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Script
+Andythigpen has contributed a script component. This allows users to create a sequence of service calls and delays. Scripts can be started using the service script/turn_on and interrupted using the service script/turn_off. A separate page has been added to the frontend to see the status of your scripts.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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+  # Turns on the bedroom lights and then the living room lights 1 minute later
+  wakeup:
+    alias: Wake Up
+    sequence:
+      - alias: Bedroom lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.bedroom
+      - delay:
+          # supports seconds, milliseconds, minutes, hours, etc.
+          minutes: 1
+      - alias: Living room lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.living_room
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+I (Paulus) have contributed a scene component. A user can create scenes that capture the states you want certain entities to be. For example a scene can contain that light A should be turned on and light B should be bright red. Deactivating a scene will restore the previous state from before the scene was activated. Just like scripts, scenes have their own separate page to see which scenes are on.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
+scene:
+  - name: Romantic
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+        state: on
+        color: [0.33, 0.66]
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+    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
+    # Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/
+    base_url: YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL
+    monitored_variables:
+        - type: 'current_status'
+        - type: 'speed'
+        - type: 'queue_size'
+        - type: 'queue_remaining'
+        - type: 'disk_size'
+        - type: 'disk_free'
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+    platform: pushover
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+    api_key: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
+    # Get this by logging into your account on https://pushover.net
+    user_key: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
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+Andythigpen has contributed a script component. This allows users to create a sequence of service calls and delays. Scripts can be started using the service script/turn_on and interrupted using the service script/turn_off. A separate page has been added to the frontend to see the status of your scripts.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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+    alias: Wake Up
+    sequence:
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+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.bedroom
+      - delay:
+          # supports seconds, milliseconds, minutes, hours, etc.
+          minutes: 1
+      - alias: Living room lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.living_room
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Scene
+I (Paulus) have contributed a scene component. A user can create scenes that capture the states you want certain entities to be. For example a scene can contain that light A should be turned on and light B should be bright red. Deactivating a scene will restore the previous state from before the scene was activated. Just like scripts, scenes have their own separate page to see which scenes are on.

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+      light.ceiling:
+        state: on
+        color: [0.33, 0.66]
+        brightness: 200
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+ +James Cole has contributed support to integrate SABnzbd. This will allow you to monitor your downloads from within Home Assistant and setup automation based on the information.

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+    name: SAB
+    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
+    # Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/
+    base_url: YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL
+    monitored_variables:
+        - type: 'current_status'
+        - type: 'speed'
+        - type: 'queue_size'
+        - type: 'queue_remaining'
+        - type: 'disk_size'
+        - type: 'disk_free'
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Script
+Andythigpen has contributed a script component. This allows users to create a sequence of service calls and delays. Scripts can be started using the service script/turn_on and interrupted using the service script/turn_off. A separate page has been added to the frontend to see the status of your scripts.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
+script:
+  # Turns on the bedroom lights and then the living room lights 1 minute later
+  wakeup:
+    alias: Wake Up
+    sequence:
+      - alias: Bedroom lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.bedroom
+      - delay:
+          # supports seconds, milliseconds, minutes, hours, etc.
+          minutes: 1
+      - alias: Living room lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.living_room
+
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Scene
+I (Paulus) have contributed a scene component. A user can create scenes that capture the states you want certain entities to be. For example a scene can contain that light A should be turned on and light B should be bright red. Deactivating a scene will restore the previous state from before the scene was activated. Just like scripts, scenes have their own separate page to see which scenes are on.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
+scene:
+  - name: Romantic
+    entities:
+      light.tv_back_light: on
+      light.ceiling:
+        state: on
+        color: [0.33, 0.66]
+        brightness: 200
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SABnzbd
+ +James Cole has contributed support to integrate SABnzbd. This will allow you to monitor your downloads from within Home Assistant and setup automation based on the information.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  - platform: sabnzbd
+    name: SAB
+    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
+    # Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/
+    base_url: YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL
+    monitored_variables:
+        - type: 'current_status'
+        - type: 'speed'
+        - type: 'queue_size'
+        - type: 'queue_remaining'
+        - type: 'disk_size'
+        - type: 'disk_free'
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+ +James Cole has also contributed support for the PushOver service as a platform for the notify component. This allows components to send messages to the user using PushOver.

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# Example configuration.yaml entry
+notify:
+    platform: pushover
+    # Get this by registering a new application on https://pushover.net
+    api_key: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
+    # Get this by logging into your account on https://pushover.net
+    user_key: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
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+Andythigpen has contributed a script component. This allows users to create a sequence of service calls and delays. Scripts can be started using the service script/turn_on and interrupted using the service script/turn_off. A separate page has been added to the frontend to see the status of your scripts.

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+script:
+  # Turns on the bedroom lights and then the living room lights 1 minute later
+  wakeup:
+    alias: Wake Up
+    sequence:
+      - alias: Bedroom lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.bedroom
+      - delay:
+          # supports seconds, milliseconds, minutes, hours, etc.
+          minutes: 1
+      - alias: Living room lights on
+        execute_service: light.turn_on
+        service_data:
+          entity_id: group.living_room
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+I (Paulus) have contributed a scene component. A user can create scenes that capture the states you want certain entities to be. For example a scene can contain that light A should be turned on and light B should be bright red. Deactivating a scene will restore the previous state from before the scene was activated. Just like scripts, scenes have their own separate page to see which scenes are on.

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+      light.tv_back_light: on
+      light.ceiling:
+        state: on
+        color: [0.33, 0.66]
+        brightness: 200
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+    # Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/
+    base_url: YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL
+    monitored_variables:
+        - type: 'current_status'
+        - type: 'speed'
+        - type: 'queue_size'
+        - type: 'queue_remaining'
+        - type: 'disk_size'
+        - type: 'disk_free'
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As a bare minimum a hub has to keep track of the state of each device and should be able to control them if possible. For example, it has to know which lights are on or off and offer a way to control the lights. For a sensor it only has to know the value. A hub with these capabilities offers home control.

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- - Hub dashboard example - - Example of a hub’s dashboard. Showing the state of 2 persons, 4 lights and the sun. -

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