So now that I had a Home-Assistant (HA) setup working, an esp8266 booting and that I can write software for, it was time to start making the two talk to each other and make something that can become unseful based on all this.

The choice went to the simplest element …

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My current Home-Assistant setup

Currently my HA homepage looks like this:

Let's first go over the various parts of the UI, and how my setup is currently working befor diving into the configuration file details.

The web UI

• At the top, we have the status of …

Note: Part 1 is here

Electrical setup for living room light

Our new place doesn't have any ceiling lights in the living room, but one switch activated wall plug. It is driven by a 2 way setup of 2 switches, and I decided to put the fibaro dimmer in one …