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+    <a href="/blog/2017/05/20/automation-editor-zwave-panel-ocr/">Home Assistant 0.45: Automation editor, Z-Wave panel, OCR</a>
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+    <time datetime="2017-05-20T13:00:00+00:00" pubdate data-updated="true"><i class="icon-calendar"></i> May 20, 2017</time>
+    <span class="byline author vcard"><i class='icon-user'></i> Paulus Schoutsen & Fabian Affolter</span>
+    <span><i class='icon-time'></i> 12 minutes reading time</span>
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+        <li>Release-Notes</li>
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+    <p><a href="/components/#added_in_current_version"><img src="/images/blog/2017-05-0.45/components.png" style="border: 0;box-shadow: none;" /></a></p>
+<p>Welcome to another great release of Home Assistant! While some of contributors and users are gathering at PyCon US 2017, we still managed to get a great release together!</p>
+<p>First thing for this release is a feature that has been requested a lot: an automation editor! It’s still experimental - and many things are still in progress - but it works! You can create new automations and edit existing ones. If you start a new config, you’re all good to go. Otherwise check <a href="https://home-assistant.io/docs/automation/editor/">these instructions</a> to get your automations ready for editing in the UI.</p>
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+  <img src="/images/blog/2017-05-0.45/trigger.png" />
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+<p>Check this <a href="https://youtu.be/0j_hWdCTip4">video</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/BRUHautomation">Ben</a> from <a href="http://www.bruhautomation.com/">BRUHautomation</a> to see the new release in action.</p>
+<p>As the editor is experimental, there are some limitations. These include that Chrome/Chromium is the only supported browser, we don’t support all triggers and actions and there is no support for conditions yet. But the foundation is there and so if you want to contribute to this, come help!</p>
+<p>On the Z-Wave front a lot has happened. The biggest one is that we have a major extension of the Z-Wave panel thanks to <a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a>! You will now be able to change config parameters and manage your devices.</p>
+<p class="img">
+  <img src="/images/blog/2017-05-0.45/zwave.png" />
+</p>
+<p>Thanks to the work by the Python Open Z-Wave team we are now able to install it on demand from PyPi! There is no longer a need to pre-compile it yourself. This should give us the guarantee that we work with the Python Open Z-Wave version that the code expects.</p>
+<p class="note warning">
+If you have a security key set in your Open Z-Wave <code class="highlighter-rouge">options.xml</code>, copy <code class="highlighter-rouge">options.xml</code> to your Home Assistant configuration directory. This is the only place where options will get persisted. 
+</p>
+<p>Next to that <a href="https://github.com/armills">@armills</a> has lead the charge and managed to get full test coverage for Z-Wave! Thanks for all the hard work!</p>
+<p>This release also contains two integrations which could help you to make non-smart devices a little smarter. The <a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.file/"><code class="highlighter-rouge">file</code> sensor</a> and the <a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/image_processing.seven_segments/"><code class="highlighter-rouge">seven_segments</code> OCR image processing platform</a>. The first simply reads a plain-text file which was created by a logger or alike. The latter one extracts the value from a captured image that shows a seven-segments display.</p>
+<p class="img">
+  <img src="/images/blog/2017-05-0.45/power-meter.png" />
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+<p>And last, but not least, our Docker image is now based off Python 3.6. This version is faster and uses less memory than Python 3.5. Win!</p>
+<p>If you are using our <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/introducing-hass-io/17296">experimental Hass.io image</a>, we made a breaking change in how the panel is served. If you have an existing installation, make sure you update your supervisor to the latest version before updating Home Assistant. If you are going to flash a new Hass.io image, make sure to only flash the new 0.8 image as linked on <a href="https://home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/">the installation page</a>.</p>
+<h2><a class="title-link" name="new-integrations" href="#new-integrations"></a> New integrations</h2>
+<ul>
+  <li>Add new raspihats component (<a href="https://github.com/florincosta">@florincosta</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7392">#7392</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/raspihats/">raspihats docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Add datadog component (<a href="https://github.com/nunofgs">@nunofgs</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7158">#7158</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/datadog/">datadog docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Add support for automation config panel (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7509">#7509</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/config.automation/">config.automation docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Z-Wave panel API (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7456">#7456</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave/">zwave docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/zwave.api/">zwave.api docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>myStrom Buttons support (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7099">#7099</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.mystrom/">binary_sensor.mystrom docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Support for the PiFace Digital I/O module (<a href="https://github.com/basschipper">@basschipper</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7494">#7494</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/rpi_pfio/">rpi_pfio docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.rpi_pfio/">binary_sensor.rpi_pfio docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/switch.rpi_pfio/">switch.rpi_pfio docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Add raspihats binary sensor (<a href="https://github.com/florincosta">@florincosta</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7508">#7508</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor.raspihats/">binary_sensor.raspihats docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Support lutron serena shades (<a href="https://github.com/gurumitts">@gurumitts</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7565">#7565</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/lutron_caseta/">lutron_caseta docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/cover.lutron_caseta/">cover.lutron_caseta docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Add Kira component to sensor and remote platforms (<a href="https://github.com/stu-gott">@stu-gott</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7479">#7479</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/kira/">kira docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/remote.kira/">remote.kira docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.kira/">sensor.kira docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>File sensor (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7569">#7569</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.file/">sensor.file docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Seven segments OCR image processing (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7632">#7632</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/image_processing.seven_segments/">image_processing.seven_segments docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+  <li>Axis component (<a href="https://github.com/Kane610">@Kane610</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7381">#7381</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/axis/">axis docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
+</ul>
+<h2><a class="title-link" name="if-you-need-help" href="#if-you-need-help"></a> If you need help…</h2>
+<p>…don’t hesitate to use our very active <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/">forums</a> or join us for a little <a href="https://gitter.im/home-assistant/home-assistant">chat</a>. The release notes have comments enabled but it’s preferred if you use the former communication channels. Thanks.</p>
+<h2><a class="title-link" name="reporting-issues" href="#reporting-issues"></a> Reporting Issues</h2>
+<p>Experiencing issues introduced by this release? Please report them in our <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues">issue tracker</a>. Make sure to fill in all fields of the issue template.</p>
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-    <a href="/blog/2017/04/22/ikea-tradfri-spotify/">Home Assistant 0.43: IKEA Trådfri, Spotify and our iOS app is live</a>
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-    <time datetime="2017-04-22T01:04:05+00:00" pubdate data-updated="true"><i class="icon-calendar"></i> April 22, 2017</time>
-    <span class="byline author vcard"><i class='icon-user'></i> Paulus Schoutsen</span>
-    <span><i class='icon-time'></i> 14 minutes reading time</span>
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-<p>Oooh yeah. It’s time for 0.43 and this is going to be a killer release. For the people that have been following on social media, you might have noticed that <a href="/blog/2017/04/17/ikea-tradfri-internet-of-things-done-right/">we got pretty excited about the new IKEA Trådfri line up</a>. And so we are very happy to announce that thanks to the work by <a href="https://github.com/ggravlingen">@ggravlingen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare">@MartinHjelmare</a> and myself that this will be the first release to support the IKEA light bulbs. Home Assistant will automatically detect the gateway on your network and after following the instructions, allow you to control your lights.</p>
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-After automatic discovery, Home Assistant will ask the user to finish pairing with the gateway.
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-<p>And in case you have missed the other big news: <a href="https://github.com/robbiet480">@robbiet480</a> released the <a href="/blog/2017/04/15/ios/">first version of our iOS app</a>! It took a little over a year but it offers some great ways to make your iDevice work with Home Assistant. Big congrats to Robbie for shipping! As with our other parts, the app is open-sourced under APACHE 2 and contributors are welcome. <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-ios">Check it out.</a></p>
-<p>A big shout out this release to <a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a> for his constant stream of great contributions to Home Assistant. The first contribution was back in October 2015 and since then <a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a> has been responsible for many platforms and bug fixes including the Spotify platform this release. Thanks <a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a>, you’re a great example of what makes our community awesome.</p>
-<p>The new Spotify integration is based on the new Spotify Connect Playback API. It supports playback, album art and switching which Spotify device you’re controlling.</p>
-<p>Also note that you have till the end of the weekend to <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/c/contest-2017">submit an application</a> to our giveaway of low energy servers which we got when <a href="/blog/2017/04/01/thomas-krenn-award/">we won the Thomas Krenn award 2017</a>. <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/c/contest-2017">Go apply!</a></p>
-<h2><a class="title-link" name="new-platforms" href="#new-platforms"></a> New Platforms</h2>
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-  <li>MaryTTS platform (<a href="https://github.com/johanpalmqvist">@johanpalmqvist</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/6988">#6988</a>) (<a href="/components/tts.marytts/">tts.marytts docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Telegram bot component (incl. webhook and polling platform) (<a href="https://github.com/sander76">@sander76</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/6913">#6913</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/telegram_bot/">telegram_bot docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/telegram_bot.polling/">telegram_bot.polling docs</a>) (<a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/telegram_bot.webhooks/">telegram_bot.webhooks docs</a>) (breaking change) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Support fo map data from Neato (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/6939">#6939</a>) (<a href="/components/neato/">neato docs</a>) (<a href="/components/camera.neato/">camera.neato docs</a>) (<a href="/components/sensor.neato/">sensor.neato docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Support for IKEA Trådfri (<a href="https://github.com/ggravlingen">@ggravlingen</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7074">#7074</a>) (<a href="/components/light.tradfri/">light.tradfri docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>MQTT camera (<a href="https://github.com/MrMep">@MrMep</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7092">#7092</a>) (<a href="/components/camera.mqtt/">camera.mqtt docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>LIFX Cloud scene support (<a href="https://github.com/amelchio">@amelchio</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7124">#7124</a>) (<a href="/components/scene.lifx_cloud/">scene.lifx_cloud docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Spotify media player (<a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/6980">#6980</a>) (<a href="/components/media_player.spotify/">media_player.spotify docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>JSON MQTT Device tracker (<a href="https://github.com/MrMep">@MrMep</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7055">#7055</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Opensky sensor (<a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7061">#7061</a>) (<a href="/components/sensor.opensky/">sensor.opensky docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>Ping binary sensor (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7052">#7052</a>) (<a href="/components/binary_sensor.ping/">binary_sensor.ping docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
-  <li>myStrom Wifi Bulbs (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> - <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/7161">#7161</a>) (<a href="/components/light.mystrom/">light.mystrom docs</a>) (new-platform)</li>
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