After having Home Assistant recommended too me, I’ve had a few months to enjoy customising it.
Rather than spinning up a ubuntu install and then installing over the top, I went with the HASS.IO install which is comprised of a series of docker images. I had not used docker before, so that added to the learning curve.
Integrations (addons) I use:
- Climate and Temperature:
- Samsung Air Conditioner – Compared to previous scripts I’ve used, this has been the most reliable. The script polls current room temperatures and also interact with the air conditioners (see image below)
- ESP Home:
- D1-Mini’s with max6675 modules for K-Type temperature probes These are used to monitor my smokers temperatures (see image below).
- ESP-01’s with 1-Wire Dallas DS18b20’s for room temperature for rooms without Samsung Air Conditioners reporting the room temperatures.
- Open Weather.
- Media:
- Forked-DAAPD – The version available during the time I wanted to install was missing dependencies. So I’m running an independent instance until I can get around the issue. I mainly listen to internet radio and it’s been perfect. With the custom card for Home Assistant, it makes it easier to control via Home Assistant, or you can control it using an iPad and the Remote app (see image below).
- Apple Airplay Audio:
- A couple of SoundMate M1‘s attached to amplifiers and speakers.
- 3x C.H.I.P‘s running Shairport-sync – Shairport-sync allows multi client audio to be played in sync using a newer version of Apple airplay implementation.
