2022.9: Dwelling Assistant Birthday Launch!
Dwelling Assistant Core 2022.9! š
Should you donāt know but, this month is Dwelling Assistantās birthday! šš On September seventeenth, 2013 Paulus Schoutsen made the primary commit for Dwelling Assistant that began a snowball of Dwelling Automation fanatics prepared to contribute to the open-source undertaking. 9 Years later, Dwelling Assistant is actively utilized by greater than 500,000 individuals and rising each day. Nabu Casa additionally turns 4 this month. Turning 4 years previous and gaining a brand new full-time worker š. This month it appears everybody was within the birthday spirit as we’ve a jam-packed launch!
The automation engine is a giant cause why Dwelling Assistant has so many customers. So within the spirit of Streamlining Experiences, we thought a revamp was due. You’ll discover some large enhancements to the appear and feel of the Automation Editor that we expect will vastly enhance its usability. I do know I for positive see an enormous distinction!
Now I do know that everybody normally expects @frenck to be writing these launch notes, however he took a properly deserved trip! And now you might be caught with me. Zack š. I hope you benefit from the launch and every part that was packed into it!
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Donāt overlook to join our release party live stream on YouTube right this moment at 12:00 PDT / 21:00 CET!
Paul Bottein joins Nabu Casa
We are excited to announce the newest member of the Nabu Casa team, Paul Bottein.
Paul is most identified for his Mushroom cards and some additions to Dwelling Assistant frontend just like the Icon Picker. Paul is an unimaginable developer and his experience in dashboard design will deliver loads to the Dwelling Assistant frontend.
Welcome aboard and excited to see what Paul will deliver to Dwelling Assistant!
Streamlining automations
We felt that there were quite a few improvements we could do in order to better streamline automation creation. Thatās why this release, we really
took a long look at some of the main user experience issues. The new automation editor improvements focus on readability and ease of use. This
will also make editing automations on your phone much easier!
First, you will notice the biggest change, collapsible cards for triggers, conditions, and actions. This change allows you to really focus on what you
are currently working on instead of having everything open all at once. When you first open your automation in the editor, you will see all cards collapsed with
an auto-generated explanation of what that section is doing. This allows you to easily choose which section you want to edit and focus in on it.
Next, there were a few items and options moved. You can see most of these in the top right overflow menu. For example, if you want to rename or update the description
of your automation you can do that via the overflow menu > Rename. Moving these items to the overflow ensures that the main editor page is used for the main functions of
your automation.
Last, but definitely not least, Frenck added some long requested features to the automation forms. State and Attribute value auto-completion! Now if you are adding a
state trigger, you can choose from a list of known states for that device type. These are also all translated into your language. Now there is no need to remember or find
the states possible or format the state that needs to be entered. Just choose a state from the dropdown and let your worries wisp away!
New helper: Weekly schedule
Have you ever wanted to run a schedule-based automation for the same time each week or day? Well, you are now in luck! With the addition of the Schedule helper, you are now able
to easily create these schedules to build more consistent automations and timings.
Bluetooth everywhere
Last release we introduced the Bluetooth integration. This release, itās on fire š„ Not only do we now support multiple Bluetooth adapters, we also support ESPHome devices acting as Bluetooth proxies to your dwelling. Wait what?!
Sure š. Now you can vastly develop the Bluetooth attain of Dwelling Assistant utilizing strange ESP32 units. No further {hardware} wanted.
To get a proxy up and working, head over to the Bluetooth proxy installer website and set up one straight out of your browser.
Bluetooth proxies are presently restricted to forwarding passive knowledge. Energetic connections are coming in a future launch. Bluetooth integrations in Dwelling Assistant will transparently use Bluetooth proxies with none further coding!
Most integrations now assist utilizing the adapter with the perfect sign to attach units that want an energetic connection. Extension cables, USB-Ethernet extenders, or USB-IP coupled with a further Bluetooth adapter can considerably prolong your energetic connection vary.
There may be extra! Apart from 9 new supported manufacturers, there’s additionally assist for a brand new open commonplace: BTHome by @Ernst79. It’s mechanically found by Dwelling Assistant, units can run over a 12 months on a single battery and it helps knowledge encryption.
Lastly, suppose you might be utilizing the Dwelling Assistant Working System. In that case, we suggest upgrading to model 9 or later when it’s launched, because it comes with a quicker D-Bus dealer and newer Bluetooth firmware which may considerably improve Bluetooth efficiency.
Due to @bdraco, @Ernst79, @JesseRockz, @jc2k for all of the onerous, wonderful and epic work š.
Z-Wave Firmware updates now live
In 2022.7, we added support for updating Z-Wave device firmware, but the catch was that you needed the firmware files from the manufacturer in order to complete the update. @AlCalzone wasnāt happy with this strategy and started engaged on a greater answer. That higher answer is right here with the introduction of the Z-Wave JS Firmware Replace Service! For supported producers, Z-Wave JS can now mechanically detect, obtain, and set up a firmware replace whether it is obtainable to your machine. This will probably be performed the identical means you might be presently updating Dwelling Assistant. You will notice a notification in your settings menu and you may replace proper from there. Thanks @raman325
For now, solely Jasco merchandise are supported. Nabu Casa has been speaking to different producers to get extra units supported. To make sure our customers can reap the benefits of this characteristic, we added replace entities to your units that can verify as soon as a day for brand new firmware updates. Nifty!
Zigbee backup and restore + migration
The Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) integration now supports network backups and migrating between Zigbee coordinators. Backups are taken automatically but can also be manually created from the configuration page. After restoring a Home Assistant backup, you can re-configure ZHA and migrate to a new Zigbee coordinator without any loss of your settings or devices that were connected. This is helpful if your current radio fails or a new radio comes out that you may want to migrate to.
Processor and memory usage
The Hardware page just got a lot more interesting. You can go check out live statistics on your Memory and Processor usage when you load the Hardware page in your system menu. These statistics will represent your entire Home Assistant instance, giving you insight in how your hardware is handling your day to day tasks. This will not show any history but will display 5 minutes of live data once you load the page.
Other noteworthy changes
There is much more juice in this release; here are some of the other
noteworthy changes this release:
- Entity more info dialog merged with entity settings. Thanks @balloob
- Now you can allow native management of your Awair Aspect machine. Thanks @zachberger
- MiFlora now helps polling of the Battery sensor. Thanks @bdraco
- August locks are actually supported underneath the Yale Entry Bluetooth integration. Thanks @bdraco
- Many extra Bluetooth adapters are actually supported for the Bluetooth integration. Thanks @bdraco
- The SwitchBot integration now helps the Shade Bulb and Gentle strips. Thanks @bdraco
- Automations, Scripts and Scenes tables acquired a brand new overflow menu that can permit for extra actions instantly from the picker. Thanks @bramkragten and @piitaya
- Now you can reorder automation parts utilizing drag and drop. Thanks @piitaya
- Icons have been added to extra menus all through the UI. Thanks @frenck
- Automation triggers can now be aliased. Thanks @frenck
New Integrations
We welcome the next new integrations on this launch:
- BlueMaestro, added by @bdraco
- BThome, added by @Ernst79
- Ecowitt, added by @pvizeli
- Escea, added by @lazdavila
- File Add, added by @balloob
- Absolutely Kiosk Browser, added by @cgarwood
- JustNimbus, added by @kvanzuijlen
- LaCrosse View, added by @IceBotYT
- Landis+Gyr Warmth Meter, added by @vpathuis
- LED BLE, added by @bdraco
- Melnor Bluetooth, added by @vanstinator
- PrusaLink, added by @balloob
- Qingping, added by @bdraco
- Schedule, added by @frenck
- SensorPro, added by @bdraco
- ThermoBeacon, added by @bdraco
- ThermoPro, added by @bdraco
- Yale Entry Bluetooth, added by @bdraco
Integrations now obtainable to arrange from the UI
The next integrations are actually obtainable through the Dwelling Assistant UI:
Release 2022.9.1 – September 8
Release 2022.9.2 – September 11
Release 2022.9.3 – September 13
Release 2022.9.4 – September 14
Release 2022.9.5 – September 18
Release 2022.9.6 – September 22
Release 2022.9.7 – September 26
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Breaking Changes
Below is a listing of the breaking change for this release, per subject or
integration. Click on one of those to read more about the breaking change
for that specific item.
Entity sensor.<your_vehicle>_charging_time_label (disabled by default) has
been removed as it is not provided by the upstream library/API anymore.
(@rikroe – #76616) (documentation)
The attribute charging_status of binary_sensor.<your_car>_charging_status
has been eliminated. Please use sensor.charging_status as a substitute.
The Homekit PM2.5 Āµg/m3 mappings within the HomeKit integration now use the values
based mostly on the US AQI set by the EPA.
| HomeKit | Earlier PM2.5 Āµg/m3 | New PM2.5 Āµg/m3 |
|---|---|---|
| Wonderful | <= 25 | <= 12 |
| Good | <= 50 | <= 35.4 |
| Truthful | <= 100 | <= 55.4 |
| Inferior | <= 300 | <= 150.4 |
| Poor | > 300 | > 150.4 |
(@sarabveer – #76358) (documentation)
It’ll not be attainable to know if the worldwide house station (ISS)
is above you nor the timestamp for the subsequent rise of the station as these
options have been eliminated within the underlying API.
The binary sensor will probably be eliminated and all automations counting on this can no
longer work. Sadly there isn’t a substitute for this. As a substitute we’ve
launched a brand new sensor, that also tells you the situation of the ISS,
whereas exhibiting how many individuals are in house, as major state.
(@DurgNomis-drol – #77218) (documentation)
The beforehand deprecated reset_waste_drawer and set_wait_time companies from
the litterrobot vacuum entity, have been eliminated.
(@natekspencer – #77052) (documentation)
Establishing the notify platform of the SMS integration by a platform part in
YAML configuration is not supported. The sms platform part
underneath notify: might be eliminated out of your YAML configuration recordsdata.
A recipient might be specified through the use of the goal parameter within the notify
service name as a substitute.
It’s essential to use zwave-js-server 1.22.1 or larger (schema 22).
With this launch, you will want to replace your zwave-js-server occasion.
- Should you use the zwave_js addon, you might want to have at the least model
0.1.66. - Should you use the zwavejs2mqtt addon, you might want to have at the least model
0.46.0. - Should you use the zwavejs2mqtt Docker container, you might want to have at the least model
7.0.0. - Should you run your individual Docker container, or another set up methodology, you will want to replace your zwave-js-server occasion to at the least
1.22.1.
If you’re a customized integration developer and wish to study breaking
adjustments and new options obtainable to your integration: Remember to comply with our
developer blog. The next are essentially the most notable for this launch:
All adjustments
After all, there’s much more on this launch. Yow will discover an inventory of
all adjustments made right here: Full changelog for Dwelling Assistant Core 2022.9
