands at Alexa and having a 5 minute argument when something fails! Lol
Paul you are an appreciated legend! Another awesome video!
Thanks dude!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Oh my goodness, I am so reluctant to click the play icon, I have a feeling that I am about to jump into a very nerdy rabbit hole. I hope I don’t end up hip thrusting everyone.
This is definitely the push I needed to check this out. The final selling point for me was being able to tick what Alexa can detect when you set that side of things up! That'll make it so much simpler setting up all the rooms and devices on 2 accounts. Awesome content my dude \m/.
The Alexa support through Nabu Casa is VERY slick. The HA team nailed it!
You'll never want to move back after setting it up. Not even after screwing things up. (Yes, you will..( Just don't skip the backup tip. its a real lifesaver!
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
@@andy-v Noted! Thanks :)
@@asdkjh4370 I mean, I just want to play with the interesting technology that turns my bulbs on and off and makes life easier for my visually impaired wife, but ok. Not quite sure how I'm risking my family's safety, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the assassins just in case.
All of this stuff could just work with Alexa on its own, but sometimes it's nice to try something new and discover the good and bad yourself, y'know?
Great timing, I set up HA about 6 months ago, got what I needed working and then felt a bit lost and left it at that. Last week, a couple things stopped working. I'll follow this and get a better start this time. Thank you sir! HOME ASSISTANT!! HOME ASSISTANT!!!
Great little video for anyone starting out. It's amazing how much easier it's gotten since I started using it about 4 years ago when everything was in YAML
I have moved from SmartThings to HA three weeks ago and can confirm you will become single due the work in learning all this. This video would have saved me some time starting out as the information is all over place. Some advise I started in Pi3 but has I have 80 zigbee devices it seems to struggle and was getting slow already. I moved this to a Small computer with a celeron processor and like rapid now. If you are deep into automations I recommend getting the right hardware. As Paul said raspberry Pi with and SSD disk should be best for most.
Once your setup and ready to play around more look at trigger IDs - game changer in automation clean up!
There is a Google drive backup addon.
It creates backups on schedule and uploads them to Google drive.
You can even set how many backups should be saved locally and on the cloud
Thanks mate, I did almost go into doing automated backups, but I figurted the topic might have started to become overwhelming after 20 minutes.
@@paulhibbert I understand.
But local backups and/or manual backups is the same as no backups at all.
It's going to work for a few days then weeks from now it has been forgotten and all you have is a month old backup, and that probably equals several hours of development lost.
I upload a new backup every morning. Probably not needed anymore, but in the beginning when lots of changes are done it's very helpful to have current backups.
I was going to suggest the same thing, using the google backup add-on. Well worth it, saves manual download and then copying
Yep, best HA addon ever. It just does it's thing and backs up to the cloud every time. Generational backups are the bomb!
Isn't that only available with Supervisor, which I don't think Paul is running?
Actually running Home Assistant right now because your earlier video on the Tuya local integration gave me the push to do it. Works pretty good so far. Main issue the rube goldberg collection of sensors, IR blasters, and scripts needed to make it work with the minisplit, is just one of the many rabbit holes you can find in Home Assistant. Another Home Assistant rabbit hole is ESPhome, which leads to soldering and burned fingers
You got me pointed in the right direction, thanks! Seeing as how this video was posted 11 months ago, it's amazing how much the web and app interfaces have changed in so short a time...but, your info (and my past experience) allowed me to find what I was looking for to move forward. Thanks!
Yes!!! back to your best with step by step tutorials. Loads of info to get started. Just need to dig out my Pi4 that buried in a draw somewhere a couple of months back coz I was too scared to try it. More of this please Paul. Your tutorials are great!
I freaking love your videos so much that I swear I hit LIKE as soon as I click on it because I KNOW it is going to be good, informative, and funny AF! Thank you.
Thanks man. That means a lot! 😊
Wow who would think that +PaulHibbert in half a year to a year moved from yelling Home Assistant, Home Assistant to creating tutorials about Home Assistant. Great stuff Paul, keep up the good work :)
Ah Paul, my RPi just arrived yesterday. This is the absolute best timing :D Many thanks and keep up the good work!
Just got inspired by this and installed home assistant and commissioned 5 lights with scenes. I deployed on proxmox and it had none of the non-responsive delay periods after the install wizard. A few suggestions on Pauls approach (1) I'd put a redirect on your router so the external server gets redirected to your internal server when you're connected at home (2) A virtualisation server with NVME is available for ~200-250 USD and sips tens of watts... then you can run pihole etc isolated but on the same box
This is awesome, I genuinely reckon I could tackle Home Assistant now. Thanks mate, brilliant stuff as always!
Nice one dude! It's one of those things where it's easy once you know how. There's still loads I need to learn, but everything so far has started out a real pain in the butt and then later on I've gone "Ooooooh, why didn't someone just say that!?!"
@@paulhibbert It's something I've really wanted to do to grow my smart home beyond the very basic stuff I have at the moment, but just seemed quite intimidating from the guides I'd watched on other channels. This video makes starting out so much more within reach and worth giving it a crack.
Welcome to the rathole.
With all respect but promoting this "platform" is really like selling "snake oil" - countless security issues - within HA and with "integrations" not to mention HACKs, and when you addressing this with examples - "developers" banning you from official forum without warrning. There is also politicaly correct bias with community so if you not following current trends you will also get banned. Deveopers started even banning russian developers:)))) Which is just crazy. And last but no least - non existing stability which has long lasting tradition and it seems that it will never end. If you really thing that you want put your famili safety and security in such a "profesional" and "responsible" envirnoment then good luck.
Great, entertaining video!
I view the nabu casa fee as a support/goodwill gesture. These people work hard and I can afford it. I'm an old hack so maybe I'm an old softy
what I like about node red the most besides the interface is the fact that's easy to store the state of your room. So for example, my lights are rigged to remember their last state when they were turned off. That way I don't have to faff about with scenes and settings 99% of the time. Also, much easier to expose to the outside world - you don't need an amazon account for example. I'm on the fence though about exposing my server directly, still digging into security.
I'm realizing now that automations are the tip of the iceberg with node red.
This was amazing. Thanks for spending my money. Looking forward to learning more about HA.
Paul I enjoy your videos!! This is the best tutorial for Home Assistant for beginners that I have found. Thank you!
Thanks dude! ❤️
Awesome Vid! As a newbie, this is exactly what I needed. Your the MAN Paul. Thanks again!!
Amazing Video for beginners for sure. Really enjoyed it, even I am not a HA beginner anymore :)
Step 1 to 7 and all the raspberry pi crap you can avoid ( and all the pain with it ) by just getting a Odroid N2+ with pre-installed
Homeassistant Image :) odroid UK and amerdroid US has them ( can not post link here I guess ).
I personally use in both houses Homeassistant Blue which are bascially the same just neater looking case.
Also when you first startup HA I would highly recommend to not let HA all import what it finds, especially if you have already a lot of Smart devices.
I would rather recommend doing that manually one by one from Settings > Devices/Services later and immediately start renaming the entities and devices to names
that actually make sense to you.
Otherwise you can end up with hundreds or even thousands of entities you have to rename, disable, etc. makes things easier.
Would assume a lot of beginners in your audience also would appreciate a HACS Video, without it, Home Assistant is only half as good :)
Was about to say the same. I ran HA on a Win machine for a couple of weeks just over a year ago to have a look. Ordered an N2+ as you mentioned and never looked back. Rock-solid from day one. I have dozens of NR flows, actionable notifications, cameras, thermostats etc etc. Very pleased with my choice.
Maybe Paul should also talk about Home Assistant Yellow : so you can start HA without tinkering, and the ZigBee/Thread radio is included, with Matter support in development.
This is exactly what I needed, most other HA guides I've tried to watch are too dry. Much prefer watching your version
That was too much screaming like a mentally disabled person. So annoying
But Paul, why didn't you use NodeRED? 😂
Thanks for the mention, appreciate it 🙏
You had to be the one to ask! 🤣
I learned loads of NR from you Lewis, thanks for your videos.
Paul I would strongly suggest a usb extension lead and move the zigbee stick away from the raspberry pi as it could interfere with the signal.
17:06
We have to because now we can't say anymore: "JuST UsE HOmeAsSiSsTANt ...!!!" 😅
For backups also there is an addon that automatically makes backups and uploads them to your Google Drive which is quite handy as it's a set and forget kind of thing.
Yep! I used to use that, but recently I found a Samba backup integration that saves backups directly to my laptop instead of filling up my Google Drive storage. Both are good options though.
@@neekster28 I need to move to that one actually. I haven't tried the SAMBA one specifically but the GDrive one I really liked as it was actively developed and had so many things you could configure. But I have only 5Mbps upload and my backups are 4GB so takes hours (not to mention space) 😅
Really good tutorial! Starting out with HA now is sooo much easier then when I did it 2.5 years ago lol
It's so good that half a year ago I migrated my HA from Raspberry Pi 2 to Pi 4 w SSD and it took under 1 hour for everything to be back up again with no issues (including Zigbee)
There's a design issue with USB 3 and RF wireless devices (like wireless keyboards, mice and things like zigbee). These wireless devices use a frequency of around 2.4GHz to transmit and receive data.
USB 3 sends and receives signals at 5GHz but this creates radio interference of around 2.5GHz so if the USB 3 cables or sockets are not shielded properly they will interfere with any RF wireless transmitter/receiver if they're too close. This sort of thing can also happen if you plug 2.4G transmitter directly into an unshielded USB3 socket.
This is why it's advisable to always plug those little antenna dongles into USB2 ports if you have them. If you have no choice, Moving the dongle a short distance away from the USB3 port will fix the issue (just 20cm away is usually enough) so if you only have USB3 ports, just get a short USB cable and stick the dongle on the end.
So many people have thrown away or dismissed wireless keyboards or mice as junk simply because of this widely occurring design oversight.
Nerds can Google "USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference Impact on 2.4 GHz Wireless Devices" if they want the full explanation.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a Home Assistant fanboy lol (love you really lol) 🤣🤣🤣
Your props and nic nacs in the background are top notch. Well done.
Note on using the Conbee (or any USB-based Zigbee controllers) in combination with the RPi, although your case may have actually solved it:
The WiFi antenna signal may interfere with the Zigbee antenna signal, so you need to distance them apart using a USB extension cable (or use a case that includes it).
You’re by far the nuttiest guy of all my YT subscriptions 😂… by far… 🚀
please never change 🙏
So what protocols can communicate with home assistant using a raspberry pi, natively? Do I have to have a stick for every protocol? (z wave, ZigBee, etc...). Can I get a stick that well cover more then one protocol? I have some globe electric smart bulbs that us wifi, what protocol are those, how do I find out. Can I control my WiFi smart bulbs with home assistant. I have an old laptop, can I run home assistant on that, until I get a raspberry pi? Thanks for your time and sorry for the newb questions.
Awesome video, keep in mind there are several addons such as the google drive addon that will manage doing backups automatically so you don't even have to remember to make them
Arrrggg I finally installed HA after seeing this and it's *so unfriendly,* even to someone who's ok writing a bit of python.
Got my zigbee coordinator connected - reset and added a few bulbs and a sensor and I'm already pretty frustrated/angry at the whole process.
Replicating the basic "sensor makes room lights bright during day, dim at night, turn off after 5 mins no motion" rule that Hue makes easily was pretty painful. If it's going to be that hard to re-make the routines I have in there and Alexa this is not going to be for me and I'm in awe of the patience anyone has that can do this.
Oh dammit and now my wife has left.
Thinking of getting into Home Assistant was wondering what GB raspberry Pi you recommend. So happy your back doing videos. Best on RUclips 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Quick tip for people following along @6:25 the point when advised to boot from the SSD, make sure you take the SD card out, and also make sure the Pi is plugged into your network.
Why unplug the sd card
@@TeeJayKay14 Because it keeps trying to boot of the SD card.
Well, I'm Glad I found this!
Excellent video again. Now you just need to dip your toes into the fantastical realm of Node Red, because honestly it's a beautiful combination. You can spend many of your lonely hours moving nodes to precise positions, then sit back, and feel almost accepting of your new-found celibate lifestyle.
10:07 As of 2023.12.0, you can change what rooms do and do not appear in the default dashboard, so this isn't necessarily true anymore. Still, it is recommended you still "take control" and make a custom dashboard.
Personally I'd create a second dashboard for customization, so that on the automatic dashboard all the new stuff shows up. Just because sometimes an integration updates and adds more useful information and you wouldn't know it in your regular dashboard. But that additional info will show up in the automatic dashboard.
I’ve just ventured into the home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT world.. it’s a steep learning curve and I can’t say home assistant , home assistant, HOME ASSISTANT just the once! Even in RL! my other half gives me a look like I’m crazy!😂😂😂 thank you Paul!
Haha, glad to have had such a profound effect on your marriage 😅
@@paulhibbert errrrm we’re not married…yet… shhhh, I don’t mention it! Lol
@@jvoric don't worry, Home Assistant will stop her marrying you. 🤣
@@paulhibbert 😂😂😂😂 still need to figure out how to tts on Alexa so I’ll be safe from marriage for a while longer! 😉😉😝😝
Say you plan to use HA for 5 years. That's 60 months times $6.50 for their cloud, or $390 (assuming they will not raise the price, assuming you will quit HA after 5 years). Doesn't it make sense to spend 30 minutes to define Alexa or Google locally? (15 minutes for the video, 15 for the actual definition). I don't know of many people (none, actually) who make $780 per hour. Plus, if you define it locally you don't need to rely on the cloud and on your Internet connection anymore - one of the main goals of HA is cloud independence (BTW there's also a LocalTuya integration).
You might want other services they provide, like not having to fiddle with port forwarding ect. It's a good point though!
I know I could do this stuff, but I don't mind paying to help the Nabu Casa team running. Having them actually pay devs to work on stuff is good, especially since they've got ESPHome, ZHA and Rhasppy in house now.
'Home Assistant Google Drive Backup' is a nice addon. automatic backups and moving to google drive :)
This informative and educational video led me to conclude Home Assistant is still too much work. Dear Paul, do you think there is a sexier alternative to HA? An alternative which offers less tinkering and more time for life, sex and actually using the smart home rather than setting it up in a meh-bleh web interface? (I love web interfaces, please don't get me wrong, it's the ugliness and the utter lack of UX that turns me off in both HA and Hubitat web interfaces, they are ungodly and should be smitten down by our lord ) I feel that, for example, Hubitat videos you gallantly made for us are not enough, and I believe your witty and humorous elaboration on sexier and less geeky HA alternatives would be a much-anticipated blast.
Athom Homey.
Beginner's guide:
You are a beginner.
Use another platform.
You'll thank me later when you loose the noob badge and try home assistant again.
🤣🤣🤣
Spot on, I bottled it on HA and went hubitat, ended up linking HA to it for WiFi devices and found out it wasn't so bad after all. When Paul dropped his conbee vid I got one and the hubitat is now gathering dust.
Paul, I am so grateful for your tutorial. I have watched it several times and already ordered from your links. Fingers crossed I can get the job done once it all arrives and I put it all together.
For remote access you have 2 other FREE choices:
1. With DDNS (Duckdns), for an extra layer of security i would suggest you to use a reverse proxy
2. Setup a vpn (I used Wireguard) its probably the most secure option, but you have to turn on your Wireguard vpn on the client device anytime you want to access your HomeAssistant
(PN you could also open your port of HomeAssistant and with your public ip just access your HomeAssistant installation Thought i strongly suggest you do not go that route.)
Also for everything exposed to the internet make sure you have a strong password.
I tried HA hosted on my Windows Server and was never really stable. I am tempted to go down Pi route but I have The Home Remote which does it all. Have a look, Alexa integration is a bit weird tbh and doing custom tiles is geeky (watch their tutorial videos is geek heaven) but no host required, literally sign into integrations, add buttons to screen and done.
Hey Paul and whoever else happens to buy the case. I am not sure if they came out with a new model or if they send a different model to US but the version of the case that I got had a different look on the inside(also a cheaper fan :/) I still followed your instructions(swapping which USB ports) but nothing connected so I followed the case directions and nothing, finally I just unplugged the usb3.0 to ssd(basically the whole top) and used the connector you had me get to hook up the ssd and no more interference. I still love this case and want to use it for another project but with the ssd adapter not working great I have to go with something else lame :( the rest of the video was spot on and perfect, thanks for your videos helping guide me through the process!!!
Just discovered your channel. Informative, Funny, Refreshing. You've got a new subscriber.
"Turn the lights back on....there's no girl there"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's true.😢
Paul is moving into the big leagues with content like this, love it. ;)
I run HA in a VM on (one of) my UNRAID server but I still enjoyed the vid and learned a couple of things (also it reminded me to make a backup)
I personally like to have a clone of the installation as a backup to, that way you could just deploy the image and it's all setup (witch is much easier for a VM to be fair and I understand most people don't have a server ((or 3))
At long last, I installed HASSIO (or whatever they want to call it these days) many months ago and could never get past the install and start. everything was SOOOO complicated. I have it on Raspi4 sitting there not doing anything, all integrations are sort of set up but just not doing anything. Then wam bam you made this vid, so I am trying it on the Odroid XU4 as a fresh install, nb: make sure you use the correct install as there are 2, one called Core and the other is the OS. The OS is better as you seem to have more control ie: addons... here's where I hope to do a Paul Hibbert hip thrust lol. Time will tell.
Thanks Paul and thanks for all your late evening giggles when I get chance to watch your vids. oh and Hi from Bulgaria.
I'm just starting out organizing my gadgets and this video helps because I was thinking of using HA initially but thought it would be overkill. It's confusing sometimes using the phone app(s) and trying to tie them altogether. It would be worth it not to have to do all this on a smart phone also ... Love the bloopers and thanks again for the info!
I've been one of those guys that watches your videos for the past few years and complains (to myself) about some aspects.. but this was a really good video.
I've jumped down the HA hole a few times but renting is holding me back on a full install which I will be starting when I move back to Ireland and into my own house, at which point I will be using this video as things have changed somewhat in HA world (believe it or not 😂).
Again, good video, good points, straightforward with the basic jump off points which I take you were aiming for.
Well done
I’m a bit of a nerd so I used the Docker method to install Home Assistant on my server, although doing that disables Supervisor Add-Ons. I can still use HACS though. It gives my server something to do lol
I use the same Phoscon ConBee II though, I used it because I had seen it on your channel.
Thanks for this video. I haven't started using HA yet but will be doing soon. Just as an idea for accessing it from outside the home network, you could set up a Tailscale network (free for individuals). Works even from behind a CGNAT without a public IP.
I am so new to HA.... You have saved me. Thank you! Bless your heart! I learned so much!
In practice, for me HA only discovered 3 Televisions and 50 other devices that could not be used immediately because they did not have an integration, for a lot of these (e.g all my smart sockets) the process was considerably more complicated to even get them recognised. I’ve watched a few HA “simple” set up videos where every device immediately appears in a dashboard and I think it’s misleading.
Late to the party but here's a tip. You can also setup a VPN on a device in your home to login to your local network from outside. From that moment your local IP address are reachable from your phone. I've setup a shortcut on my iPhone to open the VPN connection when I use the Home Assistant app and voila I can reach my home remotely.
I thought Home Assistant starts from the hips.
I just got a mini PC to install HA on, this is helping me out a ton!! Many thanks 🙏🏾
That easy hey! Thanks Paul. I'll get it done straight after I finish my Neurosurgery degree.
I just use pivpn and wireguard to access it outside of the house
hey Paul there's an easier way to manage backups, there is an addon that can automatically make a backup at certain times and then automatically upload it to your drive Everything Smart Home did a video on it. Very easy to set up and you won't ever have to think about making one again, it just does it for you.
Thank you Paul for a very logical and informative video, I needed this 6 months ago when I started my Home Assistant adventure with an Intel NUC, my choice of hardware. You have resolved one issue I had with remote access, I hadn't copied my Nabu Casa url into my companion app 😭, now I have 😀.
Just started with home assistant and this was really helpful!!
Great video!! Finally back to making home automation videos.
Great video (and entertaining as usual 😁). just a few comments (related mostly to HA).
First thing, first, you convinced me to try the Home Assistant (after you convinced me in the past it is a lot of tinkering and maybe not worth it).
So bite the bullet ordered an SSD, grabbed a PI3 that I have laying around and 4 hours later:
- managed to finally boot from USB on my RPI3 (btw the RPI imager utility boot from usb does not work for PI3, there is a bit of good ol' linux cmd line typing)
- created account & waited 20 minutes & voila! all my smart devices in one place ... 'but wait' (to quote you)
- dashboard showing only 4 devices (chromcasts actually) - one NvidiaTV, one chromecast, one google nest mini, one TV (android)
None of the smart devices: two Nest thermostats, three temperature sensors (WIFI), Samsung smart washer (WIFI), Broadlink bridge & switches (also WIFI), smart plugs (WIFI).
Was too late last night to check if I missed something, but I start to remember your frustration with the HA. Also the dashboard is very bland (I'll try the themes later maybe).
I see now that you have a more recent tutorial for HA, hopefully that will show me where I went wrong.
Once again, thank you for all these great videos.
Definitely check out the most recent tutorials, they will hopefully help you out with this!
Watching that now and just realized I forgot about the amazon echo's (one with zigbee gateway) and sammy soundbar (alexa enabled) ... ufff
Never thought Paul would be doing a HA beginners Guide 😂
Have to say, I appreciate the view around the Raspberry Pi download... I don't know if Neesha appreciates it.... But I do.... Thanks for the tutorial sir!
My wife thanks you Paul for giving me another project to work on :). I do have a quick question that you or someone else may be able to answer: I am after a high amperage safe smart plug that will work with Home Assistant and the ConBee II stick and in the UK format 240v. Has to be capable of running a heater (say 2kw) and, preferably, has power monitoring included. Everything I have seen for Zigbee sound good until you see the disclaimer regarding high current devices. I would prefer not to burn the house down this winter but find that this sort of plug with a temp sensor could save a pretty penny this winter, especially now that UK electricity is reaching for the stars!
Hello, total noob here. Home assistant looks awesome. The questions I have are; do you have to have a raspberry pi to make this work? Or would for example a Laptop be able to run this?
Might actually have a go at this again. I've burned through a couple of SD cards trying to get HA to work
You can also just make a vpn server and tunnel into your home network anywhere you go.
Just started your Video. so I am looking to take my Hodge podge of home automation, WIFI plugs/lights/switches/sensors and ZWave/Zigbee devices all connected to a few apps (KASA/SmartLife/Alexa/SmartThings/CYNC) and make them all work with one device and I am hoping that this is the video for me :)
It was a good video and more people should see it
Great work, even though I've been using HA for years, and are even doing YT videos about it, I learned something, good job! (and Node Red is great :-D )
Now you need to make a joke about an annoying Home Assistant dude where you slap yourself.
Nice. Sold my athom homey for more then I bought it for and was going to setup home assistant tomorrow. Know some but nice to have a reference. Was going buy the case but didn't know it had possibility for ssd :)
Paul! You've definately been sucked into the Home Assistant world! I hope you have a pre-nuptual agreement!
Nah, if we get divorced I'm taking her for everything she's got! 🤣
Omg I only just realised how much you look like Jeff Bezos 🤣🤣🤣
Controlling mine from anywhere I want, without subscription..
I don't use raspberry, I build my own Nas with xpenology, and use Virtual Machine. Which is running for almost a year now.
Great video. I just started exploring this topic for home automation and monitoring. This video makes this look easy and highly customizable. Thank you! Subbed for sure!
Thanks man! ❤️
You forgot to add a secure certificate for home assistant for the self hosting. I started there and pulled a Cartman. Said "screw you guys, I'm going to nabu casa!" Soooo much easier! Plus it supports the project
Thanks Paul
came here to find out how to set up Home Assistant on a Windows Laptop, seems I am in the wrong place..lol
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I am a sub to your channel anyway, catch you later Paul. Used a Raspberry Pi before, but if Home Assistant burns through SD cards then def not setting it up on my only laptop..lol
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So, you saved me loads of frustration and time, I think I will give this a miss. It seemed too much of a pain to set up Home Assistant when I only came here to calibrate my Xiaomi Bluetooth sensors which have been playing up. All the best buddy!
Thank you! In HomeKit now but was hesitant to make the jump to HA. Knowing my wife will never know the difference makes it a lot easier. Lol
Home Assistant nerd here.....That was great, even I learned something new!
I’m back! the value of these videos is getting better and better.
THOSE DEPP MEMES 🤣
Bravo young man, bravo
Morning Doctor!!
Just started my home assistant journey
Has anyone noticed that Home Assistant isn’t available and I have been checking now for weeks and still not available. I am in US but I am surprised there are still so many videos about this, since the platform isn’t available. Any info on if and when we can get it would help! Love your videos!