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Installing Home Assistant on VMware Workstation Player
Thank you for watching. In this video we will demonstrate how to install Home Assistant on VMware Workstation Player. Workstation Player is a free 'Hypervisor' which can allow your PC to run one or more virtual machines. A virtual machine is a software representation of a physical computer used to run programs and deploy apps. Using this method can be a very low cost way of deploying Home Assistant.
It is however not recommended to permanently run Home Assistant in this way. If the PC used is also used for other things, such as gaming or other intensive operations, you will experience performance issues. Where possible it is recommended to use separate hardware, such as the Raspberry Pi or a low powered PC.
Download VMware Workstation Player from www.vmware.com/uk/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html
Download the Home Assistant VM file here - www.home-assistant.io/installation/alternative
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00:00 - Start
00:10 - Intro
01:00 - Download VMware Workstation Player
01:33 - Download Virtual Image
02:46 - Install VMware Workstation Player
03:51 - Set up Home Assistant VM
08:06 - Home Assistant Setup
10:02 - USB dongles and other devices
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Raspberry Pi 5 has been announced
zhlédnutí 574Před 9 měsíci
Thank you for watching. In this video we will look at the newly announced Raspberry Pi 5. Unfortunately, we weren't lucky enough to get a review copy but have summarised the specifications and comparison with the Raspberry Pi. As soon as the Raspberry Pi 5 is available to order on general release, we will put an order link here. Until that time, check out the Pi 4: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) ...
Home Assistant Installation Methods
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 9 měsíci
Thank you for watching. In this video we will cover the different installation methods for Home Assistant. This is not an install video, we will cover the specific installation methods in other videos. A selection of devices to install Home Assistant: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) - amzn.to/3qHUeJG Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8GB) - amzn.to/3YFACm0 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) Kit including case and...
What is Home Assistant?
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 10 měsíci
Thank you for watching. In this video we will define what Home Assistant is and what it is used for. We’ll explore some of the technologies and give a brief overview. Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) - amzn.to/3qHUeJG Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8GB) - amzn.to/3YFACm0 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) Kit including case and power supply - amzn.to/3sk2a4s New/refurbished desktop PCs - amzn.to/45hKrci or ebay...
Comparing Smart Home systems
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 11 měsíci
Thank you for watching. In this video, we will compare a number of popular smart home systems. We will compare voice assistants from Amazon, Google and Apple, and Smart Home hub systems from Home Assistant, Hubitat and SmartThings. The advantages and disadvantages of each will be looked at along with recommendations for users based on their use case. Amazon Alexa devices (including Fire TV) - a...
Creating Sensors in ESPHome with Seeed Studio ESP32C3
zhlédnutí 21KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will demonstrate how to set up an ESP32 based multisensor. We will connect a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and CO2 sensor to the ESP32 module. Seeed Studio (seedstudio.com) have provided us with some ESP32 modules and sensors, along with their Grove expansion boards, so we have used these to demonstrate how to build a sensor. More details available at ...
Installing Home Assistant on Synology NAS using VMM
zhlédnutí 20KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will demonstrate how to install Home Assistant on Synology NAS as a virtual machine using Virtual Machine Manager - VMM. To establish if your Synology NAS can run VMM, check here - www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages/Virtualization It is recommended to increase the memory in your Synology NAS to increase performance if you are planning to run VMM. Check ...
Getting Started with Home Assistant SkyConnect
zhlédnutí 18KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will introduce you to the Home Assistant SkyConnect dongle. This is a USB dongle that adds Zigbee and Matter capability to your Home Assistant installation. The SkyConnect dongle has only recently been released and is available at a few retailers at the moment, in particular Pi Hut and Seeed Studio. As availability increases we’ll list a few links here s...
NFC Tags and QR Codes in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 11KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will introduce you to using NFC Tags and QR Codes to trigger automations in Home Assistant. There are a number of suitable NFC Tags, for the stickers in the video these are available at Amazon: 22 x NFC NTAG215 stickers - [amzn.to/3FWRSud](amzn.to/3FWRSud) 50 x NFC NTAG215 stickers - [amzn.to/3GoKdpW](amzn.to/3GoKdpW) 110 x NFC NTAG215 stickers - [amzn.t...
Cryptocurrency integrations in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 2,7KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will introduce you to Cryptocurrency integrations in Home Assistant. There are a number of integrations with various Cryptocurrency sources in Home Assistant, we’ll concentrate on 5 of the most popular, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Coinbase, Etherscan and Kraken. Store your Crypto securely on a Ledger Nano hardware wallet - shop.ledger.com/?referral_code=MR6PAB4...
Weather in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 25KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will introduce you to weather integrations in Home Assistant. There are 32 weather integrations at the time of making this video, we will concentrate on the built in [Met.no](Met.no) integration along with 4 others - AccuWeather, Met Éireann, Met Office and OpenWeatherMap. The concept is similar for many others. Some links from the video: Home Assistant ...
ESPHome Bluetooth Proxy in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 26KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will set up a Bluetooth Proxy in Home Assistant using an ESP32 development board. A previous video in this series introduced ESPHome and the ESP32 and ESP8266 development boards. In this video we will use an ESP32 board to either add Bluetooth to your Home Assistant instance or extend the range of your current setup. This will only work with Bluetooth de...
Introduction to ESPHome in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 67KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will introduce you to ESPHome in Home Assistant. ESPHome is an addon for managing ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontroller-based devices. These are available as ‘development’ boards or part of a complete device. Using such boards, you can create your own devices - for instance a multisensor for a room, monitoring movement, temperature etc. This video takes you ...
Home Assistant Remote Access using NGINX
zhlédnutí 37KPřed rokem
Thank you for watching. In this video we will take you through setting up remote access using NGINX. We are using DuckDNS for this but you can use any dynamic DNS service. DuckDNS - duckdns.org Code to be added to configuration.yaml (NGINX): http: use_x_forwarded_for: true trusted_proxies: - 172.30.33.0/24 To fix issues with addons using their own web server, such as ESPHome, create a file call...
Home Assistant alternative to Raspberry Pi - Thin Client
zhlédnutí 26KPřed rokem
Home Assistant alternative to Raspberry Pi - Thin Client
Home Assistant Remote Access using Cloudflare Tunnels
zhlédnutí 16KPřed rokem
Home Assistant Remote Access using Cloudflare Tunnels
Installing Home Assistant on Synology NAS using Docker
zhlédnutí 31KPřed rokem
Installing Home Assistant on Synology NAS using Docker
Automating Appliances in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 5KPřed rokem
Automating Appliances in Home Assistant
Installing Home Assistant on Docker, Docker Compose and Portainer
zhlédnutí 34KPřed rokem
Installing Home Assistant on Docker, Docker Compose and Portainer
Home Assistant Remote Access using DuckDNS and LetsEncrypt
zhlédnutí 53KPřed rokem
Home Assistant Remote Access using DuckDNS and LetsEncrypt
Home Assistant Remote Access using Tailscale
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 2 lety
Home Assistant Remote Access using Tailscale
Introduction to Blueprints in Home Assistant (low battery notifications)
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 2 lety
Introduction to Blueprints in Home Assistant (low battery notifications)
Introduction to Node Red in Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 16KPřed 2 lety
Introduction to Node Red in Home Assistant
Home Assistant Automation using Triggers and Trigger IDs
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 2 lety
Home Assistant Automation using Triggers and Trigger IDs
Statistics in Home Assistant with InfluxDB and Grafana
zhlédnutí 63KPřed 2 lety
Statistics in Home Assistant with InfluxDB and Grafana
How to convert Home Assistant database to MariaDB
zhlédnutí 16KPřed 2 lety
How to convert Home Assistant database to MariaDB
Introduction to Home Assistant Automations
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 2 lety
Introduction to Home Assistant Automations
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus with Zigbee2MQTT on Home Assistant
zhlédnutí 93KPřed 2 lety
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus with Zigbee2MQTT on Home Assistant
Flashing Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus in Windows (Python Method)
zhlédnutí 36KPřed 2 lety
Flashing Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus in Windows (Python Method)
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus with Home Assistant (ZHA)
zhlédnutí 23KPřed 2 lety
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus with Home Assistant (ZHA)

Komentáře

  • @Schorsch4711
    @Schorsch4711 Před dnem

    Great guide. Thank you for that. It took a while and I had to play the video at 75% speed with german subtitles. Deviating from the video, i used the router firmware. And now i have a powerful router for my Home Asistant Zigbee network. The Sonoff stick was useless as a coordinator because I bought 2 SMLIGHT SLZB-06 LAN sticks.

  • @pauldaniels6726
    @pauldaniels6726 Před 5 dny

    At the test part my duckdns domain takes me to my Linksys router login page.

  • @jhoffatube
    @jhoffatube Před 13 dny

    Thank you! Really easy to follow and much better that HA's own guide

  • @Russell7777777
    @Russell7777777 Před měsícem

    Thank you, great guide, done in 10m

  • @not-8909
    @not-8909 Před měsícem

    thanks

  • @fouroakfarm
    @fouroakfarm Před měsícem

    Hope that password wasnt real because you just divulged it

  • @spiraltamer
    @spiraltamer Před měsícem

    Can an esphome bluetooth proxy be used to stream music to blietooth speakers or is it only designed to send simple commands to bluetooth devices like fans and lights?

  • @cristianstanila3215
    @cristianstanila3215 Před měsícem

    Thank you for the guide! I successfully flashed the dongle with the router firmware instead of the coordinator firmware, and it worked perfectly.

  • @talhatheoptimist8153
    @talhatheoptimist8153 Před měsícem

    the configuration.yaml code is different for me The entries under homeassistant.autogen dont show up

  • @Alexivan9
    @Alexivan9 Před měsícem

    Verifying by comparing CRC32 calculations. Verified (match: 0xe83aa727) ERROR: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base Помогите пожалуйста! У меня не работает.

  • @clintbarton2280
    @clintbarton2280 Před měsícem

    Does this work with everything that takes a battery like buttons, switches as well as sensors?

  • @allogic
    @allogic Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks for the explication, worked first time.

  • @toly11041982
    @toly11041982 Před 2 měsíci

    You have no idea for how long I have been searching a solution to my AC in HA !!! I Will keep in touch. Thank you so much !!!!🙏🤗

  • @brianrozs3br
    @brianrozs3br Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks! But why the irritating music?!!!!!

  • @kensteeplejack
    @kensteeplejack Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks, great video. I am trying to move my HA from a raspberry pi to a my Nas.

  • @huytranhoang7000
    @huytranhoang7000 Před 2 měsíci

    Tks bro very much <3

  • @orochifj
    @orochifj Před 2 měsíci

    you save my life!

  • @user-by4zc2mf9h
    @user-by4zc2mf9h Před 2 měsíci

    Hello, I lost the home assistant Login data, is there a possibility to recover it ?

  • @Lunolux
    @Lunolux Před 2 měsíci

    thx

  • @dreyolion6755
    @dreyolion6755 Před 2 měsíci

    You are the best!!! Watched other videos but that didn't work for me! Thank you so much!!!!!

  • @thibsensei8569
    @thibsensei8569 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you. Followed you steps completely. I think I succeeded, but after the last lines I get an ERROR. See below. Don't know what it means. " Write done Verifying by comparing CRC32 calculations. Verified (match: 0xe83aa727) ERROR: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base

    • @Thesparty30
      @Thesparty30 Před 2 měsíci

      Same error, anyone know how to fix? I tried other versions and same error

    • @JoaoHAFranco
      @JoaoHAFranco Před měsícem

      I got the same error too. Was the flashing successful or not?

  • @dingydroids7346
    @dingydroids7346 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you. Followed you steps completely. I think I succeeded, but after the last lines I get an ERROR. See below. Don't know what it means. " Write done Verifying by comparing CRC32 calculations. Verified (match: 0xe83aa727) ERROR: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base PS C:\temp\sonoff\bootloader\cc2538-bsl-master>

  • @Jepper333
    @Jepper333 Před 3 měsíci

    this must be the best tutorial on youtube. no nonsense and i only had to pause for the upload of the file.

  • @jason_ball
    @jason_ball Před 3 měsíci

    The console instructions are slightly outdated due to recent updates, it's recommended to use the Home Assistant discovery protocol by sending command "SetOption19 0" instead of "on".

  • @BlondieSL
    @BlondieSL Před 3 měsíci

    I've not yet worked with ESPHome, but plan to soon. I just want to confirm (as I have no clue yet) when you talk about "Home Assistant" you are referring to Google Home Assistant, right? We can interface ESPHome to our 'Hey google!" stuff? While I'm at it, we have a lot of TP-Link outlets that are nicely controlled by Google Home Assistant. Can these also be controlled via ESPHome as well? Thanks in advance for any info.

  • @dave1383
    @dave1383 Před 4 měsíci

    All went well, got to the ha> in the console, but when trying IP:8123 in a browser, a bunch of errors popup sayimg error installing HA. Same errors yesterday using another video. One difference for me, instead of local-lvm, I chose my NVMe drive. Tried local-lvm. Failed. Internet issues I have to overcome. Even with my failures and being a newbie, excellent video. 😂 I'M the idiot. I had network access control turned on.😮😂😊 Works perfect and chose my NVMe drive to boot. Excellent instructions!

  • @MarkSnop
    @MarkSnop Před 4 měsíci

    This was very well done thank you very much. I learned a lot. I guess the Grafana updated at some point because when we first started to say, (9:01) delete the panels that were on the screen, I wasn't able to do that and I kind of muddled around and created a new dashboard and then followed along with you.

  • @HodSterling
    @HodSterling Před 4 měsíci

    Verifying by comparing CRC32 calculations. Verified (match: 0xe83aa727) ERROR: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base PS C:\Users\hodst\downloads\sonoff\cc2538-bsl-master> after the last command i received an ERROR, what is the meaning of this ERROR and how can i fix it?

    • @paulwisher6458
      @paulwisher6458 Před 2 měsíci

      Same issue here, anyone have a solution please?

    • @DPI2501
      @DPI2501 Před měsícem

      @@paulwisher6458 Same issue here ... but the stick works and I can see that the new firmware is flashed. However still curious what the message means.

  • @philippeantonietti
    @philippeantonietti Před 4 měsíci

    thank you that was very helpful =)

  • @penolove15
    @penolove15 Před 4 měsíci

    I hitted with timeout issue while downloading image, suspecting the number of tags too much lead to timeout (other image is ok), I solve it via ssh into terminal and using command to docker pull image

  • @Warekiwi
    @Warekiwi Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent video which helped greately after my new Sonoff dongle didn't respond to the bootloader button. However I couldn't get the first two command lines Python commands to work after installing following your method. In the end I installed Python from the Windows store instead and then everything worked perfectly. (using latest Windows 11 and admin )

  • @matsu9790
    @matsu9790 Před 4 měsíci

    After fowoling all steps (all settings exactly same) when i Start VM I receive this message in proxmox 8.1.3: QEMU exited with code 1. Any tips how to resolve it?

  • @marcoslanes
    @marcoslanes Před 4 měsíci

    Work for me in my homelab in 2024. Thanks A lot!

  • @CarAudioInc
    @CarAudioInc Před 4 měsíci

    one of the rare instances where the addons are harder to configure than the docker containers, lol thank you

  • @fiveaboy
    @fiveaboy Před 4 měsíci

    Do I still need to use duckdns if I have a fixed static IP ?

  • @SashaBeluj
    @SashaBeluj Před 4 měsíci

    I did literally this and my zigbee2mqtt instance doesn't start as well as mqtt broker. This video covers only super basic migration scenario.

  • @stefanernst9143
    @stefanernst9143 Před 5 měsíci

    If you use this method now then be sure you you type in the wright com version!! the text form smart home is COM3 But i had to typ in COM5 Thanks a lot for this video!!

  • @sausage5849
    @sausage5849 Před 5 měsíci

    There seems to be a step missing between downloading the backup and starting it in the VM. IE, how do you import it into the VM?

    • @Arkiror
      @Arkiror Před 3 dny

      You don’t check at 3’20. You should have you backup available on the PC you have open the browser (or via network)

  • @kenrock2
    @kenrock2 Před 5 měsíci

    thanks... this tutorial still works on 2024

  • @JMX246
    @JMX246 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks worked like a charm (I got the Error 3 using the TI utility method) - also I used the current firmware (with your process)

  • @danbatista3158
    @danbatista3158 Před 5 měsíci

    Hi, i have followed the video managed to connect with duckdns domain but it still showing connection not secure.. any help ? thank you

  • @jeep-australia
    @jeep-australia Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks very much

  • @Billy_Beane
    @Billy_Beane Před 5 měsíci

    vmware is not even an option anymore on the downloads page.

  • @Gherry77
    @Gherry77 Před 5 měsíci

    This tutorial is great! Thank you

  • @ICE0124
    @ICE0124 Před 5 měsíci

    damn straight to the point and works perfectly for me, best tutorial ive seen so far

  • @bruce55
    @bruce55 Před 5 měsíci

    Hi. Brillant Tutorial. I just flashed my dongle. Only one suggestion; your last python command, to flash de dongle, contains the filename of the firmware which includes a date. The latest version of the firmware is no longer ...\20220219.hex. You might want to specify somewhere that this command needs to be adapted to the latest version of the firmware. Thank you!!!

  • @Danish3Cubed
    @Danish3Cubed Před 5 měsíci

    You say that you will link to fundamental information in the beginning of your video, but like som many youtubers you didn't leave the mentioned link in the deskription. Please update your deskription. Thanks

  • @brausepaul0815
    @brausepaul0815 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you so much! This was the only way that works for me! Great tutorial!

  • @rutgervanwalbeek7337
    @rutgervanwalbeek7337 Před 5 měsíci

    Process stops with with following messages Leaving... Hard resetting via RTS pin... INFO Successfully uploaded program. INFO Starting log output from /dev/ttyUSB1 with baud rate 115200 Anyone a suggestion? I thaught that my output port and cable were too fast maybe for this baud rate, so I plugged it into an ancient usb adapter (which I used before for this purpose) but no ... nothing happens Screen of the device stays black/dead. Any suggestion is welcome

  • @nlemmon2001
    @nlemmon2001 Před 5 měsíci

    If you remove the awkward pauses and silences this video would be about 3 minutes long.