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<a href="/blog/2015/03/22/release-notes/">Release notes for March 22, 2015</a>
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<time datetime="2015-03-22T01:21:00-07:00" pubdate data-updated="true"><i class="icon-calendar"></i> March 22, 2015</time>
<span class="byline author vcard"><i class='icon-user'></i> Paulus Schoutsen</span>
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<p>A new version of Home Assistant has just been pushed out. It contains bugfixes contributed by <a href="https://github.com/jamespcole">jamespcole</a>, <a href="https://github.com/andythigpen">andythigpen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/trainman419">trainman419</a> and <a href="https://github.com/balloob">me</a>. It also adds a bunch of great new features:</p>
<p><strong>Script</strong><br>
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 <code>script/turn_on</code> and interrupted using the service <code>script/turn_off</code>. A separate page has been added to the frontend to see the status of your scripts.</p>
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</pre></td><td class='code'><pre><code class='yaml'><span class='line'><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
</span><span class='line'><span class="l-Scalar-Plain">script</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="c1"># Turns on the bedroom lights and then the living room lights 1 minute later</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">wakeup</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">alias</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">Wake Up</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">sequence</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">alias</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">Bedroom lights on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">execute_service</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">light.turn_on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">service_data</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">entity_id</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">group.bedroom</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">delay</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="c1"># supports seconds, milliseconds, minutes, hours, etc.</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">minutes</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">1</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">alias</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">Living room lights on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">execute_service</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">light.turn_on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">service_data</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">entity_id</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">group.living_room</span>
</span></code></pre></td></tr></table></div></figure>
<p><strong>Scene</strong><br>
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.</p>
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</pre></td><td class='code'><pre><code class='yaml'><span class='line'><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
</span><span class='line'><span class="l-Scalar-Plain">scene</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">name</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">Romantic</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">entities</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">light.tv_back_light</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">light.ceiling</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">state</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">on</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">color</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="p-Indicator">[</span><span class="nv">0.33</span><span class="p-Indicator">,</span> <span class="nv">0.66</span><span class="p-Indicator">]</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">brightness</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">200</span>
</span></code></pre></td></tr></table></div></figure>
<p><strong>SABnzbd</strong><br>
<img src='/images/supported_brands/sabnzbd.png' style='border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right;' height='50' />
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.</p>
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</pre></td><td class='code'><pre><code class='yaml'><span class='line'><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
</span><span class='line'><span class="l-Scalar-Plain">sensor</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">platform</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">sabnzbd</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">name</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">SAB</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">api_key</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">YOUR_API_KEY</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="c1"># Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">base_url</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">monitored_variables</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;current_status&#39;</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;speed&#39;</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;queue_size&#39;</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;queue_remaining&#39;</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;disk_size&#39;</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="p-Indicator">-</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">type</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="s">&#39;disk_free&#39;</span>
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<p><strong>PushOver</strong><br>
<img src='/images/supported_brands/pushover.png' style='border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right;' height='50' />
James Cole has also contributed support for <a href='https://pushover.net/'>the PushOver service</a> as a platform for the notify component. This allows components to send messages to the user using PushOver.</p>
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</span><span class='line'><span class="l-Scalar-Plain">notify</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">platform</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">pushover</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="c1"># Get this by registering a new application on https://pushover.net</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">api_key</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="c1"># Get this by logging into your account on https://pushover.net</span>
</span><span class='line'> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">user_key</span><span class="p-Indicator">:</span> <span class="l-Scalar-Plain">ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ</span>
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<p>The internet has been buzzing over the last year about home automation. A lot of different terms fly around like the internet of things, home automation and the smart home.
This article will try to explain how they all relate.</p>
<p>The first thing to introduce is the <strong>Internet of Things</strong> (IoT). This refers to a new generation of devices that cannot only be controlled by humans via buttons or remotes but also provide an interface to communicate with other devices and applications. For example, an IoT-capable coffee machine could receive commands to create different types of coffee and be able to broadcast the amount of water left in its resevoir.</p>
<p>There is no widely adopted open standard for smart device communication. This prevents a lot of devices to communicate with one another. And even if they could, most devices are not designed to manage other devices. To solve this we need a device to be able to communicate with and manage all these connected devices. This device is called a <strong>hub</strong>.</p>
<p>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 <strong>home control</strong>.</p>
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Example of a hub&#8217;s dashboard. Showing the state of 2 persons, 4 lights and the sun.
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