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Presence Detection can help make your smart home smarter whether you want to keep things completely local, or whether you want Home Assistant to automate your entire life.
Here are 5 Ways I am using Presence Detection to my Home Assistant based smart home smarter.
00:00 - 5 Ways Presence Detection Makes Home Assistant smarter
00:34 - Automate Your Security system
02:00 - Person Based Room Lighting and Notifications
03:04 - Location Based Notifications Away from Home
05:56 - Automate Vacation and Guest Modes
07:23 - Reduce Unneeded Automations
My Automations:
Security system
Video: youtu.be/2gpoE5i5RGQ
Code: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/main/config/packages/security.yaml
Lighting:
Living Room: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L2229
Kitchen: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1C1-L1C1
School: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1767
Vacation Mode: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1982
Speech notification that limits to when family is home:
github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/packages/jarvis.yaml#L275
Who am I?
My Name is Jeff. I am an DIY-er and Automator of boring things. And, of course, a huge Home Assistant fan. Oh, I also live in a house that tweets.
Follow Me:
Github - github.com/thejeffreystone
Twitter - twitter.com/thejeffreystone / twitter.com/slackerlabs
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Presence Detection can help make your smart home smarter whether you want to keep things completely local, or whether you want Home Assistant to automate your entire life.
Here are 5 Ways I am using Presence Detection to my Home Assistant based smart home smarter.
00:00 - 5 Ways Presence Detection Makes Home Assistant smarter
00:34 - Automate Your Security system
02:00 - Person Based Room Lighting and Notifications
03:04 - Location Based Notifications Away from Home
05:56 - Automate Vacation and Guest Modes
07:23 - Reduce Unneeded Automations
My Automations:
Security system
Video: youtu.be/2gpoE5i5RGQ
Code: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/main/config/packages/security.yaml
Lighting:
Living Room: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L2229
Kitchen: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1C1-L1C1
School: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1767
Vacation Mode: github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/automations.yaml#L1982
Speech notification that limits to when family is home:
github.com/thejeffreystone/homeassistant-config/blob/6f667e1fe872bceace901f5f9c0268fead25add2/config/packages/jarvis.yaml#L275
Who am I?
My Name is Jeff. I am an DIY-er and Automator of boring things. And, of course, a huge Home Assistant fan. Oh, I also live in a house that tweets.
Follow Me:
Github - github.com/thejeffreystone
Twitter - twitter.com/thejeffreystone / twitter.com/slackerlabs
On the Web - slacker-labs.com
Discord - discord.gg/YkMKGHnahh
And if you like this video you could always fuel my automation habit -
Grab SlackerLabs Merch: https://slackerlabsmerch.square.site
One Time Donation:
Paypal: paypal.com/paypalme/SlackerLabs
Cash App: $slackerlabs
Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/icE6DeBut
.
Or use my Amazon affiliate link which provides a small commission on things you buy without additional cost to you - amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=Home+Automation&ref=nb_sb_noss_2&linkCode=ll2&tag=thejeffreysto-20&linkId=18622d75c4923c69c2b7488cec58ad5e&language=en_US
Video Gear:
Canon m50: amzn.to/3ftldPH
Desk Mic: amzn.to/3wkum40
Camera Mic: amzn.to/3tXk1cp
Newer 660: amzn.to/3fwwejd
Dazzne D50: amzn.to/3oGBK5y
Audio Interface: amzn.to/3u07chK
Gimble: amzn.to/3ouKAoe
Music - Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/o05z6m
Video Assets - LenoFx: http://i.refs.cc/CJXU6Da9?smile_ref=eyJzbWlsZV9zb3VyY2UiOiJzbWlsZV91aSIsInNtaWxlX21lZGl1bSI6IiIsInNtaWxlX2NhbXBhaWduIjoicmVmZXJyYWxfcHJvZ3JhbSIsInNtaWxlX2N1c3RvbWVyX2lkIjo3NzE2MjM1MTd9
