IMPORTANT!!! This tutorial is outdated and will not work with Home Assistant 0.80 and above. If you want to migrate your existing setup to 0.80, please follow this quick guide.
I’m still a noob when it comes to Home Assistant.
My first attempt to control the XiaoMi Yeelights was via IFTTT . This solution is simply too rigid - every action has to be set via a IFTTT applet. While this solution works the whole experience becomes rather clumsy as the phrases are more or less fixed. It just does not feel like a smart way of doing things.
Next I tried to control the Yeelights using XiaoMi wireless switches. This method worked extremely well but at the end of the day this is not voice control. Folks have to locate the switch, and know action to do turn the lights on/off or change the brightness. This is not my goal for the ultra house. I want to be able to use my voice to turn things on/off and not be tied down to hard coded phrases.
The user experience has to be good. And I found it via Google Assistant Home Control. Check out the video below.
My slow Internet aside (high latency), it’s the best user experience I have found so far!
This article will allow you to do the same for your home. Click the second page to find out more!
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Comment from: resnick Visitor
Comment from: Agent Kith Member
Hi Resnick,
I’ve not seen that before. Is that when you’re running gactions (page 6 of this tutorial), or somewhere else?
Not that because of the nature the cloud works, you may have to wait a bit for things to work (say wait 5 minutes before trying to run gactions).
A second thing is the project ID is case sensitive.
Double check the above and re-run the commands again and let me know how it goes.
Comment from: Agent Kith Member
With the release of 0.80 this guide is no longer up to date. I’m drafting a new version for 0.80 so stay tuned.
Hi, nice , very interesting project, appreciate that. Can you give me an advice. After I applied your walkthrough. Im not able to see any devices. Once Ive executing add device from google assistant link opens
https://xxxxxxxxxxx:8123/api/google_assistant/auth?api_password=xxxxxxxxxxx&response_type=token&client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&redirect_uri=https://oauth-redirect.googleusercontent.com/r/home-assistant-8a435&state=CswCQU52dW5IUkFpX0cwREJIVko5ZDFKeDY5STFkZ3hNUnNnQUdfcWY0OTBvTEJyamxKRm9mdzFiaEhYNHdGOUNyT1ozNkVKb2xrdkRvRGdWNU9kZEcwWnFuR0YxckJRaWNQM2NQZnIza1FxVGFGNkpDYkRGcXlwaVBnYUVfMU1kVlFEN2lXZ1VEVUNnQWlHWFBSYklXVzlwVk45MGYwOFltZ242SFF4OFFBLW13SjdVbHV1VktPMTFZX0o1aUhiN3ZCVXJ4YVZrY21oemdwaWhpZ1dtTXNFTEZLNGUtZzNfdjgycjQyMFRWaS0tdi1MaUJCTVQxMGFub29XMkdHUHh3VS1GR1lWdzZ5UjItZjY3Y1F5bjNWMUhGaEtvOS12RXpXSmtOLUdQODJJeUpobHUxWDAzYkdhSjJoQ0NSeGdNekNGdEp4aGtWLXlXMksSHGFzc2lzdGFudC1oYW5kb2ZmOi8vY29tcGxldGUiQ2h0dHBzOi8vb2F1dGgtcmVkaXJlY3QuZ29vZ2xldXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tL3IvaG9tZS1hc3Npc3RhbnQtOGE0MzUqFUtMZXdhbmRvd3NrQGdtYWlsLmNvbTIYaG9tZS1hc3Npc3RhbnQtOGE0MzVfZGV2#xxxxxxxxx
and I see a message{"message":"missing project_id in redirect_uri"}