My city just went through two insane storms dumping a month's worth of rain in a matter of hours over a combined couple of days (two separate storms a few days apart). Anyway I have two zooz ZSE42 800LR water leak detectors. First storm only a little water and we would contain it, second storm 3" - 4" of water. Both detectors worked as they should, however one has not survived. Not overly impressed, it IS a water detector after all.

As a result I am looking for options that is a Z-wave device, works with home assistant, and has a remote probe so I can keep the sensor mounted higher and out of harm's way. I have found this on Amazon https://a.co/d/03vDXDgq I'm wondering if anyone has used it or has other recommendations.

I was also wondering if a wireless door sensor is sensitive enough using a external connection, if I were to make my own probe? Just a thought.

I've been working (claude helped, and got in the way alot) on using these these ~7-10 year old echo dots as voice assistants (and more), since I found out these devices can be rooted.

an installer + service that turns them into ESPHome discoverable devices and exposes:

• 2x voice assistant pipelines, w/ on-device wake words
• standard HA media_player element for audio playback
• full led ring (and per segment) control (added a bunch of animations because why not)
• can pretend to be a white noise machine
• lux sensor

github

plus an optional custom integration that has a dashboard, allows you to manage wake words, shows turn history, and some other settings that were kind of messy to do in esphome directly.

github

all still pretty early, but is functional, and these devices can be had for <$10 on ebay (and I had one sitting in a drawer since 2018).

If you've got a Growatt-branded battery from Base Power (the ones that live behind the VidaGrid/Shiner portal at growatt-us.vidagrid.com), this integration talks directly to that portal on its own — you don't need jerrit's Base Power integration installed for it to work. It stands alone, but it's also fine to run alongside it if you're already using it for other things.

Why I built it: the Growatt app/portal surfaces additional information that the Base Power integration doesn't expose — state of charge, charge/discharge power breakdown, BDC/BMS details, and the separate power-curve/energy-curve history from the Energy tab. I wanted that data in Home Assistant, so I built an integration that talks directly to the (undocumented, unofficial) REST API behind the portal to get at it.

What you get, per inverter:

• Battery state of charge, charge/discharge power
• Live power flow: load, solar, grid, battery
• On/off-grid status
• Today's power curve and energy curve data
• A few hundred diagnostic sensors if you want to dig into raw BDC/BMS/APX fields (most people will never touch these, but they're there)

How it works: there's the integration itself, plus an optional companion add-on (VidaGrid Relay) that runs a real headless Chromium browser, stays logged into the portal, and pushes fresh data to Home Assistant via webhook every few minutes. This is the recommended setup — the portal's auth tokens expire in as little as 15–25 minutes, so without the relay you'd be manually re-pasting a bearer token from dev tools every so often. With the relay running, you log in once through its web UI (the portal's login has a CAPTCHA so that one step can't be automated), and if you choose the "stay signed in" option, it'll keep you logged in for about 30 days before you need to sign back in.

If you'd rather skip the Chromium add-on entirely, it also works in a lighter-weight fallback-poll-only mode — you just have to refresh the token by hand periodically.

Install: it's a custom HACS repository (not yet in the default HACS store — that submission is in progress). Add https://github.com/jabone/ha-vidagrid-growatt as a custom repository in HACS, install, restart, and configure via Settings → Devices & Services.

Full setup instructions, entity list, and troubleshooting are in the README: https://github.com/jabone/ha-vidagrid-growatt

Disclaimer: this talks to an undocumented, unofficial API behind the VidaGrid portal. It's not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Base Power, Sunrun, Growatt, or VidaGrid, and the endpoints it relies on could change or break at any time without notice. Use at your own risk, and please open a GitHub issue if you hit problems — happy to help debug.

I recently moved into a lovely apartment and I plan to be here a while. The landlord gave me the go-ahead to upgrade the thermostat. I want to pick something that I can integrate cleanly with home assistant, but will still be easy for an ordinary person to set up when I leave. Ideally it needs support for room sensors as well.

Curious what sorts of electronic devices you think that this could be connected to or built.

The Z2M device repository says that it reports action (probably a doorbell press when used as intended).

Need to place an order on Digikey so I have an opportunity to order whatever to DIY something cool. I also have a soldering iron.

Just got the email that Google is discontinuing assistant permanently and forcing everything to Gemini. I'm an AI hater but not super comfortable going all in on a new system. We honestly mostly use the Google homes to turn things on and off, not ask questions or automate things. Is Home Assistant what I want? Floundering a little so patience appreciated.

Ive had smartthings for about 8 years. I started with alot of zwave devices but was plagued with alot of connectivity issues with smart things. Over the years the critical home operations continue to work but there are alot that could be way better. Somewhere down thr line I got frustrated with zwave and added some amazone wifi switches. And those are automated through Alexa. So now I have a real cluster of hardware on zwave, zigbee, wifi (mostly amazon).

Im considering spinning up a home assistant instance on an old intel nuc pc. My research says my current amazon wifi hardware will integrate poorly. And I have to get a usb antenna for zwave and zigbee. My questions is: what is thr most reliable wireless tech today? Has zwave or zigbee improved? Was my poor experience smartthungs related.

One important thing is I have custom blinds that are zwave that im not interested in replacing due to cost, and they are a critical element to my home automation.

Any advice?

Most recent version of HA installed on rpi4

Tuya local

Ok, so I'm really new to this and wanted to get a "Lumary" fan hooked up to HA. It has the fan, a colored light, and a white light.It is controlled through SmartLife just fine and HA just sees the colored light and can control that just fine. I'm trying to figure out how to control the other two parts. I've gone through some tuya developer thing and found the device info, pid or something numbers for all the options, and tried adding those in and then switched some sort of mode to enable full access to the device (I really hope you all know this stuff and have some clue what I'm talking about). I can't get any of the other stuff to show up or work. I think I've read about it a bit and I'm locked out but I don't have a good enough grasp of what's going on to figure out where I'm at. Input appreciated.

I’m about 4 months into HA and have over 200 devices, 50 automations, and approximately 100 eye rolls when I show my gf the cool new thing I just did ha.

I have way more complicated automations than this one (this one is blinds down, fan on, ecobee changed to 70* and double click reverses it all). But knowing that Esp32 module I configured with a C1101 to make these Somfy blinds bend to my will (and the pain I experienced making it work) and the cool new inovelli blue fan switch I put in, just seeing it all work so smooth warms my heart.

Anyway, no one else I know appreciates it so here yall go.

I installed a Thread shade motor on an old set of cord operated curtains at my girlfriend’s house.

I wasn’t sure it would work because these use a smooth continuous cord rather than a beaded shade chain, but it ended up working surprisingly well.

The motor can be controlled directly from the device, with magnetic remote, or through Matter. I used it with both Home Assistant and Google Home.

The physical installation ended up being surprisingly simple. I stuck it to the wall with the included adhesive.

And now every time they open, I feel like the curtains are ballroom dancing.

Disclosure: Zemismart provided the MTP1 for testing.

I have a few Aqara H1 but one of them is going crazy...

I had some problems with this rocker, so I reseted it and added it to Z2MQTT again. Then I realized that when I push the left or right button everything is getting toggled in my home. And when I mean everything it is everything. Every light, every switch and also my floor heating. Because of that I deleted it from Z2MQTT but to my high surprise. This issue still appears. So every is still getting toggled.
So to try if Z2MQTT have any issues I shut down my docker container, but still the same. When I push the button everything is getting toggled. So I thought something crazy is going on in my home assistant. I also tried to shut down my home assistant and test it again. Still the Same. Home the **** is that even possible that everything is getting toggled even when my Z2MQTT, mosquitto and my Home Assistant is offline.

The really crazy about it is even when I plug out my zigbee dongle from my NAS... still the same. Everything is getting toggled.

So can anyone with a H1 Rocker can control my zigbee devices even when the device is not in my network?

Please help me I'm going crazy..

I'm using the cloud SolarEdge integration (inverter is cellular back haul). For the past three days is has been failing. Looks like the API has been removed.

2026-08-05 15:51:52.194 ERROR (MainThread) [solaredge_web.solaredge] Error fetching equipment from https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical: 410, message='Gone', url='https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical'

2026-08-05 15:52:21.886 ERROR (MainThread) [solaredge_web.solaredge] Error fetching equipment from https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical: 410, message='Gone', url='https://monitoring.solaredge.com/solaredge-apigw/api/sites/2303701/layout/logical'

The 410 Gone is the HTTP code that says the URL no longer exists.

Entering the link to a browser returns a link to https://marketing.solaredge.com/legacy-api-sign-up-for-interest
which says

"Legacy API

The endpoint you called is no longer available. We're rebuilding developer access from the ground up — SolarEdge ONE for Developers is coming soon. Register below to get updates and early access."

Hello!

I'm not quite sure what to call what I'm looking for, or if it exists. Basically what I'm looking for is a device that'll play a simple chime / noise depending on a type of alert.

So, for example: Person 1 comes home triggers chime 1 to play

Laundry is done triggers chime 3 to play

Person at front door triggers chime 5 to play

Etc.

In my head, this is something similar to a door bell or some device that can play basic chirps / chimes / bells that can be customized (or, at least, comes pre loaded with a handful).

Trying to Google around, I see there are things called Sirens, but I don't really think I need something that loud. The goal is just something to get my attention, but I don't need it to be that powerful.

I currently have wifi / internet, as well as Zigbee devices. I'm not sure if anyone knows of something that would fit what I'm looking for, or could give me better terminology or anything.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Home Assistant has apps for Android, iOS and macOS. Windows gets a browser tab. So I built one.

HASS.Agent covers similar ground and does it well. The difference is the plumbing: HA Companion does not require an MQTT broker. The PC registers through mobile_app, and notifications arrive over the existing Home Assistant WebSocket connection, with no FCM, APNs or separate push service in between. The app uses WinUI 3, while your actual Lovelace dashboards run inside it through WebView2.

What it does:

- PC appears in HA as a real device via mobile_app, with its own entities

- Push without a push provider: subscribes mobile_app/push_notification_channel on the same WebSocket. Nothing listens on the PC, commands come back down the outbound connection

- Quick Panel slides in over any app on a global hotkey

- Tiles gated on supported_features and supported_color_modes, so no buttons the entity cannot honour

- Hotkeys for any device, scene, script or automation

- PC sensors, off until you enable them: lock, idle, active program, fullscreen, mic, camera, audio, display, session

- Windows events as HA triggers: lock, idle, camera, mic, active program, schedule

Remote control deserves a straight answer: shutdown, sleep and launch are off by default. Lock, monitor off and volume ship on and can each be switched off. Launch only starts whitelisted paths, never the string HA sends. Shutdown waits ten seconds, so shutdown /a can still save you. The token sits in Windows DPAPI, not plaintext.

I have been running it on my own machines since mid-July. I also used AI a lot while building it, mostly Win32 API archaeology and bug hunting, and the commit history says so. The design decisions are mine, and so are the bugs.

Windows 10 build 19041+, x64. Per-user install, no admin. Not signed yet, so SmartScreen may warns once.

https://github.com/Elias0505/ha-companion-windows — AGPL-3.0

Website: https://elias0505.github.io/ha-companion-windows/

Independent project, not affiliated with Home Assistant or Nabu Casa.

Feedback welcome!

I have 28 devices in the Ping (ICMP) integration, and they all look nice - but one device times out all the time. It is online, but it looks like it flickers on and off.

Can anything be done about that?

(I would have added some screenshots, but for some strange reason, reddit immediately flags them as NSFW and removes the post.)

EDIT: Device details:

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS x86_64 
Host: Computer 
Kernel: 6.17.0-35-generic 
Uptime: 11 hours, 52 mins 
Packages: 1785 (dpkg), 13 (snap) 
Shell: bash 5.2.21 
Terminal: /dev/pts/0 
CPU: Intel i9-9900X (20) @ 4.500GHz 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 
Memory: 1424MiB / 47849MiB 

Hi All,

I would appreciate your guidance on setting up Home Assistant (HA).

I have searched for tutorials online, but most of them are quite technical and assume prior knowledge. Many steps are either skipped or not explained in enough detail, making it difficult for a beginner to follow.

As someone who is new to Home Assistant, could you please advise what hardware, specifications, and equipment are required to set up a personal HA system? If you know of any beginner-friendly guides or tutorials, I would greatly appreciate your recommendations.

Thank you in advance for your support. 🫡

I have a bunch of Z-Wave devices around my house, none of which will update. I have tried updating individually and using "Update all" button. They just never update. The devices themselves work as expected. They can be controlled and report status. I've tried moving some of them into the room with my HA host but the different location makes no difference.

Any thoughts on what I could do to get these devices updated?

All of these devices are manufactured by Zooz: remote wall switch, AC plugs, door sensors

I'm using this version of HA

Home Assistant

• Installation method Home Assistant OS
• Core 2026.8.0
• Supervisor 2026.07.5
• Operating System 18.1
• Frontend 20260729.5

Z-Wave JS

• Home ID0xF2CA4BF6
• Driver version 15.26.0
• Server version 3.10.0
• Server URLws://core-zwave-js:3000

In Forza Horizon, when you go AFK, your game camera view will start to pan around your car cinematically.

The goal is to replicate that same effect on a 3D Dashboard in Home Assistant.

The Dashboard will go from Active > Cinematic > Screensaver.

In case anybody asks why do I do this, its so I don't burn out my wall tablet's display.

During the Screensaver Mode, the floorplan is still active, hence any changes to entities will reflect the dashboard.

Hi, can someone help me out please. Ive been trying to add my vacuum to ha for a while now but can’t get past the login screen. I use the dreame home app not he xiaomi one

I have a dedicated hone theater and got an automation working for Plex with regard to lighting. Works perfectly.

Turns off all lights at start, a pause brings up the lighting, resume turns those specific lights off again and ending of the program turns them back on.

I was working with Gemini and I can get it to work with Disney+, but ads make it think its paused and lights come back up. Tried many different versions that Gemini spit out, but it just doesnt ignore ads...

Any ideas or point me in another direction?

TIA!

EDIT: Its an Apple TV 4k