{"id":39,"date":"2017-05-01T20:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2017-10-26T03:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:06:58","slug":"home-automation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; title=&#8221;Home Automation&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20150722_200727.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;bottom&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve started automating my home using Home Assistant (<a href=\"http:\/\/home-assistant.io\">http:\/\/home-assistant.io<\/a>). It&#8217;s a lightweight, python-based, open source home automation platform that&#8217;s got many different pre-built components available and ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently running the platform on a Intel Skull Canyon i7 NUC and I have these devices configured\/integrated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Z-wave switches<\/li>\n<li>Z-wave dimmers<\/li>\n<li>Z-wave Fan Controls<\/li>\n<li>Onkyo TX-NR616 via <a href=\"https:\/\/home-assistant.io\/components\/media_player.onkyo\/\">Onkyo component<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Global Cach\u00e9 iTach IP2IR (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcache.com\/products\/itach\/ip2irspecs\/\">info link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>ASUSWRT presence detection<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/google-home-and-home-assistant-integration\/\">Google Home via emulated Hue bridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 Sonoff switch with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/sonoff-with-alternate-firmware\/\">alternate firmware<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itead.cc\/sonoff-wifi-wireless-switch.html\">info link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1 Roku device<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Shield<\/li>\n<li>13 Amazon dash buttons via <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/maddox\/dasher\">Dasher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/1L8Ve1I\">Schlage Connect Deadbolt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>6 IP Cameras<\/li>\n<li>Multiple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/mqtt-multisensor\/\">MQTT Multisensor Nodes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/mqtt-lightweight-pubsub\/\">MQTT Broker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/horizontal-plantation-blind-automation\/\">Horizontal Plantation Blinds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/mqtt-integrated-doorbell\/\">MQTT Integrated Doorbell<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amazon Echo &amp; Echo Dot via emulated hue, Alexa intents, and haaska<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/home-assistant-floorplan\/\">Amazon Kindle Fire 7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opensprinkler.com\/product\/opensprinkler-pi\/\">OpenSprinklerPi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/6o0lQmS\">Aeotec Z-stick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cribbstechnologies.com\/index.php\/home-automation\/mqtt-led-strips\/\">MQTT LED strips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/45176Mn\">TP Link outlets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As part of this process I&#8217;m stumbling through re-learning Python so I can commit to the Home Assistant project.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out my Home Assistant configuration on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cribbstechnologies\/ha_config\">my github repository<\/a>. If you find something you find useful or I help you through an issue, make sure to star my repo!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also a moderator on the <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/c5DvZ4e\">Home Assistant Discord channel<\/a>. 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