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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Remarkable_Capital25 on 2025-04-08 20:45:39+00:00.

I had a nice automation setup a couple years ago, but took it down when i temporarily moved into our current place, u til we move into the permanent house we are building.

For me, the automations that were the best was

1. lights coming on and off automatically when i move about the house

2. having coffee ready when i got up in the morning

3. being able to use my phone as a remote control in one app, for ALL my media devices, including my xbox, which we use for almost all of our video media consumption

Those simple things made my apartments/houses over the years feel like they were made for me, rather than just living in them.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Oztravels on 2025-04-08 19:40:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Intrepid-Tourist3290 on 2025-04-08 16:36:44+00:00.

RESOLVED!

Thank you u/Flo_coe for pointing out that Tuya Local https://github.com/make-all/tuya-local does not require any Dev Portals to work. it immediately found the local keys which I have saved and could use with Local Tuya but hey, if this works... happy days. Thank you!

UPDATE 2- Tuya Local offers WAY more functionality for the 2 devices I had in LocalTuya! Very very impressed. I'm absolutely going to ditch LocalTuya and use this instead.

I had LocalTuya all set up and working well, I followed this great Youtube guide and everything was all working great.

I just picked up a new device and when I go to the Tuya Dev portal and try and retrieve the Local Keys for the new device I'm getting "No permissions. Your subscription to cloud development plan has expired."

It was my understanding that this didn't need to be paid for if you stick to the basic setup (I have 3 devices in total now).

Does anyone know what the best route is here? From what I've read in other posts, people just set up a new account but it's unclear if this affects the existing devices, if this is needed or what. I saw another mention of raising a ticket with Tuya directly. I'm looking in to that too but don't want to shoot myself in the foot here!

Nothing worse than getting a new device and you're faced with stuff like this!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/shaftspanner on 2025-04-08 13:43:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/JustAZoomer on 2025-04-08 10:42:05+00:00.

Upgraded from a sluggish Pi 4 to an Acemagic (N100/16GB). Now Frigate handles 5 cameras without breaking a sweat, automations trigger instantly, and my Zigbee network stopped dropping devices.

Current setup:

HAOS + Frigate + Coral TPU

Node-RED for fancy automations

AdGuard blocking trackers

What else can I run here without cluttering things? Considering Scrypted for Apple Home integration. Do you guys run media servers (Plex/Jellyfin) alongside HA on the same box?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/MangoCats on 2025-04-08 02:14:52+00:00.

Anybody have experience with the SMLIGHT SLZB-06M or similar ethernet connected Zigbee hubs?

The specs read like everything I want, but the brand name doesn't impress...

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/a4ai on 2025-04-07 19:49:49+00:00.

After tinkering for almost a week, I finally got my Aqara U200 lock connected to Home assistant.

TBH, This was the most frustrating integration I have ever encountered so far.

But I learned a lot along the way. Matter, Thread, and IPv6

Here's the full guide for anyone struggling with the same.

1. Install the u200 lock.
2. Download the Aqara home app.
3. Upgrade firmware to latest
4. Add an accessory in the Aqara home app.
   1. Add admin + user password/ fingerprint /calibrate device.
5. Open the Home Assistant companion app ( I am on the Android ).
   1. Add a new integration.
   2. Add a Matter device.
   3. Choose 'No, its new'.
   4. Scan the Matter code on the u200 lock.
   5. Press the ‘Set’ button.
   6. Watch the phone progress - ‘Device added’ is the successful message.
   7. Watch Matter add-on server logs for any error / success message.
   8. That’s it.

Some MUST-HAVE requirements:

1. You need a Thread border router ( to bridge the Thread network and LAN).
2. In my case, I used my Eero  access point’s  Thread network - Yes, Eero works with Home Assistant.
   1. Make sure Thread integration shows Eero/M3 border routers.
   2. Select the ‘Use router for Android + iOS Credentials’.
3. I tested with the Aqara M3 hub as well - it works ( but costs $$$).
4. You need a flat LAN with IPv6 support (with ULA prefix).
   1. I used a static IPv6 in my LAN interface and used DHCPv6 to provide IPv6 to devices in the network.
   2. I don’t have IPv6 provided by the ISP( only local, it works).
5. Most important step ( which I missed initially):
   1. You need to enable IPv6 in Home Assistant.
   2. It MUST be set to ‘automatic’ - I spent days figuring this out.
   3. I also read that the HA machine should have only one network interface ( I can’t confirm since I have only one).
   4. Check if you can ping u200 IPv6 from your LAN.
6. The HA Matter docs say you need Home Assistant OS.
   1. I have HA OS on a Proxmox VM - it works.
   2. If you are running HA on a container - the doc says it’s not supported - I have not tried this , so I don’t know.

Here are some screenshots of a successful  setup. As a first time matter user, I wish I had this when I started.  It would have given me a head start to understand my end goal. 

I was using a Switchbot lock  before, but came to a point where I had to recalibrate it almost every other day, had a broken battery level sensor, and was badly looking for a replacement. ( Avoid Switchbot lock at any cost )

I find that the Aqara u200 lock meets all my requirements and seems reliable and is very fast. Their Home App and documentation are not very intuitive and very difficult to understand + Matter makes it even more complicated.

Hope this will be useful for someone struggling to set up this device in Home Assistant

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Technical-Fan1885 on 2025-04-07 20:18:26+00:00.

Just a quick note to say the experimental areas dashboard is a great way to get started to create the basics. I've been so not motivated to have to lay everything out, but this gets it to a usable state really fast.

Now I gotta clean up my areas. 😁

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Diligent-Volume-530 on 2025-04-07 20:27:10+00:00.

I have seen the question posted a lot, and friends constantly ask, where to start between Zigbee and zWave so I wrote this up. I hope it helps some one out!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ApolloAutomation on 2025-04-07 14:04:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/bultodepapas on 2025-04-07 13:25:56+00:00.

At first, my Zigbee network works perfectly—it’s fast and responsive. But after about a day, it starts to crash. It becomes slow, and the end devices begin to disconnect. I’m using a Sonoff coordinator flashed with the latest Zigbee2MQTT firmware, and it’s placed in the center of the house. I’m running Proxmox with Home Assistant on top.

The strange part is that rebooting the PC doesn’t fix it. But if I completely power off the PC, wait about 5 minutes, and then turn it back on, everything works perfectly again—for about a day.

Please help me figure this out!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mightymunster1 on 2025-04-07 12:09:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Conscious-Solution38 on 2025-04-07 05:15:53+00:00.

Wanted to share a little project I've been working on that allows guests access to an easy-to-use, locally hosted, jukebox interface that will allow users to search and queue music from your connected providers to your party playlist!

Features:

• Real-time song search across all connected providers
• Minimalist responsive design with album artwork display
• No login, just share the URL/QR to guests and enjoy!
• Queue songs with your guests
• Auto queues a nominated default party playlist when jukebox requests are all played to keep the party going
• Access control through Home Assistant
• Auto revoking/creating access keys when enabling/disabling the service

Installation and configuration available on GitHub:

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/pr0sty on 2025-04-07 07:02:23+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/notatimemachine on 2025-04-07 03:13:29+00:00.

I’ve had Home Assistant running for a while but I still feel very new to it. After my wife asked if it was possible to kick Alexa out of the house, I started digging around in the HA voice stuff and decided to give it all a try.

I got the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition (HAVPE) and a ReSpeaker Lite to test as voice satellites. After a lot of trial and error—and with a ton of help from ChatGPT and various online forums—I now have a system where speech recognition works locally (using Piper and Whisper) and through Home Assistant Cloud. I also have both Google Gemini and ChatGPT running as conversation agents, which are fully integrated into my voice assistant pipeline. From what I’ve seen so far, the speed of TTS, STT, and action/response cycles varies quite a bit depending on the server-side choices.

I’m not a developer or expert in this stuff, but I had enough familiarity with Home Assistant to stumble through it and the patience to learn and work through tons of little issues—missing integrations, Wi-Fi quirks, YAML formatting, and the usual ESPHome flashing adventures.

Setting up the HAVPE was surprisingly easy, and despite its limitations, I’m impressed with the device. It’s functional and genuinely useful. The ReSpeaker Lite was a bit more of a project to get going, but it’s a very cool little kit—and it might even have better mics than the HAVPE, though I’m still testing that. I’m amazed at how much it’s capable of with a bit of tweaking. Luckily, there’s a very well-maintained YAML template for the device that makes it as usable as the HAVPE after setup.

After a week of using these for lights, switches, timers, reminders, weather, and a few custom routines, I’ve found them reliable enough for everyday use — they can be a bit finicky, but so can Alexa.

The one big limitation for me is media playback. One of the main things I still use Alexa for is playing music and podcasts, and this functionality just isn’t there yet. The devices can technically play media from another device, but there is no voice searching for artists or songs. Hopefully, that part matures soon because, in just about every other way, this voice assistant setup is more flexible and powerful than what I had before.

I’ve seen a lot of people saying Home Assistant Voice isn’t quite ready for prime time—and they’re right—but that hasn’t stopped me from already replacing one of my Echo devices with this setup. If the project keeps heading in this direction, I look forward to replacing all of them — doing this has shown me it’s possible.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/worldsaway2024 on 2025-04-07 02:59:34+00:00.

I've just started out in Home Assistant and honestly it's pretty overwhelming so far..lol.. and I work in IT! I'm especially having so many bumps along the road into adding things into my dashboard (via configuring the configuration.yaml file ( e.g. Hue-like light card) and running into all kinds or problems with errors with entities list being incorrectly written and the card does not work for me at all - yet.

Which got me thinking.. I know it's a steep learning curve in the beginning. Where did you all start so that you became experts in this? I wish there was some definitely guide or a much user-friendlier way to do everything.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/brinkre on 2025-04-06 22:07:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Khaaaaannnn on 2025-04-06 17:15:26+00:00.

I was just sitting here and she goes “I changed the bedroom light icons FYI”. She looked a bit confused when Iooked up and just said “I love you lol”. Next was asking if I could get the smart litter boxes added to it 😂 Is this the promised land?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/RinShimizu on 2025-04-06 16:48:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Simple-Ad2087 on 2025-04-06 11:12:18+00:00.

Hey everyone,

I've been experimenting with Home Assistant's new voice assistant features and I'm curious how usable it really is in everyday life. As far only on the phone app...

My main question: What hardware are you using to talk to your Home Assistant throughout the house? I'm looking for solutions that are reliable and practical for regular use—not just for testing.

Also, how well does the interaction work for you? Is the voice recognition accurate enough? How natural does the conversation feel?

Personally, I find the current preview hardware a bit underwhelming in terms of design and performance. I can't really imagine placing one in every room yet. But maybe someone has already found a better setup?

Curious to hear your experience.

Oh and by the way, what are the next steps your awaiting? Will the Voicemodel from ChatGPT something you can integrate in HA soon? For even more real conversations.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/lcopello on 2025-04-06 13:08:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/prashnts on 2025-04-06 09:02:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Yoel-is-my-ign on 2025-04-06 07:23:49+00:00.

Hi, as the title says I wanted to show of my Dashboard and maybe give some ideas for others :) Feedback appreciated! And many thanks to this awesome community!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/First-Dependent-450 on 2025-04-06 08:06:58+00:00.

Okay, so I did a small experiment at home recently. Mosquitoes have always been an issue, and we usually keep those liquid repellents plugged in 24x7. Realized the bottle was emptying every 5-6 days. Crazy inefficient, right?

So I bought a cheap ₹700 smart plug. Scheduled it to run exactly one hour at sunrise and sunset—basically peak mosquito time. Result?

• Repellent now lasts almost 20 days instead of 5 days.
• The house no longer smells like a chemical factory 24/7.

But here’s something interesting that happened: my parents, who usually aren't impressed by any "tech stuff," actually got curious about this setup. Mom asked me yesterday, "Beta, can this kind of thing also automatically switch off the geyser? We always forget and leave it on."

Funny how small tech experiments spark bigger family discussions.

Curious if others here have tried similar "unusual" automations at home? And did it lead to unexpected conversations or solutions?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/sfortis on 2025-04-06 05:23:22+00:00.