HASS Automation

The sky’s the limit on what you can do with Home Assistant. I’m just going to offer some basic automation examples in this tutorial. Here’s an example of how I use control the mood lighting in my room, using Home Assistant to control XiaoMi powerplug, XiaoMi Smart switch and XiaoMi Yeelight.

It’s a crappy video, but hope you get the idea.

How To Create A New Automation

Automation examples in this tutorial are created from the Automation editor from the Hass Web Application. You can access the web application via Configuration  → Automation as shown below:

Once in Automation editor, click the + icon on the bottom right to create a new Automation.

Entity IDs

You’d need to know the name of the Zigbee devices you want to control. You can find this in the developer tools section of Home Assistant (lower left). Click the icon marked below to access the list:

Locate the entity_id under the Entity column for the device you want to control - you will need this information when creating your Automation information.

Zigbee Device	Illustration	Entity_ID
Original XiaoMi Mi Smart WiFi Remote Control Multi-functional Gateway Upgrade		sensor.illumination_xxxx
Original XiaoMi Smart Wireless Switch		binary_sensor.switch_xxxx
Original XiaoMi Mi Smart Temperature and Humidity Sensor		sensor.temperature_xxxx
		sensor.humidity_xxxx
Original XiaoMi Mi Smart WiFi Socket - ZigBee Version		switch.plug_xxxx

Now you have all the basics out of the way. Let’s create some simple Automations.

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