Bas Nijholt's Home Assistant config files

Using my iOS Light and Dark Mode Themes.

See also my guide for my girlfriend ❤️.

Table of content

• My devices
• Supervisor add-ons
• All my automations

Noteworthy (useful) automations

See all my automations and its dependencies down the page!

• Alarm clock that uses the AppDaemon volume ramp and sunrise app ⏰
• Automatic lovelace.json to lovelace-ui.yaml converter for version control 🤖
• Controlling music and lights (hue and brightness) using the Xiaomi Aqara Magic Cube ∛
• Controlling the lights using Phillips Hue Dimmers the Xiaomi Aqara Smart Switches 🎛
• Automated lights 💡
• Presence detection in different rooms based on various binary template sensors
• Robot vacuum automations 🧹
• Arriving and leaving automations
• Notifications when the dishwasher or washing machine is done
• Time at work 📈 tracking and notifications to go home
• Using HA-Menu to control my speakers on my iMac
• Using home-assistant-macbook-touch-bar to control HA on my MacBook Pro's Touch Bar 💻
• Automatically switch Lovelace's theme between backgrounds and light/dark mode
• Sync volume TV ⇄ speakers 🔊
• Security notifications when the front door 🚪 has been open for too long or motion is detected when no one is home

My cool AppDaemon apps

• Sunrise emulator app 🌅
• Wake up with Spotify app that slowly ramps the volume 📢
• Low Battery level notifications 🔋

Popular Reddit posts of features in this config

(Sorted from new to old)

• Advanced control from my Apple Watch using single automations: setting lights, vacuum, temperature, sleep mode, and more!
• HA has it before Apple has even finished it, I present: Adaptive_lighting! flux/circadian_lighting fans (haters?) please try the new UI configurable component that stops automatically adjusting your lights when you make a manual change 🎉 (and many more new useful features!)
• Creating useful notifications using the new 'variables' and 'wait_for_trigger' features
• Copying YAML from GitHub is easier than ever: my config's README now automatically lists all automations (and entities it uses) with links to the relevant parts in the YAML
• Beautiful iOS dark and light mode inspired themes with easy background switch (that now also change the top header color!) [OC]
• Finally a good use for the touch bar on my Macbook Pro!
• 100% control over my high fi speakers: a bidirectional synchronized equalizer
• COVID-19 forcing me to stay inside? Check out my "quarantine-o-meter" that displays how much time (in %) we've been inside.
• After a lot of love, a much-requested feature (+more!) for my iOS Dark Theme [OC]
• I can now sync the speaker volume using the menu bar of my iMac! [OC]
• I keep seeing my own theme on Reddit, so now it's my turn! [OC]

Ideas?

• Notify us when the window is open and it is raining.
• Add budget keeper using the Bunq API

My devices

Switches 🎚	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
TP-Link HS110	3	23.61	70.84
Xiaomi Aqara Magic Cube	1	11.08	11.08
Xiaomi Aqara Single Button	4	14.35	57.38
Philips Hue Dimmer switch	2	16.61	33.22
Total			172.52
Sensors 🌡	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
Xiaomi Aqara Door Sensor	4	8.18	32.71
Xiaomi Aqara Temperature Sensor	5	9.15	45.74
Xiaomi Aqara Motion Sensor	10	9.79	97.85
Xiaomi Aqara Vibration Sensor	1	11.59	11.59
Xiaomi Mi Flora	3	15.54	46.63
Total			234.52
Vacuum 🧹	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
Xiaomi Mi Roborock S5	1	294.31	294.31
Total			294.31
Media player 📺🔈	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
KEF LS50 Wireless speakers	1	nan	nan
KEF LSX speakers	1	nan	nan
LG OLED 55 C9	1	nan	nan
Lights 💡	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
Philips Hue E27 White and Color	12	22.22	266.7
Philips Hue E14 White and Color	2	34.88	69.77
Philips Hue GU10 Ambient White	5	18.54	92.7
Philips Hue Go	1	57.05	57.05
Philips Hue LED strip 2m	2	43.2	86.39
Philips Hue LED strip 1m	1	13.84	13.84
Total			586.45
Hubs 🌎	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
ConBee II	1	39.95	39.95
Total			39.95
Server 🖥	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
Intel NUC Kit NUC8i3BEH	1	278.3	278.3
8 GB Crucial CT8G4SFS824A DDR4	2	25.52	51.04
Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500GB	1	94.99	94.99
Raspberry Pi 4, 4GB RAM (connected to power/gas meter and connected over MQTT to main HA instance)	1	70.9	70.9
Raspberry Pi 4 FLIRC Case	1	25.85	25.85
SanDisk Ultra microSDHC Memory Card 32GB	1	6.99	6.99
Total			528.07
Device tracker 🔍	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
iPhone X with the iOS app	1	nan	nan
iPhone SE2 with the iOS app	1	nan	nan
Other	Units (#)	Price per unit (€)	Price (€)
PlayStation Eye Webcam and Microphone array	1	14.95	14.95
DSMR - Slimme Meter kabel	1	19.95	19.95
Nodo-Shop – OpenTherm Gateway (OTGW) with NodeMCU	1	48.81	48.81
Total			83.71
Total			€1939.53

Supervisor add-ons

I run a Supervised install with the following add-ons:

• Docker Container Stats version 1.3.0 by @Poeschl
• Syncthing version 1.8.0 by @Poeschl
• otmonitor version dev by @basnijholt
• Samba NAS version 9.3.0-nas8 by @dianlight
• AdGuard Home version 3.0.0 by @hassio-addons
• AppDaemon 4 version 0.4.4 by @hassio-addons
• Glances version 0.11.1 by @hassio-addons
• Grafana version 6.1.3 by @hassio-addons
• InfluxDB version 4.0.3 by @hassio-addons
• JupyterLab version 0.5.0 by @hassio-addons
• Log Viewer version 0.9.1 by @hassio-addons
• SSH & Web Terminal version 8.0.3 by @hassio-addons
• Visual Studio Code version 3.1.0 by @hassio-addons
• motionEye version 0.11.0 by @hassio-addons
• phpMyAdmin version 0.2.0 by @hassio-addons
• File editor version 5.2.0 by @home-assistant
• Let's Encrypt version 4.11.0 by @home-assistant
• MariaDB version 2.2.2 by @home-assistant
• Mosquitto broker version 5.1.1 by @home-assistant
• deCONZ version 6.7.2 by @home-assistant
• Home Assistant Google Drive Backup version 0.103.1 by @sabeechen
• Rhasspy Assistant 2.5 version 2.5.7.2 by @synesthesiam

Automations - Table of Content

1. Adaptive lighting 🌄🌇 (3 automations)
2. Alarm clock ⏰ (1 automations)
3. Apple Watch ⌚ (10 automations)
4. Arriving 👞 (1 automations)
5. Climate 🔥🥶 (6 automations)
6. Control switches 🎛 (6 automations)
7. Cube ∛ (2 automations)
8. Doorbell 🚪🔔 (1 automations)
9. Frontend 👨‍💻 (3 automations)
10. KEF DSP 🔈🎛 (12 automations)
11. Leaving 👞 (4 automations)
12. Light 💡 (19 automations)
13. Lovelace 👨‍💻 (1 automations)
14. LSX 🔈 (2 automations)
15. Media player 🔈📺 (6 automations)
16. Music 🎵 (2 automations)
17. Notifications 🔔 (1 automations)
18. Plant 🌱 (3 automations)
19. Security 👮🚨 (4 automations)
20. Night mode 🌕🌑 (5 automations)
21. System 🖥 (7 automations)
22. Test 🧪 (4 automations)
23. Utilities 🧺👚🍽 (3 automations)
24. Vacation mode 🏝 (2 automations)
25. Vacuum 🧹 (6 automations)
26. Work 💼 (3 automations)

⚠️ Total number of automations: 117 ⚠️

Adaptive lighting 🌄🌇

Turn on and off switches

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode

Reset manual_control after 1 hour

Notify manual_control

^ toc

Alarm clock ⏰

Wake up with Spotify and light

which uses:

• input_boolean.alarm_clock
• input_boolean.wake_up_light
• input_boolean.wake_up_with_spotify
• input_select.sleep_mode
• sensor.ten_minutes_before_alarm

^ toc

Apple Watch ⌚

Play or Pause the TV

Minimal lights bedroom

Set sleep mode

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode

Set lights

which uses:

• script.cozy_lights_bedroom
• script.cozy_lights_living_room
• script.turn_on_lights
• script.white_lights_living_room

Temperature report

Send vacuum cleaner

which uses:

• script.vacuum_command

Movie time

Reset adaptive lighting

which uses:

• script.reset_adaptive_lighting

Set temperature

Where is other person?

^ toc

Arriving 👞

Switch music from iPhone to speakers if no one is home

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode

^ toc

Climate 🔥🥶

Turn on the heating 30 min before waking up

which uses:

• input_boolean.alarm_clock
• input_boolean.automatic_temperature
• script.set_high_temperature
• sensor.half_hour_before_alarm

Turn on the heating when going home

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_temperature
• input_number.temperature_high
• script.set_high_temperature
• binary_sensor.no_one_home

Turn off the heating at 22:00

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_temperature
• input_number.temperature_low
• script.set_low_temperature
• binary_sensor.no_one_home

Turn on heating again after notification

which uses:

• script.set_high_temperature

Set outside temperature every hour

Warning when heating on and living room door open

which uses:

• input_number.temperature_low

^ toc

Control switches 🎛

Living room Philips Hue dimmer switch

which uses:

• input_select.last_script_living_room
• script.increase_brightness
• script.next_colors
• script.white_lights_living_room

Bedroom Philips Hue dimmer switch

which uses:

• input_select.last_script_bedroom
• script.increase_brightness
• script.next_colors
• script.white_lights_bedroom

Living room Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

which uses:

• input_select.last_script_living_room
• script.fix_sound
• script.increase_brightness
• script.next_colors

Bedroom Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

which uses:

• input_select.last_script_bedroom
• input_select.sleep_mode
• script.increase_brightness
• script.next_colors
• script.turn_off_everything
• sensor.ten_minutes_before_alarm

Bathroom Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

which uses:

• input_select.bathroom_color
• script.increase_brightness

Downstairs Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

which uses:

• script.arriving
• script.set_low_temperature
• script.start_spotify
• script.turn_off_everything_non_automatic
• sensor.favorite_playlist_of_nearest_person

^ toc

Cube ∛

Perform operation

which uses:

• input_select.cube_mode
• script.start_spotify_playlist_of_nearest_person

Rotate the cube

which uses:

• input_select.cube_mode

^ toc

Doorbell 🚪🔔

Click the button

^ toc

Frontend 👨‍💻

Turn on dark mode

which uses:

• input_boolean.dark_mode

Turn on light mode

which uses:

• input_boolean.dark_mode

Change theme

which uses:

• input_boolean.dark_mode
• input_boolean.theme_alternative
• input_select.theme

^ toc

KEF DSP 🔈🎛

Sync desk_db

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_desk_db
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync wall_db

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_wall_db
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync treble_db

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_treble_db
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync high_hz

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_high_hz
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync low_hz

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_low_hz
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync sub_db

which uses:

• input_number.kef_ls50_sub_db
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync sub_polarity

which uses:

• input_select.kef_ls50_sub_polarity
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync bass_extension

which uses:

• input_select.kef_ls50_bass_extension
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync desk_mode

which uses:

• input_boolean.kef_ls50_desk_mode
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync wall_mode

which uses:

• input_boolean.kef_ls50_wall_mode
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync phase_correction

which uses:

• input_boolean.kef_ls50_phase_correction
• script.sync_kef_dsp

Sync high_pass

which uses:

• input_boolean.kef_ls50_high_pass
• script.sync_kef_dsp

^ toc

Leaving 👞

Automatically turn off everything

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode
• script.leaving
• binary_sensor.anything_on
• binary_sensor.no_one_home
• binary_sensor.someone_in_the_house_in_last_hour

Ask to turn off everything

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode
• binary_sensor.anything_on
• binary_sensor.no_one_home

Turn off everything after notification

which uses:

• script.leaving

Downstairs Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

which uses:

• script.turn_off_everything

^ toc

Light 💡

Turn on living room

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_living_room

Turn off living room

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_living_room

Toggle kitchen ceiling

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_kitchen

Turn on kitchen counter if sleep mode is off

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode
• binary_sensor.activity_in_kitchen

Turn off kitchen counter

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_kitchen

Toggle bathroom

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_bathroom

Toggle toilet

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_toilet

Turn on hall

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode
• script.turn_on_lights
• binary_sensor.activity_in_hall

Turn off hall

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_hall

Automatically turn on the bedroom

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_bedroom_lights
• input_boolean.bedroom_lights_automatically_turned_on
• input_select.sleep_mode
• script.turn_on_lights
• binary_sensor.activity_in_bedroom

Automatically turn off the bedroom

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_bedroom_lights
• input_boolean.bedroom_lights_automatically_turned_on
• binary_sensor.activity_in_bedroom

Turn off bedroom lights auto switch

which uses:

• input_boolean.bedroom_lights_automatically_turned_on

Turn on automatic_bedroom_lights switch

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_bedroom_lights

Turn off bedroom after 2 hours of inactivity

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_bedroom

Turn off toilet (extra check)

In case the other automation failed

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_toilet

Turn off bathroom (extra check)

In case the other automation failed

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_bathroom

Turn off kitchen (extra check)

In case the other automation failed

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_kitchen

Turn off hall (extra check)

In case the other automation failed

which uses:

• binary_sensor.activity_in_hall

Turn off bedroom (extra check)

In case the other automation failed

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_bedroom_lights
• input_boolean.bedroom_lights_automatically_turned_on
• binary_sensor.activity_in_bedroom

^ toc

Lovelace 👨‍💻

Convert lovelace.json to lovelace-ui.yaml

which uses:

• shell_command.chores
• shell_command.convert_lovelace

^ toc

LSX 🔈

Sync volume

which uses:

• input_select.lsx_volume

Sync source

which uses:

• input_select.lsx_source

^ toc

Media player 🔈📺

Turn on Opt when TV is on and Spotify is not playing and not Usb

The speaker is connected via an optical cable to the TV. Whenever the speakers aren't playing Spotify (via WiFi) directly, switch the source of the speakers to "Opt".

Turn off speakers when turning off TV

If speakers off and TV on, turn on the speaker on TV state change

Update Spotify entity when TV is on every 5 seconds

Sync KEF LS50 and TV volume

Automatically turn off TV and speakers after two hours of inactivity

^ toc

Music 🎵

Start playlist

which uses:

• input_boolean.start_the_music
• script.start_spotify_playlist_of_nearest_person

Switch music from iPhone to speakers if coming home

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode

^ toc

Notifications 🔔

Marcella arrived at Rotterdam Centraal

^ toc

Plant 🌱

Problem with Ficus microcarpa Ginseng

which uses:

• plant.ficus_microcarpa_ginseng

Problem with Kentia Palm

which uses:

• plant.kentia_palm

Problem with Yucca Elephantipes

which uses:

• plant.yucca_elephantipes

^ toc

Security 👮🚨

Motion detected but we are not home

which uses:

• binary_sensor.motion_detected
• group.persons

Door has been open for more than 5 minutes

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode

No one is home but high power usage

which uses:

• binary_sensor.no_one_home

Office door has opened

which uses:

• input_boolean.office_door_open_warning

^ toc

Night mode 🌕🌑

Automatically turn off when alarm turns off or at 7AM

which uses:

• input_boolean.alarm_clock
• input_select.sleep_mode

Turn off automatic bedroom lights

which uses:

• input_boolean.automatic_bedroom_lights
• input_select.sleep_mode

Set low temperature when sleep mode turns on

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode
• script.set_low_temperature

Go from half to total sleeping mode

When it is half sleeping mode and there is no activity in the house for more than an hour go to total sleeping mode.

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode
• binary_sensor.activity_outside_bedroom

Set sleeping mode in the living room

Set the living room lights to sleep mode only when no-one is there anymore.

which uses:

• input_select.sleep_mode
• binary_sensor.activity_in_living_room

^ toc

System 🖥

Warning about high CPU usage

Warning about high CPU temperature

Warning about high Xbox temperature

Update DNS

Update the DNS at Gandi to point my domain to my Home Assistant instance.

which uses:

• script.update_dns

Run chores

Run shell and Python scripts in utils folder.

which uses:

• shell_command.chores

MQTT sensors are not updating

Check whether we are receiving messages over MQTT from my other HA instance.

Battery level low

^ toc

Test 🧪

Listen to Adaptive Lighting events

Time

Flash lights

Call update_entity after light.turn_on/turn_off

^ toc

Utilities 🧺👚🍽

Washing machine or dishwasher started or finished

which uses:

• binary_sensor.dishwasher
• binary_sensor.washing_machine

Washing machine notification

which uses:

• script.utility_notification
• binary_sensor.washing_machine

Dishwasher notification

which uses:

• script.utility_notification
• binary_sensor.dishwasher

^ toc

Vacation mode 🏝

Auto turn on

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode
• input_boolean.vacation_mode
• group.persons

Auto turn off

which uses:

• input_boolean.guest_mode
• input_boolean.vacation_mode
• group.persons

^ toc

Vacuum 🧹

Started cleaning

Stopped cleaning

which uses:

• input_boolean.cleaned_today

Reminder notification

which uses:

• binary_sensor.vacuum_day

Cleanup if nobody is home

which uses:

• input_boolean.cleaned_today
• input_boolean.guest_mode
• input_boolean.vacation_mode
• binary_sensor.vacuum_day
• group.persons

Reset cleaned today

which uses:

• input_boolean.cleaned_today

Reset to standard mode

^ toc

Work 💼

Go home notification

which uses:

• input_boolean.work_hour_notification_sent
• binary_sensor.worked_enough_today

Reset input_boolean at midnight

which uses:

• input_boolean.work_hour_notification_sent

Bas left work notification for Marcella

^ toc