![]() The last step of enabling the Z-Wave component for Home Assistant is configuring the component and telling home assistant where to find the Z-Wave USB stick.įirst find the Z-Wave USB device, on your Raspberry Pi you can list the USB devices using the following command: $ ls /dev/ttyACM* Configuring the Z-Wave component and your USB stick With Home Assistant installed its now time to configure our Raspberry Pi Smart Home router. If you cannot access the interface please refer to the toubleshooting section below. Give it 10-15 minutes and try to access the home assistant interface on :8123 – for my Raspberry its: . This can take a while since its now installing python dependencies for the home assistant components you’re using. Once its rebooted login again and wait for Home Assistant to boot up. Once the installation process has finished go ahead and reboot the raspberry with: $ sudo reboot The beauty of the all-in-one installer is that it not only installs home assistant but also the extra open Z-Wave drivers. It will go through the entire process of setting up service accounts, installing the necessary dependencies as well as installing home assistant. This installation will take a couple of hours depending on the version of your Rapsberry Pi. This command is a one line command and should be executed as the “pi” user. Start the installation by running the following command: $ wget -Nnv & bash hass_rpi_installer.sh This step can be executed on the Raspberry Pi using a keyboard connected to the Pi or remotely by SSH’ing into the Pi as described here: Working with a Raspberry Pi from another computer. In our next step we will install home assistant using the all-in-one installer. Once logged it lets connect the Raspberry Pi to a WiFi network and the internet.įollow the steps in this guide to setup WiFi: How To: Connect your Raspberry Pi to WiFiĪlternatively you can also connect your Raspberry Pi to your router using a network cable. Password: raspberry Setup WiFi and internet connection Login to your Raspberry Pi using the following credentials: Username: pi The first boot sequence will take approximately 5 minutes because the system will re-size the file system and do other initial setup tasks.Īfter the first boot you will see the Raspberry Pi terminal login screen. ![]() ![]() First Bootīefore booting the Raspberry Pi with our newly flashed SD card, we connect it to our Z-Wave USB dongle, HDMI monitor (or TV), mouse and keyboard, and the WiFi dongle if you’re not using the Raspberry Bi 3. When downloaded extract and flash the image onto a SD card using Win32DiskImager as described here. There are a couple of ways to setup Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, the simplest approach is to use a fresh installation of the Raspbian distribution and then applying the Home Assistant All-In-One Installer.ĭownload the latest Raspbian version from here:, I recommend using Raspbian Lite since we will use a browser interface for our Raspberry Pi Smart Home hub and not a monitor connected to the Raspberry Pi as our main interface. Be sure to give yourself enough time to setup this project. Z-Wave Slave devices to control, here are some examples (you’ll just need one to get started):īefore we start please note this project will take 4-8 hours to complete.Z-Wave USB Dongle – I recommend using the Z-Stick Gen5 from AeoTec.This includes devices using many other Smart Home technologies such as NEST, WeMo, Philips Hue, Wink, Ecobee and many more. In this guide will show you how to setup a light dimmer, but you can easily add new devices to the hub once it is configured. Z-Wave is a open home automation standard with over a 1000 different certified slave devices available – everything from light dimmers over thermostats to door locks. This guide assumes we will be controlling Z-Wave Smart Home devices. The Home Assistant platform is a fully featured home automation hub that integrates with a myriad of Smart Home technologies. This guide will walk you through setting up a Smart Home Hub using the open source Home Assistant platform. There is however a much cheaper alternative to buying an expensive commercial hub – making your own using a Raspberry Pi. Smart Home devices are becoming more and more popular, but the price of a commercial Smart Home Hub can often be steep and often comes with a monthly fee attached to it.
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