home automation training -20-extend digital output & input in home assistant

home automation training -20-extend digital output & input in home assistant   extend output and input ports by hardware devicea. KC868-A series board  (integrate to home assistant by ESPHome) b. KC868-HxB series board (integrate to home assistant by MQTT) 2. config ESPHome for KC868-A16 esphome: name: kc868-a16 platform: ESP32 board: esp32dev # Example configuration entry…

home automation training -19-water level sensor for automation in home assistant

home automation training -19-water level sensor for automation in home assistant   Chose water level sensor:a. output dry contact for OPEN/CLOSE singal. b. output DC 0-5v analog voltage. 2. create a new automation: water-level-control-output4-on (turn on relay) ——————————————- Trigger type: State Entity: input-1 To: on Actions: Action type: Call service Service: Switch:Switch: Turn on + Choose…

home automation training -18-ZigBee motion sensor control light in home assistant

home automation training -18-ZigBee motion sensor control light in home assistant   SONOFF SNZB-03 configure for home assistant by Zigbee2mqtt sensor: – platform: mqtt name: pir-state state_topic: “zigbee2mqtt/0x00124b00251e530f” value_template: “{{ value_json.occupancy }}” Note: ID need replace with your device. such as ‘0x00124b00251e530f’ 2. create a new automation: create automation-1 (turn on light) ——————————————- Trigger…

home automation training -17-integrate USB local camera to home assistant

home automation training -17-integrate USB local camera to home assistant   1. connect with your USB camera. 2. Enable home assistant “Advanced Mode”. 3. “Add-ons, Backups & Supervisor” — “system” — “Host” — “Hardware” ,  search videox 4. Configuration edit yaml camera: – platform: ffmpeg name: cam input: /dev/input/video0 5. Home assistant restart 6.…

home automation training -16-integrate device to home assistant by Zigbee2MQTT

home automation training -16-integrate device to home assistant by Zigbee2MQTT   Add the repository URL under Supervisor->Add-on store->…->Manage add-on repositories: https://github.com/zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt 2. Zigbee2mqtt add-on Configuration for home assistant data_path: /config/zigbee2mqtt external_converters: [] devices: devices.yaml groups: groups.yaml homeassistant: true permit_join: false mqtt: base_topic: zigbee2mqtt server: mqtt://192.168.1.96:1883 user: mqtt password: ‘123’ serial: port: /dev/ttyACM0 advanced: log_level:…

home automation training -14-integrate temperature sensor to home assistant

home automation training -14-integrate temperature sensor to home assistant   DS18B20 temperature range: -55°C to +125°C and is accurate to ±0.5°C this is the ESPHome config: # Example configuration entry dallas: – pin: 4 update_interval: 5s # Individual sensors sensor: – platform: dallas address: 0x69062162d9ec4328 name: “Temperature” YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KinCony

KC868-A32 esp32 board hardware design details

How many relays can be installed on the controller board? Four? Eight? Kincony decided not to limit itself and equipped its KC868-A32 model of ESP32 board with as many as 32 relays. The result was a unique controller, which I don’t remember any analogues – against the background of ordinary devices of this type, the…

home automation training -12-integrate KC868-Uair to home assistant

home automation training -12-integrate KC868-Uair to home assistant   home automation training -12-integrate KC868-Uair to home assistant 1. To enable the USB 2.0 ports on the raspberry pi 4 Compute Module 4, you need to edit the boot config file (/boot/config.txt) and add: dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=host 2. enable home assistant “Advanced Mode” 3. install ESPHome in Add-ons…

home automation training -11-how to use by own 433MHz RF and infrared remoter

home automation training -11-how to use by own 433MHz RF and infrared remote   Home automation training: 1. install ESP32 USB driver for KC868-Server, download from: https://www.kincony.com/download/CH341SER.zip 2. install ESP32 USB driver 3. download arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/ 4. install arduino IDE 5. config for ESP32: https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=281 6. install rc-switch arduino library 7. download this RF / IR…

home automation training -10-install wall switch panel and double click mode

home automation training courses you can learn how to add the wall switch to the home automation intelligent control system     1. home automation-switch panel type: momentary. 2. home automation-button wires to KC868-Server’s digital input ports. 3. home automation-LED indicator wires from KC868-Server’s digital output ports. 4. double click function define for key buttons: key1:…