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<p>I have been working on a new subsystem to complement Home Assistant’s Automation and Scripting components. <code class="highlighter-rouge">AppDaemon</code> is a python daemon that consumes events from Home Assistant and feeds them to snippets of python code called “Apps”. An App is a Python class that is instantiated possibly multiple times from <code class="highlighter-rouge">AppDaemon</code> and registers callbacks for various system events. It is also able to inspect and set state and call services. The API provides a rich environment suited to home automation tasks that can also leverage all the power of Python.</p>
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<p>It’s time for 0.26 and it’s again full of new features and fixes. First I want to highlight that we are now having 500 000 monthly pageviews on the website. A big milestone for us! It’s been an amazing journey. Big thanks to the Home Assistant community for being such a delightful bunch.</p>
<p>This release includes code contributed by 31 different people. The biggest change in this release is a new unit system. Instead of picking Celsius or Fahrenheit you’ll have to pick imperial or metric now. This influences the units for your temperature, distance, and weight. This will simplify any platform or component that needs to know this information. Big thanks to <a href="https://github.com/Teagan42">@Teagan42</a> for her hard work on this!</p>
<p><img src="/images/supported_brands/foursquare.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="100" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/ohmconnect.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="100" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/fastdotcom.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="100" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/gpsd.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="100" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/ffmpeg.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="100" /></p>
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<li>Core: Introduce notion of unit system (deprecates temperature unit option) (<a href="https://github.com/Teagan42">@Teagan42</a>)</li>
<li>Front end: Speed improvements (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li>Front end: Improve layout of state dev tool (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/components/proximity/">Proximity</a>: Allow definition of unit of measurement (<a href="https://github.com/Teagan42">@Teagan42</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/components/switch.flux/">Flux</a>: Add mired and kelvin mode (<a href="https://github.com/HBDK">@HBDK</a>)</li>
<li>Thermostat - <a href="/components/thermostat.proliphix/">Proliphix</a>: Support for cooling (<a href="https://github.com/sdague">@sdague</a>)</li>
<li>Media Player - <a href="/components/media_player.lg_netcast/">LG Netcast TV</a>: Show screenshot of what is currently playing (<a href="https://github.com/shmuelzon">@shmuelzon</a>)</li>
<li>Z-Wave improvements (<a href="https://github.com/jnewland">@jnewland</a>, <a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
<li>Thermostat - <a href="/components/thermostat.heat_control/">heat control</a>: now also able to control an AC (<a href="https://github.com/mtreinish">@mtreinish</a>)</li>
<li>Thermostat - <a href="/components/thermostat.heat_control/">heat control</a>: allow specifying a minimum duration before switching (<a href="https://github.com/mtreinish">@mtreinish</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/components/influxdb/">InfluxDB</a>: Whitelist entities option added (<a href="https://github.com/tchellomello">@tchellomello</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: Serial <a href="/components/sensor.serial_pm/">particulate matters</a> sensors now supported (<a href="https://github.com/open-homeautomation">@open-homeautomation</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor - <a href="/components/sensor.fitbit/">Fitbit</a>: Fix unit system (<a href="https://github.com/tchellomello">@tchellomello</a>)</li>
<li>Light - <a href="/components/light.flux_led/">Flux LED</a>: Add support for [color and brightness][color] (<a href="https://github.com/Danielhiversen">@Danielhiversen</a>)</li>
<li>Media Player - <a href="/components/media_player.plex/">Plex</a>: Now able to report on music (<a href="https://github.com/abcminiuser">@abcminiuser</a>)</li>
<li>Alarm Control Panel - <a href="/components/alarm_control_panel.verisure/">Verisure</a>: Now able to see who changed the alarm (<a href="https://github.com/persandtrom">@persandtrom</a>)</li>
<li>Thermostat - <a href="/components/thermostat.honeywell/">Honeywell</a>: Add option to read and control HVAC mode (<a href="https://github.com/Teagan42">@Teagan42</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/components/foursquare/">Foursquare</a> component to receive instant notifications of checkins (<a href="https://github.com/robbiet480">@robbiet480</a>)</li>
<li>Camera: New <a href="/components/camera.ffmpeg/">FFMPEG</a> platform allows to stream anything through front end (<a href="https://github.com/pvizeli">@pvizeli</a>)</li>
<li>Manage <a href="/topics/secrets/">secrets</a> with new command line script (<a href="https://github.com/kellerza">@kellerza</a>)</li>
<li>Notify - <a href="/components/notify.smtp/">SMTP</a>: Allow embedding of images (<a href="https://github.com/partofthething">@partofthething</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.ohmconnect/">OhmConnect</a> is now supported (<a href="https://github.com/robbiet480">@robbiet480</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/components/panel_custom/">panel_custom</a> component allows the registering of new panels (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li>Light: New <a href="/components/light.mqtt_json/">mqtt_json</a> platform for working with JSON payload (<a href="https://github.com/corbanmailloux">@corbanmailloux</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: New <a href="/components/sensor.fastdotcom/">Fast.com</a> platform to measure network bandwidth performance (<a href="https://github.com/nkgilley">@nkgilley</a>)</li>
<li>New <a href="/components/pilight/">pilight</a> component to control 433 Mz devices (<a href="https://github.com/DavidLP">@DavidLP</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.gpsd/">GPSD</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a>)</li>
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<h3><a class="title-link" name="hotfix-0261---august-14" href="#hotfix-0261---august-14"></a> Hotfix 0.26.1 - August 14</h3>
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<li>Fix serial_pm config validation (<a href="https://github.com/open-homeautomation">@open-homeautomation</a>)</li>
<li>Check for existence of system mode on Honeywell thermostats (<a href="https://github.com/mKeRix">@mKeRix</a>)</li>
<li>Fix unknown unit of measurement for hvac and thermostat component (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
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<h3><a class="title-link" name="hotfix-0262---august-15" href="#hotfix-0262---august-15"></a> Hotfix 0.26.2 - August 15</h3>
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<li>Fix Wemo: have PyWemo play nicely with the latest Requests (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>)</li>
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<h3><a class="title-link" name="hotfix-0263---august-19" href="#hotfix-0263---august-19"></a> Hotfix 0.26.3 - August 19</h3>
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<li>Media Player cover art would not work when an API password was set. Thanks to <a href="https://github.com/maddox">@maddox</a> for reporting it and <a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a> for the fix.</li>
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<span class="s">homeassistant</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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<span class="s">unit_system</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">metric</span>
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<p>It’s time for Home Assistant 0.23 and it’s full of goodies. It’s also the release that bumps us over a 1000 tests and to 94% test coverage! Also our install issues on the Raspberry Pi and Synology have been resolved.</p>
<p>This release brings support for two new ecosystems: <a href="/components/envisalink/">Envisalink</a> and <a href="/components/homematic/">Homematic</a>. We can now also control your TV via HDMI using <a href="/components/hdmi_cec/">HDMI-CEC</a> (which works on the Pi!) and another cool feature is the <a href="/components/persistent_notification/">persistent notifications</a> which allow you to add a notification to the frontend till dismissed.</p>
<p><a href="/components/wink/">Wink</a> support has been dramatically improved by migrating to the PubNub API. This allows Wink to push changes from their system to Home Assistant. This change came just in time as somehow our Wink integration was causing a lot of requests to their servers. Thanks to Wink for letting us know so we could solve it instead of blocking us.</p>
<p>On the config side, you can now <a href="/topics/secrets/">store your passwords</a> in your OS keyring or just in a standalone file. We also got a new service to reload the core config so no reboots needed anymore after changing customize settings!</p>
<p><img src="/images/supported_brands/bravia.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/eyezon.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/homematic.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="/images/supported_brands/openexchangerates.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /></p>
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<li>Support for <a href="/components/envisalink/">Envisalink</a> added (<a href="/components/alarm_control_panel.envisalink/">alarm control panel</a>, <a href="/components/binary_sensor.envisalink/">binary sensor</a>, <a href="/components/sensor.envisalink/">sensor</a>) (<a href="https://github.com/cinntax/">@cinntax</a>)</li>
<li>Support for <a href="/components/homematic/">Homematic</a> added (<a href="/components/binary_sensor.homematic/">binary sensor</a>, <a href="/components/light.homematic/">light</a>, <a href="/components/rollershutter.homematic/">rollershutter</a>, <a href="/components/sensor.homematic/">sensor</a>, <a href="/components/switch.homematic/">switch</a>) (<a href="https://github.com/pvizeli/">@pvizeli</a>, <a href="https://github.com/danielperna84/">@danielperna84</a>)</li>
<li>New <a href="/components/hdmi_cec/">HDMI-CEC</a> component (<a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc/">@happyleavesaoc</a>, <a href="https://github.com/lukas-hetzenecker/">@lukas-hetzenecker</a>)</li>
<li>Major rewrite of <a href="/components/wink/">Wink</a> which now pushes changes to Home Assistant (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23/">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
<li>Core: new add <a href="/getting-started/customizing-devices/#reloading-customize">reload core config service</a> (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li>Support for <a href="/components/persistent_notification/">persistent notifications</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>, <a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li>Garage door: <a href="/components/garage_door.zwave/">Z-Wave</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen/">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
<li>Rollershutter: <a href="/components/rollershutter.zwave/">Z-Wave</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen/">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
<li>Media Player: <a href="/components/media_player.braviatv/">Sony Bravia TV</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/aparraga/">@aparraga</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.fixer/">Fixer.io</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>)</li>
<li>Garage door: Control any garage door using <a href="/components/garage_door.rpi_gpio/">Raspberry Pi GPIO pins</a> (<a href="https://github.com/kellerza/">@kellerza</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.openexchangerates/">OpenExchangeRates</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/arsaboo/">@arsaboo</a>)</li>
<li>Notify: <a href="/components/notify.pushover/">Pushover</a> now supports target device, sound, URL and priority (<a href="https://github.com/dale3h/">@dale3h</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.netatmo/">Netatmo</a> now supports wind, battery and radio signals (<a href="https://github.com/Jypy/">@Jypy</a>)</li>
<li>Log successful and failed login attemps (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>)</li>
<li>Config: allow <a href="/topics/secrets/">extracting account info</a> into OS keyring or separate YAML file (<a href="https://github.com/kellerza/">@kellerza</a>)</li>
<li>Core: add option to not filter out duplicate states per entity (<a href="https://github.com/philipbl/">@philipbl</a>)</li>
<li>HTTP: Follow Mozilla SSL recommendations (<a href="https://github.com/danieljkemp/">@danieljkemp</a>, <a href="https://github.com/AlucardZero/">@AlucardZero</a>)</li>
<li>Light: <a href="/components/light.zwave/">Z-Wave colorbulb</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/armills/">@armills</a>)</li>
<li>Core: new elevation config option added (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.onewire/">OneWire</a> support extended with support for DS18S20, DS1822, DS1825 and DS28EA00 temperature sensors + support for bus masters which use fuse to mount device tree. (<a href="https://github.com/Ardetus/">@Ardetus</a>)</li>
<li>Lock: <a href="/components/lock.vera/">Vera</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/rhooper/">@rhooper</a>)</li>
<li>HTTP: Migrate to CherryPy WSGI server to fix install and runtime problems (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Homematic thermostat configuration has changed and now depends on the new <a href="/components/homematic/">Homematic</a> component.</li>
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<h3><a class="title-link" name="hotfix-0231---july-2" href="#hotfix-0231---july-2"></a> Hotfix 0.23.1 - July 2</h3>
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<li>Bump PyVera to 0.2.13 to fix traceback and pyvera thread dying related to bug (<a href="https://github.com/rhooper/">@rhooper</a>)</li>
<li>HTTP - SSL: Check for OP_NO_COMPRESSION support before trying to use it (<a href="https://github.com/AlucardZero/">@AlucardZero</a>)</li>
<li>Wink: Downgraded pubnub to work around pycryptodome conflicts (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23/">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
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<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">elevation: </code> was introduced to the configuration for weather/sunrise data. For existing <a href="https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/basic/">configurations</a> add the value shown in the warning <code class="highlighter-rouge">[homeassistant.config] Incomplete core config. Auto detected elevation: 665</code> to your <code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration.yaml</code> file.</li>
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In the past month I was thinking about ways to integrate USB webcams into Home Assistant again. The main reason was that this would give those devices a second life and enable one to benefit from low-cost video surveillance. There are a couple of options available like <a href="http://www.pygame.org/hifi.html">pygame</a> or <a href="http://www.simplecv.org/">SimpleCV</a> but I never finished something. With the <a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/camera.local_file/">Local File camera platform</a> by <a href="https://github.com/Landrash">Landrash</a> and <a href="http://lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome">motion</a> you could integrate a local USB webcam with a few very easy steps.</p>
<p>In this blog post I am using a Fedora 24 (will most likely work on other distributions too) installation with Home Assistant 0.22.1 on a Foxconn nT-330i with an old <a href="http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/quickcam-sphere-af">Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF</a> and a <a href="http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/hd-webcam-c270">Logitech HD Webcam C270</a>. As a start only the Quickcam is used. No multi-camera setup for now.</p>
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