5 Home Assistant Beginner MISTAKES to Avoid!

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In this video we are covering 5 common mistakes I see people making when getting started with Home Assistant all the time and what you can do to fix them, to keep your Home Assistant install running perfectly!
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@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Be truthful...which ones are you guilty of? 😂
@fauzifauzi2129
@fauzifauzi2129 3 жыл бұрын
I run on RPi 3 and my ha start to feel slow when and I try running frigate
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
That would do it!
@CMDRSloma
@CMDRSloma 3 жыл бұрын
Not ironing my T-Shirt... Just kidding, nice merch ;) Seriously though, not reading release notes and not knowing how to properly troubleshoot...
@nielslangkilde9255
@nielslangkilde9255 3 жыл бұрын
Have decent hardware (i5 4core, 8Gb ram, SSD), have automatic backup.... BUT - investigating breaking changes and having too many 3.party integrations - NO comments ;-)
@MrLapomme972
@MrLapomme972 2 жыл бұрын
Backups
@tbluge
@tbluge 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for not doing annoying injections of humor and non-revelant content like many of the other youtubers. Your channel is great!
@AlexMercadoGo
@AlexMercadoGo 3 жыл бұрын
Just came here from Paul Hibbert's video on Home Assistant, and I've gotta admit: He's right. The "mistakes" you've named are a mismatch of expectations between normal people and Home Assistant. "Why didn't you read the Release Notes"? Because users shouldn't and don't expect to have to read the release notes. I appreciate the work that goes into Home Assistant, but let's not blame the user and pretend that this is an acceptable user experience design.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
I get where you are coming from, but you have to remember who the target audience is, it's not the average person (at least not yet, and I'm not sure it ever will be and that's OK) and I don't think the developers would ever claim it was for the average person. You have to remember that this is a free piece of software put together by volunteers giving up their free time, there is only so much they can do with the time and resources they have. Is it as easy as Alexa to setup and use? No. Is it far more capable than Alexa in every single way? Absolutely. It's a trade off, and one that I am happy they have made. Alexa and Google Home have 1% of the functionality at the trade-off of ease of use, and that's OK too because as above, it's not designed for someone like me. Then you have something like KNX which is also very feature rich and can do a lot, but the price is very high and it's all locked down, again a trade-off and designed for different types of people. You get what I'm saying right? If people find Home Assistant difficult and not worth the hassle, then it could be that you aren't the intended user, and that's absolutely fine, there is room for everyone and there is lots of choices for people who want different options. It's all about managing your expectations.
@hackberry4009
@hackberry4009 2 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome Linux is a far more complicated free piece of open software developed largely from people’s free time. They don’t make excuses for breaking peoples computers every few months and the target audience of the kernel is far more technical than the target audience of HA so if the target audience of HA isn’t defined by technical ability then the target audience must be masochist’s or people who feel a sense of superiority from micromanaging a server in their spare time
@WoottonRivers
@WoottonRivers 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, make part two!
@verwaeststijn
@verwaeststijn 3 жыл бұрын
i'm really glad i followed your backup video, it works great and gives some peace of mind
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
My man 🙌 backups are so essential!
@juliannesermon8057
@juliannesermon8057 2 жыл бұрын
A home automation platform introducing breaking changes frequently is insanity. If a breaking change on such an important core peace of software is introduced at all, there need to be huge warnings popping up before it installs that update, not something mentioned in the release notes. This type of policy will always lead to users not installing updates out of fear, or breaking their installations because they do. Terrible experience either way.
@ChickenTenderX
@ChickenTenderX 2 жыл бұрын
Agree.. historically Home Assistant had quite a few breaking changes and was a pain. Luckily this is not a big case anymore as the whole OS is more “final”.
@hackberry4009
@hackberry4009 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@hackberry4009
@hackberry4009 2 жыл бұрын
@@ChickenTenderX historically? It happened less than a year ago
@chris1789
@chris1789 2 жыл бұрын
@@hackberry4009 what was the recent breaking change? I almost never update mine so I don't think I even noticed
@2Fast4Mellow
@2Fast4Mellow 3 жыл бұрын
Point 3 & 4 go hand-in-hand so to speak. Always make a (full) backup before your update or change anything in HA. If something stops working and you can't get it to work fast enough, restore the backup and than take your time to research the issue. Sometimes it can be worthwhile to also backup the failing 'instance' before your overwrite it with the last backup cause if you have the answer, first backup your HA instance again (always use a fresh backup!), restore the backup with the failed upgrade, apply the fixes that you've found and test HA properly.. If you're using the file-based (sqlite) configuration system and it took several days or even weeks to find an answer to your issue, you might want to perform a fresh upgrade. Otherwise you can loose changes to automations that you (or someone else) made in the meantime. Another common mistake I want to add is that I see people immediately start adding tons of integrations for stuff they 'might' want to use. This is fine as long as you're in the playground phase, but once you really start controlling parts of your house (or office) you need to carefully choose what integrations you are gonna use and property configure them before you start adding the next integration. Take your time. HA looks very easy, but once you've got an issue, it can sometimes be difficult to debug the root cause.. Also document your automations! Node-red can visualize some automations, but scripts at the HA side can be missed. It when you first move into a new house and document which lights or sockets are connected to a breaker switch. Do the same for your HA environment. Document what a switch or sensor controls, but also which states are required for a light to turn on or a socket to become active.. I know that this takes a lot of time, but in the end it makes things easier when things stop working..
@AwesomeOpenSource
@AwesomeOpenSource 3 жыл бұрын
Perfect video. Great information and advice.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate you! 🙏
@SantiagoLema
@SantiagoLema 3 жыл бұрын
Good advice overall. One thing one might add is that the Raspberry Pi in its default version on a SD-Card can greatly be improved by using a SSD disk and (well-configured) MariaDB instead of the file-based database. I run a 4GB Ram RaspberryPi 4 with a crucial SSD + Maria DB and really everything is flying. Only exception is CPU heavy stuff so I can't really stream 12 cameras at once. But I have several dozen items running great.
@tomjones2860
@tomjones2860 3 жыл бұрын
I can echo that, I have a 4G Pi4 running HA booting from a NVMe drive and it flys! .. I have 6 HD camera's streaming and integrations into over 50 devices with no issue.. and it boots in less than 10second.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, there are videos for both of those! It's not so much the streaming that's intensive, but more motion/object detection etc.
@craigw4644
@craigw4644 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto, house is fully automated with scripts, node red automatons and several hundred entities on a Pi 4. M.2 SSD adapter made a significant improvement. Also helps to use a LAN cable versus using wireless connection on the Pi. Good home network equipment is helpful for setting up IoT virtual networks and reserving IP addresses.
@tomjones2860
@tomjones2860 3 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome Ironically I used a non-standard integration to link the motion sensors that are part of my security system to several automations.. All work great and though the switches have the popcorn affect all work fast on the Pi4.
@KrispKiwi
@KrispKiwi 3 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome Yup motioneye got me with my PI, heated it up to no end. Ended up just ditching that integration.
@chrispark7823
@chrispark7823 3 жыл бұрын
A second part would be great! Thanks for the vids!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris!
@markaustin6229
@markaustin6229 3 жыл бұрын
I would be very interested in part 2 of this video. Just getting started with home assistant so the timing would be perfect 😊
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Mark and good luck!
@JohnMayfield-NS
@JohnMayfield-NS 3 жыл бұрын
Those aren't unused add ons.. those are ones I plan to get at eventurally! Not guilty? Okay.. guilty...
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Guilty!!! 🔨
@schrodingersmechanic7622
@schrodingersmechanic7622 Жыл бұрын
For what Pi's are going for these days, a refurbished mini pc is not that much more. I found one with a desktop i7 processor, 32GB ram and 1TB ssd on the jungle site for under $300 and there were lots to choose from. They just destroy a Pi performance wise, and you'll practically never outgrow it.
@SlackerLabs
@SlackerLabs 3 жыл бұрын
Ha. I'm not guilty of removing old/unused integrations....but I am really bad about cleaning up my old entities, automation, and scripts. Not what you mentioned exactly...but this video reminded me that I need to get back to cleaning up my config. And I am trying to prune any custom integration that doesn't rely on an official API for integration.
@nielslangkilde9255
@nielslangkilde9255 3 жыл бұрын
This is not only for beginners ;-) You are so right, this is recurring things to think about over and over again.. AGAIN a Nice video, PLEASE make a follow-up, Thanks
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Niels! Appreciate it!
@jcurren00
@jcurren00 2 жыл бұрын
I am excited for a Part 2
@alx8439
@alx8439 Жыл бұрын
Making backups alone won't help you if you don't know how to restore from them
@Obtuse94
@Obtuse94 3 жыл бұрын
A part 2 would be fantastic!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Keep your eyes peeled 👀
@revealing1372
@revealing1372 2 жыл бұрын
Use IR LEDs like in a remote control to blind the camera. Look at your remote with your phone camera as example.
@CaosDeAcorde
@CaosDeAcorde 2 жыл бұрын
Off course, up for the second part
@davejblair
@davejblair 3 жыл бұрын
Helpful - thanks.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, cheers!
@adespade119
@adespade119 Жыл бұрын
all this work setting up and maintaining updates and configurations, wouldn't it be easier just to switch the light on manually.
@JoaoGabriel-bk6pn
@JoaoGabriel-bk6pn 3 жыл бұрын
Top vídeo! second part please 😉
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend!
@makeitworktech
@makeitworktech 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, release notes! Part 2 please
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
On it!!
@donstillwell9894
@donstillwell9894 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Over the last several year I'm guilty of making everyone of the those mistakes you shared. I would be in favor of you making a part 2 of mistakes to avoid. I don't know if this would classifies as a mistake or not? I've have migrated my Home Assistant from a raspberrypi 3 to a Windows10 PC running a VM to, where I"m at now, a server running Unraid with Home Assistant running on a VM. What I keep running into is not enough storage space. Each time I setup a New Home Assistant it will only let me set it up with 32gb of space and I keep running out of usable disk space. I'm I doing something wrong on the entail setup?? I don't see anywhere to increase the memory size. Thanks!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You can expand the disk space on the drive, there may be a guide online somewhere for that
@RookieRay
@RookieRay 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these reasons are the exact reasons home assistant will never become mainstream unless there’re changed
@bluegizmo1983
@bluegizmo1983 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But even if all these things are fixed, I don't believe Home Assistant will ever become mainstream, because it requires far too much yaml coding to be appealing to a normal person. I don't ever see Home Assistant becoming 100% UI based, and that's what it would take for mainstream adoption. That being said, I still love it!
@PM13501
@PM13501 3 жыл бұрын
I've little bit of problem with older integrations but getting better as I've standardized lot of IoTs around Sonoff/ESPHome. My main problem is with naming convention, at the time of setup names like switch-05 or Light-03 sounds so good but few weeks later I am scratching my head!!!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
That's a good one!
@058Jacko
@058Jacko 3 жыл бұрын
Hi mate... love the vids as always.. One issue I see a lot is people not understanding Core vs Supervised. I still struggle to follow your videos as you use Supervised and I use Core. Biggest pain for me is an automated backup and export which isn't so easy on Core.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I agree that is a common mistake, have done an entire video explaining the difference so hopefully that helps some people. I hear ya, problem is the vast majority are using OS or Supervised at least according to the stats, so unfortunately means I tend to cater towards that at the moment.
@dor20at
@dor20at 2 жыл бұрын
Cool video, I can install on the same Raspberry Pi both NAS and Home Assistant ?
@martinnrregrenbk9961
@martinnrregrenbk9961 3 жыл бұрын
Yes to part2 thanks
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Martin!
@bennylloyd-willner9667
@bennylloyd-willner9667 2 жыл бұрын
LOL, I was just about to update my HA when I stopped and read thru the release notes before continuing😁😁
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Haha well done 😂
@headerahelix
@headerahelix Жыл бұрын
I made a backup before messing with the config yaml but it didn't restore it apparently, even though it said full backup. So I just wasted a full day of work because it didn't restore my backup or something. When trying to install from backup on a fresh install, it shits itself and says NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource. Excellent piece of kit this HomeAssistant 👍
@cwtrain
@cwtrain 3 жыл бұрын
I dipped into the pool with a Raspberry Pi. Before I knew it I had Tensorflow, countless python scripts, and 8 cameras streaming in. Eventually it had to go live on my PowerEdge. Well said.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
PowerEdge all day long! 🙌
@potpu
@potpu 2 жыл бұрын
What is the tensorflow usage for if you don't mind?
@kamaradski1
@kamaradski1 Жыл бұрын
number1 and 4 are easily solved by keeping everything in proxmox, so the VM's can just be moved between hardware in case you want/need to upsize or downsize.
@jenniferw8963
@jenniferw8963 11 ай бұрын
0:37 Not sizing your hardware appropriately; 1:50 Not removing old integrations; 3:07 Not backing up regularly; 4:09 Not reading release notes; 5:53 Running custom components (community made vs official).
@jamesdean8864
@jamesdean8864 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t take any backups and the SD card corrupted on the Raspberry Pi. Now currently rebuilding 🤦‍♀️ in a VM on my Dell r210.
@Tenly2009
@Tenly2009 Жыл бұрын
The biggest difference between a Home Assistant integration and a Custom Integration (from my experience) is that the Home Assistant integration only contains the most basic features that will let them claim "integration" whereas the custom integrations are more full featured, robust and usable!
@DanielFerreira-xw4id
@DanielFerreira-xw4id Жыл бұрын
Regards of the update issue: can you restore the HA firmware (update) and restore the backups after so it fix the issues that the new firmware may have cause?
@DominusFeles
@DominusFeles 2 жыл бұрын
I’m interested in trying out home assistant and have been thinking about the hardware thingy. Feels like the easiest route would be a raspberry pie, lot’s of tutorials etc. I don’t own any pie though, I do however have an old mac mini that’s soon passing apples 10 year death mark and that I’m assuming would do a great job - Got no idea if that would be a stupid decision though 🤷‍♂️
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
It's certainly not the worst idea, you could run it on a VM
@DominusFeles
@DominusFeles 2 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome Would you recommend swapping out Mac OS for some Linux dist?
@ValZakharov
@ValZakharov 3 жыл бұрын
Catch like No 171. Sorry for so late response - I was fighting with stop working of MariaDB until I read breaking changes of latest release, as recommended in this video.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Haha glad you figured it out!
@shailong3254
@shailong3254 2 жыл бұрын
Smart home stuff is made to make life easier, using things like home assistant, home controller, Home pass, home seer, or hoobs and constantly dealing with issues because it’s a patchwork of chaos and code does not make anything easier. Just got with apple home kit. Everything just works and it’s all in one app.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Smart home stuff is meant to make things easier sure, but for a lot of people it's also a passion and a hobby. Some also want the ability to be able to create insanely complicated automations - homekit doesn't give you that, it's incredibly limited and inferior in that regard. It's a trade off :)
@henningklages861
@henningklages861 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. You may add: restart without validating the yaml files BEFORE
@jvaranx
@jvaranx 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!! I'm in the habit now, after screwing it up majorly before.
@DestinyKey13
@DestinyKey13 3 жыл бұрын
Home Assistant won't let you restart without a valid configuration since a few releases back. Not sure how this is still happening to some people.
@BeamDeam
@BeamDeam 3 жыл бұрын
Home assistant won't even let me restart if the yaml isn't valid
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Classic!
@Frenck
@Frenck 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, that isn't needed anymore. Restarting will check the configuration nowadays before actually restarting. If something did slip up, worst case, you'll end up in safe mode which allows you to correct it :). So, validating config before restarting, is a bit of an old school advise :)
@terryharrigan6324
@terryharrigan6324 7 ай бұрын
Probably messed up with the computer sizing since I went with the HA Yellow. Your mistake made me think a bit. I've been porting over from the SmartThings. What I might do instead is leave all the old, low priority stuff on the SmartThings and anything new I get (hope to be moving into another house sometime in the next year) install in the HA Yellow. Most the old Zwave stuff won't connect to the HA Yellow anyway so leave all the water sensing stuff on the ST and old PIR to the lesser used rooms. Not worry about speech to text on the HA Yellow and continue to use Alexa for that. And design to minimize needing Alexa to lesser, random tasks like running scripts to disable or enable sets of automations when company or some other random event happens.
@ernestoditerribile
@ernestoditerribile 3 жыл бұрын
BOXX RenderBoxx and Sagitta Brutalis can both run HomeAssistant flawlessly even if you have more the 400 devices.
@TheDiverJim
@TheDiverJim 3 жыл бұрын
Nice shirt!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Jim!
@raminakhundov
@raminakhundov Жыл бұрын
Hi, I have a few questions. I will be glad if you answer. 1. Is there any method to include WiFi devices in HA? 2. İ have Alexa Echo dot 4 and 3 gen. Is it possible to add these to HA? 3. Is it possible to install Tuya WiFi camera to HA without Tuya app?
@Veejp
@Veejp 2 жыл бұрын
I’m really stuck with my home assistant blue. I set it up at my work place and can’t connect it at home. I don’t know how to reset it to factory so that I can run the installation wizard and seemingly can’t find any article relating to resetting. Can you help?
@matthallett4126
@matthallett4126 3 жыл бұрын
I have an idea for you and not sure where to post: Using Deepstacks as a sensor for door locks. A simple camera looking at your interior door to confirm its locked. I'm hacking a Zigbee reed switch, but I think this could be better.. thoughts?
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
It's a fun idea for sure but could be very impractical for most people I would guess! Hope you get it though!
@mathannath
@mathannath Жыл бұрын
Hello brother . I am stuck at preparing home assistant. Installed it in qnap nas VM
@selvamks6149
@selvamks6149 3 жыл бұрын
In ESPHome add-on Once i click on add button in create configuration it shows this message as "Limited functionality because you're not browsing the dashboard over a secure connection (HTTPS)" how to over come this issue
@mvmhughes
@mvmhughes 2 ай бұрын
I'm new to Home Assistant, a couple of weeks. It is hard to read the release notes when none of it makes any sense to me.
@XellosMetallium
@XellosMetallium 2 жыл бұрын
im runng HA(CS) on qnap docker. if i need more power. ill switch to rp4
@smarthomepursuits6549
@smarthomepursuits6549 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Also, cool shirt. Where'd you get it? I need to get one.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! If you go on my twitter I posted a link to it yesterday! Hope that helps
@alxkw6355
@alxkw6355 3 жыл бұрын
After struggling to have HA running stable on RPi4, I've looked into properly configuring the recorder: - exluded a lot of devices/domains for which I didn't care keeping history! - reduced auto purge to 1 week. - increased commit interval to 20sec. The result: the database went from 1GB with 1.1million total records to 70MB with 100.000 records! This dramatically improved the system speed and removed the stability issues. I can run withotu any crash for months.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
That's a good one! Big difference!
@dozog
@dozog 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, so not sizing your hardware is NOT a problem for beginners, it (may) becomes a problem a few years down the road.
@atvarsgr
@atvarsgr 2 жыл бұрын
99% people are converting their homes into "smart homes" by implementing "after market" solutions. At the end they have a zoo of various "smart devices" that are kept under one roof called Home Assistant. And HA should keep track and communicate to all of them, and that of course takes time. I built my house electrical wiring around Siemens LOGO 240RCE (4 main modules + 8 extension). I have 96 physical inputs (78 used) and 80 physical outputs (75 used at the moment). And Home Assistant is communicating to those 4 Siemens LOGO modules (via 4 local IP's) and further via Siemens scheme software network inputs/outputs (coils) and can control in parallel all the consumer groups that LOGO's can control. I have also 5 Shelly1 and 4 Shelly1PM that are controlled primary by HA (only devices that HA communicates via Wi-Fi), but can be controlled also by LOGO via HA. HA is installed on RPi4 8Gb, and HA start-up time is like 30 seconds. So HA on RPi4 LOGO controls total of 84 devices (75 via LOGO and 9 directly) with start-up time less than 30 secs. All that matters is appropriate physical infrastructure (wiring).
@heli.thatSTEVE
@heli.thatSTEVE 2 ай бұрын
Question: Is a Pi5 sufficiently powerful for a large deployment?
@LiquidZero_
@LiquidZero_ 2 жыл бұрын
Would you be willing to do a Home Assistant for dummies initial setup... Please? I tried setting up HyperV because i have a Multimedia PC that would be great for a HA server, but i have no idea what I'm doing. There is so much confusing setup instructions on HA's own web site.. I'm just lost. Love your videos!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
I would advise not using hyper-v if possible - using virtual box if you want to use Windows!
@NigelGent
@NigelGent 3 жыл бұрын
Part 2 would be good :¬}
@RhavoX
@RhavoX Жыл бұрын
I agree with most of what you've said but the issue is that updates should be seamless and if they contain breaking changes they should have a transition wizard to help. Imagine taking months to set this up and you just want it to run and then every single time you update you read these stupid logs instead of just updating like a normal human being. A sign of any successful and well maintained software is ease of update, expecting users to fix stuff every time an update happens is bad and no user should be faulted for not reading all of the changelogs. Where do we end to be sure? Should I also read github commits maybe just to avoid potential issues with my devices?
@ChickenTenderX
@ChickenTenderX 2 жыл бұрын
Still running on my Pi3 after 5 years and 100 devices and do not see that as a beginner mistake 👍 wonder when Pi will not be enough for the average user 🤔
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Good you're still using it, 100 devices is a fairly small install though and 1 device is not the same as another device, they could be completely different types
@ChickenTenderX
@ChickenTenderX 2 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome keep up the good work 👌 although I agree more with your “6 hardware recommendations” video that the pi is the perfect beginner system, and not a beginner mistake 🤪
@DaveSomething
@DaveSomething 2 жыл бұрын
my poor Pi4 is doing pretty well at around 60 devices. I'm sick to death of my thermostat having API Rate Limited. I need to find a thermostat that doesn't cost a small fortune and has local API.
@mikew8346
@mikew8346 3 жыл бұрын
How did you get the start times to show ion that list? I'm assuming that is the info list under the server controls menu?
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Yep that's right! Make sure you are on at least the may release I think it was
@waynenocton
@waynenocton 3 жыл бұрын
How limited would my Pi4 8gb with ssd drive be? I can easily move my NODE-Red over to my old Pi3 which runs my pihole but so far with 55 devices I’m not noticing any problems other than the Alexa commands lag, especially when none have been issued lately.
@BeamDeam
@BeamDeam 3 жыл бұрын
Pi4 is really powerful. Alexa commands are delayed in general. Did you integrate Alexa over the nabu casa subscription or with AWS?
@ernestoditerribile
@ernestoditerribile 3 жыл бұрын
Just get an ASIC-Rig, Sagitta Brutalis or BOXX RenderBoxx. All those systems are powerful enough to run HomeAssistant as wel as many more other tasks
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
If you are not having any issues, then no need to change ☺️
@waynenocton
@waynenocton 3 жыл бұрын
@@BeamDeam the AWS was over my head, tried and failed. Nabu Casa, happily give them their $5/month.
@waynenocton
@waynenocton 3 жыл бұрын
@@BeamDeam first command in the morning is delayed bad, sometimes it fails, sometimes it says it fails but actually works. Thinking it was a DNS issue I tried several, originally was using my own on pihole. Have a fairly powerful Unifi network.
@crixi__
@crixi__ 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, you should add chapters to the description/video timeline.
@alienxgaming5796
@alienxgaming5796 3 жыл бұрын
hi, i have a doubt . can i get the output display by hdmi port in rasberry pi where i installed home assistant??
@achimhaun2726
@achimhaun2726 5 ай бұрын
Shouldn't be an issue even though this is quite an old comment xD
@miguelgarcia-vg1fh
@miguelgarcia-vg1fh 3 жыл бұрын
I like it
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Miguel!!
@metoo7587
@metoo7587 Жыл бұрын
And how do I tell if an Integration is official or Custom??
@Suriprofz
@Suriprofz 2 жыл бұрын
Pi 4 8GB and fast SD card no issues.
@TheCowboysdude
@TheCowboysdude 2 жыл бұрын
So far what I've learned is if you're new to HA you get about a 2 question allowance before people start treating you like dog s$#@. Documentation is horrible at best.... if you can't find the answer you're looking for after searching in the forum then just give up.....that's pretty much what I've been taught so far.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
I think you've been unlucky if that's the experience you've had with the community, generally the community is excellent! If your stuck then join the ESH discord, we run a very friendly community there
@djoeneh
@djoeneh 2 жыл бұрын
Going from deconz to Zha was a mistake.. not a single lamp was reset..
@jensschroder8214
@jensschroder8214 2 жыл бұрын
Stop. My job is a water meter gives an impulse for every liter. These should be counted and written into a table over the year. So should I now install Home Assistant on a Pentium I7 with 1GHz? And more importantly: how should I do that?
@PM13501
@PM13501 3 жыл бұрын
I am not able to replicate the screen that showed up start up time (@ 2:26) in my HA instance.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
It's under the info page in configuration! Make sure you are on the 2021.5 release
@alcamp4921
@alcamp4921 Жыл бұрын
I'm building my home as a smart home so I do not yet have Home Assistant. So, technically, I'm guilty of none of these mistakes..... 🙂
@ryanflint480
@ryanflint480 Жыл бұрын
May I get your wallpaper on your pc ?
@OpenEmoto
@OpenEmoto 3 жыл бұрын
Where can I find the "startup times" list (2:25) ? I'm running a supervised HA
@rslbrg
@rslbrg 3 жыл бұрын
Configuration -> Info -> Scroll Down
@OpenEmoto
@OpenEmoto 3 жыл бұрын
@@rslbrg Thanks pal
@mikew8346
@mikew8346 3 жыл бұрын
@@rslbrg mine doesn't have start times? what am I missing?
@rslbrg
@rslbrg 3 жыл бұрын
@@mikew8346 It was new in 2021.5. Check the release notes under "Startup visibility - What is taking so long?"
@easthulk99
@easthulk99 3 жыл бұрын
Try to run doods with 3 camera with 5s scan intervals
@ernestoditerribile
@ernestoditerribile 3 жыл бұрын
Buy a RenderBoxx for doods you can even set it as low as 1 or 2 seconds without a major processor or memory burden.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Haha that's a good one!
@Artificial.Unintelligence
@Artificial.Unintelligence 2 жыл бұрын
When you mention/ link other videos within your video can you also provide a link in the description.. it’s painful to try to hunt for links in videos especially on mobile. Example; I want to watch this video, that’s why I clicked it, but you mention other things within video.. link comes and goes. If I were to click it while watching you get taken away from the video you were trying to watch in the first place.. I’m sure a lot of people know this and just suck it up but I feel like it should be a basic thing for any KZfaq video because by far, not everyone is on a desktop. (You’re not the only person, just mentioning it)
@t1mlocas
@t1mlocas 2 жыл бұрын
Did Paul Hibbert watched this video ? 😂😂😂
@Einstine1984
@Einstine1984 3 жыл бұрын
ParTwo! ParTwo! ParTwo!
@m.romaithi6217
@m.romaithi6217 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video but would really appreciate if you would use time stamps.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's only 8 minutes :)
@m.romaithi6217
@m.romaithi6217 3 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome I would know where to skip if I already know the current point your talking about 😇
@anonimo_surfeador
@anonimo_surfeador 3 жыл бұрын
Please help your viewers by adding a TOC (table of contents) in your videos so we can jump to the subject we are interested in. Some of us are not totally new but might want to review a specific subject to see if we learn anything. If we are new we might want to go back and review a specific subject in order to ensure we understood all of the points of the subject.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Longer videos have timestamps but it's only an 8 minute video :)
@LokiDaFerret
@LokiDaFerret Ай бұрын
WHAAAAAAT!? You want me to read? 🤣😂
@MagivaIT
@MagivaIT 2 жыл бұрын
did you completely miss that people use an SD card instead of an ssd or hd
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
No. What are you referring to?
@MagivaIT
@MagivaIT 2 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome A pi running on an SD card is road to failure and relatively quick failure too. a home control system should never be ran from an SD card, its max reads and writes are soon consumed with all the data that home assistant records and manages
@SignedForFun
@SignedForFun 3 жыл бұрын
Man, you should iron your t shirt :)
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
Was too excited too wear it after getting it! :)
@espressomatic
@espressomatic 2 жыл бұрын
#1 biggest mistake is probably using a raspberry pi. Especially in 2022 when they cost silly money. 😂
@arnavjindal3021
@arnavjindal3021 3 жыл бұрын
Time stamps pls 🥺
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 3 жыл бұрын
It's only 8 minutes...you can manage 😅
@konstantinospolos3925
@konstantinospolos3925 6 ай бұрын
Needs ironing!!!!😀😀😀 Just joking!
@Mrdsmith500
@Mrdsmith500 2 жыл бұрын
I'm starting to think that HA is garbage. Used it for a year, many issues, till one day dead. Reinstalled, used back up. Many things not working anymore. Moved from one PC VM to a whole new machine and crashed, won't load. Try, and try again. Same. Almost not worth it.
@vaclavmaly5939
@vaclavmaly5939 2 жыл бұрын
what accent is that?
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Scottish!
@andrewgilbride7546
@andrewgilbride7546 3 жыл бұрын
First mistake is to waste hours getting it to work.
@hackberry4009
@hackberry4009 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly there is no reason there should be breaking changes. Imagine installing updates bricked your phone and Apple said “why didn’t you ssh into the phone and update a config file first?” Don’t make excuses for bad developers
@TheMrMeeresgott
@TheMrMeeresgott 4 ай бұрын
Nah this is pretty common. If you are willing to pay for HA as much as for an iPhone then the team will have the time to develop a migration script with each major release.
@frankfu1122
@frankfu1122 4 ай бұрын
Big sense of entitlement here.
@OllieMartinGamer
@OllieMartinGamer 2 жыл бұрын
Most of these don't sound like something that should be issues. I can't see home assistant growing to the masses.
@inod5656
@inod5656 Жыл бұрын
Number 6: not drinking enough water each day Number 7: forget to breathe really, this was the most useless "tips" video i have seen in a long while
@irfanjamaal
@irfanjamaal 2 жыл бұрын
You need to breathe bro. Great video though.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@davidenbom7685
@davidenbom7685 2 жыл бұрын
Number one mistake youtubers make: not ironing your shirt :P /s
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, very true 😅
@davidenbom7685
@davidenbom7685 2 жыл бұрын
@@EverythingSmartHome just being cheeky, good vid mate
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend!
@proprius100
@proprius100 2 жыл бұрын
Thx a lot! But please breathe. 💨
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@user-yc4rx1zr5d
@user-yc4rx1zr5d 2 жыл бұрын
You talk a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot There is no explanation content We know the readers and are very searching If you don't have an explanation for new content or something amazing Please close the channel
@walkaway6212
@walkaway6212 Жыл бұрын
stuck on select home asst server. App wont open so access to settings is not possible.
@RebellisSpiritus
@RebellisSpiritus 2 жыл бұрын
#1 mistake: running docker version homeassitant. just go with hassio
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