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Home AssistantZoom using buttons: Rejected.
With the zoom buttons, the time range can be easily enlarged or reduced, even simultaneously for several charts. I submitted a corresponding pull request for the necessary code change on GitHub in December, but it was rejected in February 2025 because a comparable functionality is planned elsewhere. ... continue reading
History & energy dashboard: last hour, week, 30 days
In December 2024, I submitted a pull request on GitHub to add additional time spans to Home-Assistant's history and energy dashboard. The time spans are expected to be part of the 2025.3 release. ... continue reading
Home Assistant Release 2025.2 - Construction site: Charts
Switch to a new graph library Echarts ... continue reading
Home Assistant heating control revised.
After around 20 years, I was able to use Home Assistant and an ESP32 to take control of my heat pump and control it. Combined with the performance data of the PV system, Home Assistant is able to use the PV surplus as directly as possible for heating and thus increase self-consumption: ... continue reading
OPNSense and Wireguard
After investing some time to successfully set up Wireguard in OPNsense, I would like to share some screenshots of my test setup here. In this configuration, I used OPNsense exclusively as a VPN server and deliberately omitted the WAN interface. For testing purposes, OPNsense was installed on a HyperV server. A prerequisite for the setup is port forwarding for port 51820 on the router to the IP address of the OPNSense installation and a public IP address, see: Making available from the Internet:... ... continue reading
Energy Dashboard - Cards also for other dashboards?
The positioning of the Energy Dashboard in Home Assistant is currently being discussed. ... continue reading
✓ More-Info: Logbook for text sensors
Another change suggestion that I submitted to Home Assistant has now been implemented. In the "More info" view of text sensors, not only the history but also the logbook is now displayed. This change has been part of Home Assistant since the 2025.2 release. ... continue reading
Home Assistant 2025.1 + Unmentioned new features
Home Assistant 2025.1 Back and forward buttons for the history also for mobile devices Sankey-Chart-Card Home Assistant 2024.12 Back and next buttons for history and logbook After essential details were missing in the HA automation traces, I created my first feature request on Github in April 2024. Due to a lack of response, I set up an HA development environment in September and adapted the source code myself. The September pull request was then moved to the DEV version in mid-November, see... ... continue reading
Step by step: IPSec VPN Server 2022
This blog entry provides instructions for setting up a secure VPN on a Windows 2022 server. The aim is to set up a VPN with IKEv2 protocol including root CA and certificate. The post contains screenshots and step-by-step descriptions for installing the necessary server roles, certificates and configuring the VPN and NPS server. ... continue reading
Role access control in Home Assistant: Why it's important.
The lack of role-based access control (RBAC) in Home Assistant is repeatedly criticized: The top topic in the 2024 Month of "What the heck?". Role-based access control could be used to restrict access to certain devices or location data for certain family members or guests. RBAC could not only make Home Assistant more secure, but also accessible for larger installations. ... continue reading
✓ Home Assistant history: previous and next buttons
Back and forward buttons in Home Assistant: My pull request in Github was accepted and has quietly migrated to the Home Assistant release 2024.12. Since 2025.1, the buttons are also visible on mobile devices thanks to a further layout adjustment. ... continue reading
Home Assistant: integrated dashboards
Standard dashboards make it quick and easy to get started with Home Assistant. The dashboards available in every Home Assistant installation: "Logbook" and "History", offer a universal presentation of entities over time. Special dashboards such as "Map", "Media", "To-Do Lists" and the "Energy Dashboard" are designed for specific application purposes. ... continue reading
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Smart Home
Retrofitting your existing home with smart home functions is now easier than ever. However, due to the large number of standards and available software components, choosing a suitable system is not so easy. If you are still looking for suitable software for home automation, you should take a look at Home Assistant.
