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I thought I'd make a thread to share what I'm doing with Home Assistant and my California, and encourage others to also share their setup, ideas, issues, etc. relating to Home Assistant.
So, here's a couple desktop screenshots of my dashboards (obviously these just scale down to 1-column on a mobile device):
Like most smart home apps, I break my setup into, and have summaries here, for Power, Climate, Lighting, Security, but unlike most actual homes… Location. The Power stuff is a combination of Victron and EcoFlow which I'll go into a bit later. The Climate section is multiple temperature and humidity sensors, and CO2 + PM sensor. Security is based on a bunch of zigbee motion sensors. Lighting is all after-market smart lighting. Location is using the GPS receive in my router and tracking the van's location as well as my personal location relative to the van, as well as whether it's in motion, etc.
The Power dashboard is pretty detailed. I break down the three battery systems: the factory Leisure (via a Victron SmartShunt), an EcoFlow Delta 3 (in the boot, mostly running the fridge and more powerful inverter) and an EcoFlow River 3 with Extra Battery 300 between the front seats (does not hinder rotation). I can control all of the relevant EcoFlow features as needed, I use automations to make sure all 3 batteries get charged by solar, the alternator and shore power (via the Delta 3). and I have some useful charts on the right to observer solar and charging data/behaviour.
This is my newest Dashboard I've been working on, meant for car / van data. This data comes from a WicanPro OBD device permanently connected, which is designed to communicate with Home Assistant over WiFi. While I have basic stuff like RPM, KPH and Odometer, I was able to get a bunch of data related to the DPF reiteration, and charted and learned from it, and I now get a warning on the dashboard as well as a notification when the car is about to do a DPF regeneration.
The other dashboards aren't worth going into this level of detail.
To pull it all together, I have a Netgear M7 Nighthawk mobile router, which is also a WiFi base station. I have a Raspberry Pi 4B running Home Assistant next to the EcoFlow Delta and router in the boot (connected via ethernet). I also have a ZBT-1 Zigbee Coordinator to connect to most of my temperature sensors, buttons, switches, etc.
Integrations I'm using:
Victron BLE: Connects via Bluetooth to SmartSolar & SmartShunt
HA EF BLE: Connects via Bluetooth to EcoFlow Delta 3 and River 3.
WiCAN: Connects via WiFi to WiCAN Pro OBD II dongle.
SmartVan GeoLocator: Made by SmartyVan (an incredible YouTube channel - check it out!!), makes it super easy to get reverse GPS lookup and set GPS of the Home Zone for weather and more.
My next, and ultimate goal is to get into the CanBUS network between the main controller and the overhead display. Once I do that, I should be able to replicate anything the overhead display can do, but from Home Assistant. If anyone has ANY insight here, that'd be grand.
What are you doing with Home Assistant? Got any projects on the go? Show us your dashboards!
So, here's a couple desktop screenshots of my dashboards (obviously these just scale down to 1-column on a mobile device):
Like most smart home apps, I break my setup into, and have summaries here, for Power, Climate, Lighting, Security, but unlike most actual homes… Location. The Power stuff is a combination of Victron and EcoFlow which I'll go into a bit later. The Climate section is multiple temperature and humidity sensors, and CO2 + PM sensor. Security is based on a bunch of zigbee motion sensors. Lighting is all after-market smart lighting. Location is using the GPS receive in my router and tracking the van's location as well as my personal location relative to the van, as well as whether it's in motion, etc.
The Power dashboard is pretty detailed. I break down the three battery systems: the factory Leisure (via a Victron SmartShunt), an EcoFlow Delta 3 (in the boot, mostly running the fridge and more powerful inverter) and an EcoFlow River 3 with Extra Battery 300 between the front seats (does not hinder rotation). I can control all of the relevant EcoFlow features as needed, I use automations to make sure all 3 batteries get charged by solar, the alternator and shore power (via the Delta 3). and I have some useful charts on the right to observer solar and charging data/behaviour.
This is my newest Dashboard I've been working on, meant for car / van data. This data comes from a WicanPro OBD device permanently connected, which is designed to communicate with Home Assistant over WiFi. While I have basic stuff like RPM, KPH and Odometer, I was able to get a bunch of data related to the DPF reiteration, and charted and learned from it, and I now get a warning on the dashboard as well as a notification when the car is about to do a DPF regeneration.
The other dashboards aren't worth going into this level of detail.
To pull it all together, I have a Netgear M7 Nighthawk mobile router, which is also a WiFi base station. I have a Raspberry Pi 4B running Home Assistant next to the EcoFlow Delta and router in the boot (connected via ethernet). I also have a ZBT-1 Zigbee Coordinator to connect to most of my temperature sensors, buttons, switches, etc.
Integrations I'm using:
Victron BLE: Connects via Bluetooth to SmartSolar & SmartShunt
HA EF BLE: Connects via Bluetooth to EcoFlow Delta 3 and River 3.
WiCAN: Connects via WiFi to WiCAN Pro OBD II dongle.
SmartVan GeoLocator: Made by SmartyVan (an incredible YouTube channel - check it out!!), makes it super easy to get reverse GPS lookup and set GPS of the Home Zone for weather and more.
My next, and ultimate goal is to get into the CanBUS network between the main controller and the overhead display. Once I do that, I should be able to replicate anything the overhead display can do, but from Home Assistant. If anyone has ANY insight here, that'd be grand.
What are you doing with Home Assistant? Got any projects on the go? Show us your dashboards!
