These are the Home Assistant configuration files used in my Home Assistant (HA) setup. I relied on repositories of other HA users quite a bit when I was getting started for ideas and example code. Hopefully this repository will help someone else who is getting started.

Automations:

A detailed description of each of my automations and a link to the yaml file is located HERE

This is the most important part of Home Assistant! Remote control and voice commands are nice, however, that is not home automation, just remote control. Automations should make your life easier, look at what you do every day, the simplest things, and automate them. To me Home Automation is collecting data about your home and automatically acting based on that data.

My Home Assistant Setup:

I run my home assistant instance on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M920Q Tiny with a i5-8500T low power processor. I am running VMware ESXi to allow multiple virtual machines on the same hardware. The base operating system of the VM is HomeAssistant Operating System and it runs the Home Assistant core. It also runs the following add-ons:

• ESPHome
• Backup to Google Drive
• Network UPS Tools
• RPC Shutdown
• SSH
• Samba
• VScode
• Zwavejs

I'm currently running Home Assistant version 2021.2.2.

Connected Devices:

Cloud Controlled Devices:

• Google Nest Hub Used for voice commands to turn devices on/off and casting a view with a few switches
• iPhone 11 Used for presence detection

Wifi Connected Devices

• Xiaomi Yeelight RGBW E27 Smart LED Bulbs *
• Xiaomi Yeelight E27 Smart LED Bulbs *
• Sonoff Basic (Flashed with ESPHome)*
• Sonoff POW (Flashed with ESPHome)*
• Sonoff TH16 (Flashed with ESPHome)*
• OpenGarage Door Controller (Flashed with ESPHome)*
• Kuled WiFi Light Switches (Flashed with ESPHome)*
• Lifx Mini Color Bulb*
• Wifi RGBW LED Strip*
• Reolink E1 Zoom*
• ESP8266 NodeMCU (Flashed with ESPHome)* with 2 DS18B20 and 1 DHT22 sensors connected
• Shelly 1L*
• ESP8266 NodeMCU (Flashed with ESPHome)* with a small relay connected to control my doorbell.

Zwave Devices

• Mono Price Z-wave Door Tilt Sensor
• GE Z-Wave Plus Hinge Pin Door Sensors
• Aeotec Z-wave Range Extender
• Dome Miniature, Z-Wave Plus Door/Window Sensor
• Go Control Thermostat
• Aeotec Home Energy Meter Gen2
• Zooz Z-wave Dimmer Switches
• GoControl WA00Z-1 Z-Wave Scene-Controller Wall Switch
• ZOOZ Z-Wave Plus 4-in-1 Sensor

Hardwired Devices

• Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD UPS used to detect power outages and keep network and HA running in a power outage.
• Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC Long Range - Wireless Access Point used for presence detection
• Ubiquiti Unifi Security Gateway used for network stats
• Yamaha RX-V481 Network AV Receiver *

*Block these from external network access and they will still work on your local network with Home Assistant.

Front End Screen Shots:

Home

Data

Switches

Device Status

Automations

UI Based Integrations:

The following integrations are setup in the User Interface (UI) and may be a missing peice as to the full configuration of my HA setup.

• ESPHome
• iOS
• LIFX
• NUT
• Samsung TV
• Speedtest
• Unifi Controller
• Yeelight
• ZWavejs

A Few Stats On my Setup:

Themes

I created a repository with the theme(s) I use and also a version of the default theme. It is structured to help you identify the base variables available in Home Assistant to aide in tweaking a theme or creating a new one. The repository is HERE