Home Assistant Automations

[DeaneG]

Hmmm...I don't think I said it sux. I said I found it very cumbersome to configure. I'm not a coder, but I'm not a luddite either, and I am wondering how much time I want to invest setting this up to do....I don't know what. HomeKit works pretty well with about 80% of my devices. The other 20% require specific apps, etc. If I actually had a Lucid, that might be interesting, but delivery is still several weeks off...

I needed a couple very specific things from Home Assistant. I was pretty reluctant to move from (simpler) Hubitat to Home Assistant as I didn't need another timesink. The (yes, cumbersome) learning curve / adding devices work took a good three days. After that, Home Assistant is pretty straightforward to use. Since that initial port from Hubitat to HA, I've thought of and added of a number of automations that help us, like a voice announcement every hour that I've left the garage doors open. Or a voice announcement when one of our cars has finished charging, as a reminder to move the cable to the other. I thought my wife would roll her eyes at this kind of thing, but she appreciates the help.

HA does interface with cameras that can provide an RTSP feed (and likely others I haven't researched), but I haven't done anything with that functionality yet.

 

[larrycpa]

Finally got HACS installed, I think. Now I'm stuck on adding Appdaemon, whatever that is. I guess being tech savvy in the 80s and 90s doesn't really translate. Glad the summers are quiet worldwide. I may have time to figure it out.

 

[borski]

Finally got HACS installed, I think. Now I'm stuck on adding Appdaemon, whatever that is. I guess being tech savvy in the 80s and 90s doesn't really translate. Glad the summers are quiet worldwide. I may have time to figure it out.

Hm, what are you using appdaemon for?

 

[Unmutual]

I currently have an older version of the Lucid integration installed and have been hesitant to update the HA Core etc. because I can't find the latest version of the Lucid automation. When I search for "Lucid" in HACS, I get a "No respositories matching search and filters" response. Am I looking in the wrong place? And, @larrycpa, I, too, am tech challenged but at least at one point I was able to get the Lucid integration installed and working ....

 

[DeaneG]

Hm, what are you using appdaemon for?

Finally got HACS installed, I think. Now I'm stuck on adding Appdaemon, whatever that is. I guess being tech savvy in the 80s and 90s doesn't really translate. Glad the summers are quiet worldwide. I may have time to figure it out.

Peanut Gallery comment: at one point I thought I needed Appdaemon too, but on further reading, I didn't.

 

[DeaneG]

I currently have an older version of the Lucid integration installed and have been hesitant to update the HA Core etc. because I can't find the latest version of the Lucid automation. When I search for "Lucid" in HACS, I get a "No respositories matching search and filters" response. Am I looking in the wrong place? And, @larrycpa, I, too, am tech challenged but at least at one point I was able to get the Lucid integration installed and working ....

If you've had it working in the past, it should be visible in HACS "Downloaded" section:

GitHub - borski/ha-lucidmotors: Lucid Motors integration for Home Assistant through HACS

Lucid Motors integration for Home Assistant through HACS - borski/ha-lucidmotors

github.com

 

[Unmutual]

If you've had it working in the past, it should be visible in HACS "Downloaded" section:
View attachment 28846

GitHub - borski/ha-lucidmotors: Lucid Motors integration for Home Assistant through HACS

Lucid Motors integration for Home Assistant through HACS - borski/ha-lucidmotors

github.com

Interesting. The Lucid Motors HACS integration doesn't show up in the list--the only thing that does is HACS itself. Even though the Lucid Motors integration is very much working. I also searched for the Lucid integration when trying to add a new integration, and it showed up and requested my username and password, and when I entered them it says it was already configured. I hate being this ignorant ....

 

[borski]

Interesting. The Lucid Motors HACS integration doesn't show up in the list--the only thing that does is HACS itself. Even though the Lucid Motors integration is very much working. I also searched for the Lucid integration when trying to add a new integration, and it showed up and requested my username and password, and when I entered them it says it was already configured. I hate being this ignorant ....

Reboot? Can you share a screenshot?

 

[Unmutual]

Rebooted. Re-downloaded HACS. Tried to add the Lucid repository manually but got a message that it is available in the HACS store and so it wouldn't allow me to add it manually. Anyway, I'll stop wasting everyone's time since what I have installed is working just fine and I shouldn't really need to update HA itself until one of my existing automations stops working. Appreciate everyone's help.

 

[larrycpa]

Hm, what are you using appdaemon for?

Idk. In the documentation it said to install it.

 

[borski]

Rebooted. Re-downloaded HACS. Tried to add the Lucid repository manually but got a message that it is available in the HACS store and so it wouldn't allow me to add it manually. Anyway, I'll stop wasting everyone's time since what I have installed is working just fine and I shouldn't really need to update HA itself until one of my existing automations stops working. Appreciate everyone's help.

Feel free to shoot me a DM with a screenshot. You should be updating home assistant, as it will eventually fall so far out of date it will be a real pain later.

 

[DeaneG]

Idk. In the documentation it said to install it.

I don't think you need it for anything we'd be likely to do. I didn't install it on my HA Green.
I was initially confused by the mention of appdaemon in the documentation.

 

[L-Dude]

I was initially confused by the mention of appdaemon in the documentation.

Wait, there's documentation?

 

[DeaneG]

Wait, there's documentation?

Vast amounts: https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/