Vaclav Chaloupka

I make videos about Home Automation, and I contribute to the Home Assistant Open Source project.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Almost everything in @home_assistant is now configured through GUI, which makes it accessible to more people.
But due to that, we lost control of how the configuration is stored. And it is hard to keep things organized. Not anymore. Check it out!
https://t.co/s2Av8izDY5

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

A česky: https://t.co/0jQje43Q9a

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

An in-depth tutorial on making voice assistant satellites, with start-to-finish voice configuration.
How does the voice assistant support non-English languages?
With specific actions for the Czech language (declension) - this is why 2 videos in EN and CZ.
https://t.co/DJ8MGPJrNo

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

I took on a challenge - explain to non-developers how to create @home_assistant language intents (YAML), and contribute them to the community through @github Pull Requests (including writing and running tests). Have I succeeded?
https://t.co/brgNCsx42A

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

There has been a petition against moving from an attribute to the Home Assistant Weather Forecast Service...but it actually is AWESOME!
Check it out!!!
https://t.co/3rYqv1LypH
(...and they BTW added an action to the template sensor, that makes it 100% better)

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

@ifflanb There is no option for that right now.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

@ihteshamit Thanks for the tip.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Whooo, 10k subs!
That's a lot of you.
Thanks! Will keep at it!
#10kcreator https://t.co/wDqRZijWg4

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Did you know that Home Assistant has great local calendars, you can use to schedule events?

In this case, a regular garbage collection?

And use a simple template to show the number of days till the next event, and a color icon?
This is how it is done

https://t.co/cqDq7CdGRT

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https://t.co/IJu9M1mXWs

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

The next video coming tomorrow!
Energy Management in Home Assistant
- Smart EV charging from PV
- Depth of discharge based on solar forecast
- Severe weather warning power protection
- and more.
Giving away the source code, and detailed explanation.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

A tentokrát s českým překladem.
..stále marně čekám, až mi YouTube přidá možnost více audio stop, pak zkusím i nadabovat...pokud je zájem?

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Check out the Energy Management video on https://t.co/IJu9M1mXWs

I am really excited about this one. I spent quite a lot of time thinking, configuring, and testing. And now I share all this goodness with the @home_assistant community.

it does....

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

- smart EV charging from PV
- depth of discharge management based on the solar forecast
- severe weather warning power protection
- load shedding during the power outage
- and more.

Including the source code, and detailed explanation.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

The day I've been waiting for. Solar panels connected, testing @home_assistant Energy Management automation. Managing EV charging and its power from the PV output. It works! Running the house and the car from solar energy in mid-March. Check it out: https://t.co/e0Xd3jy9aU

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

@fumoyofu @home_assistant @ITeadstudio @esphome_ I just re-used the one used for the Gardena valves. But this was done as an upgrade from the earlier Gardena setup. So if you do it from scratch, you might make different choices.

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Garden irrigation upgraded - check. Hooked 24V AC valves (Gardena) to @home_assistant through hacked Sonoff 4ch Pro with added Nextion display (both by @ITeadstudio), all super easy thanks to @esphome_

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

@forestparkdev I was worried about complexity and the documentation not always being clear (it has improved since then). But it turned out I got everything right, so this was not the issue. The issues I had were caused by bad connections. So check the connection continuity!

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Turning an affordable manual Gaggia Classic Pro to high-end beast with it superb parameters, flow profiling, integrated we do scales and more (#gaggiuino). But failing to connect to #HomeAssistant. Success or failure? Check it out! https://t.co/Xvv6bTQV2J

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

I migrated my Zigbee Coordinator to Sky Connect. On the Home Assistant that controls my house.
Did I have to re-configure all my devices, or did it just keep working seamlessly? Check it out!
https://t.co/z4A4sctvnN

[Vaclav Chaloupka @vasekc]

Did you know that I am passionate about sailing (next to Home Automation)? At the end of summer each year, we go sailing to Croatia. Check it out!
https://t.co/OGtkaaQjIW