Well I managed to get it up and running on a docker on my Synology and running directly from an external SSD. Not a big deal for a lot of you but this is stretching my knowledge.
That said it couldn't find any of my devices so had to manually add them and create external components folders for some of the stuff.
I'm now thinking "now what?". I've got my devices all in one place which is awesome, I can even see my CCTV in real time which is cool. I just need to work out what I want to do with it.
Haven't connected any solar or battery stuff yet.
Heh, welcome to the club!
Yes, I've got Synology too and I've generally found them a little tricky to do the simple stuff, eg CMS, image management, run docker instances. I suspect this is as much about my lack of skill than anything, but if you e got this far, you're over the hardest bit!
Few ideas:
- play with some graph cards to track when your CCTV is being triggered
- add your phones to it so you can track battery levels, make a button to make your phone ring when you've lost it
- add local traffic cams so you can see what traffic is actually like in the morning
- add weather integrations to show satellite clouds and forecast for your house, work etc
- add your Synology to it so you can track disk levels, CPU usage, network bandwidth etc
- obviously you can add your solar/battery stuff
- add hass.client app to your PCs so you can track their status, CPU usage, temps, send commands to them (eg hibernate, shut down at certain times) and use as media players around the house.
- integrate your tvs
Goodness the list is endless - obviously depends on what other devices you have in the house...
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