Automate Your Grow with Home Assistant #1: Setting Up the Pi, Installing Home Assistant & a Tour

[@rohanprakash]

Thank you so much for putting this together. You made this so easy for some of us who are just getting started. I hope to contribute to this community soon.

[@michaelgrouse7850]

Thanks for making the series this is exactly what I was looking for! Took a while to find the right search to get here, but now that I am, I got the popcorn an am in for the long haul.

[@kevinkidderphotographer]

This is awesome!!! Thank you for going through all the effort to make this series!!

[@rikkretzinger8728]

Thanks for pulling all this together and looking forward to implementing many of these in my aquaponics system designs. The goal for me this year was to develop only in Node-red and now that you are going this direction and do such a great job at the integration part of your builds this will be a real plus to all of us interested in growing better and with much more control.

[@Spr00kNurd]

Wow, first off, THANK YOU! I have been doing research to build an HP aeroponics system and the biggest challenge overall is getting a controller that has the ability to control multiple electrical components, being able to read and respond to a change in the environment, and the data logging is just a huge plus! Thank you agaiN!

[@thomasgut8759]

wow, that's exactly what Ive been looking for, thank you so much for sharing this with the world, really appreciate it. Being the human in my system makes me the point of failure nr1 and having it ALL automated, not just certain aspects of it, also creates an amazing opportunity to experiment and use the data to improve the efficiency of the system drastically i imagine. I also love the idea with the fans to turn the stiring bar. Thanks again and keep up the great work

[@rahsaankcole]

I am using node-red and a collection of sensors that I have built to manage a custom 3D printed hydroponic system. Would be cool to see a community develop around this. Its been about 3 years of experimenting with little in the way of help. ESP32s and ESPHome come in handy also.

[@JeffSwenson]

I agree!

[@gorgonbert]

How does this channel only have 8k subscribers? Cool Stuff!

[@LEDGardener]

Thank you :D

[@l0gic23]

+1 sub

[@amintaleghani2110]

@LED Gardener, thanks for your video, how to connect the Pi to the wifi local network?

[@aaqwzsxx]

thanks for sharing !

[@patrick-gc8ew]

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[@riccigoy1764]

Hi LED gardener. When will we see the next video in this series 😀

[@LEDGardener]

Hey there. Hang tight! I’m working on it whenever I get a moment. Right now my time to work on this has been drastically reduced temporarily due to personal life stuff but I’m almost done!

[@riccigoy1764]

LED Gardener, awesome 👍🏼

[@brandonfigueroa5314]

perfect!! thank you so much! this is amazing

[@ashishcchauhan]

Hey friend your video is very informative and nice. I use home assistant for home automation and I thought to use it as my balcony garden automation now i can do this with your video tutorial. thank you so much. I just suggest to you please put hashtag words like home assistant and hassio so your video can reach more home assistant community.

[@cory3640]

Thank you for your detailed video, I currently have grow automation via Blynk Local server and some arduinos. I going to make a new grow system with home assistant due to integration of off the shelf devices like tp link plugs.

[@LEDGardener]

Nice. Good luck!

[@hideouspenguinboy]

Love it. This is something everyone can do, and no more overpriced automation.

[@moihawk666]

I think when you say "everyone" you are brutally over stating that.

[@cmcferin]

Thank you so much for doing this, I have been waiting a long time for a full tutorial like this; any thoughts on using 433 MHz sensors too? Please!

[@LEDGardener]

I like using ESP8266 or ESP32 over wifi

[@cmcferin]

@@LEDGardener They are great if you have power near, I have never found a great solution for powering them in the more remote areas of my house and yard. BUT that doesn't matter all amazing stuff to learn and really looking forward to the work with Nod-Red; great platform but never seen it with Home Assistant so thanks for helping us all!

[@circle4922]

I really like this "series" you're doing. I really want to try this out even more now. The more details the better, in my opinion - I don't care if the vids were 20ish mins or whatever. Just some feedback fyi.

[@LEDGardener]

Thanks for the feedback. I know my eyes glaze over if videos run too long so I'll do my best to be concise but good to know some people out there don't mind 10+ mins.

[@circle4922]

@@LEDGardener Yea man. However long it takes you to cover the material you wanna cover for said video is great. 10, 15, 23 minutes, all good. Your delivery, the info and everything is excellent, so it really doesn't matter. I'm glad to see you back by the way. Thanks.

[@Tokiareinke]

@@LEDGardener I really like this series as well, Ive been doing indoor pepper grows with HLG for the past 2years and learning about ways to improve automation just ticks all the boxes for me ;=) Keep it up!

[@LEDGardener]

Nice. What peppers are you growing?

[@Tokiareinke]

@@LEDGardener In my indoor grow I have 6plants, Aci dolma, Aji Amarillo, De Arbol, Cappuchino tepin, Chocolate ghost and lastly KhangstarrLemonburst. I Have a spare tent and a HLG 100V2 I plan to use for experimenting with in this series, seems easier to experiment with just one plant :)

[@nicklasjonsson978]

How did you get your AC Infinity ventilation into Home Assistant? Is that locally controlled or through the Cloud?`

[@chrisduty2886]

You should be able to put a entry into host file to use a address instead of IP and port

[@dibadawg3908]

Thank you for this video. i would like to chat to you about how you would look to upscale this into running full 30x10m tunnels

[@whynotohwell]

if you don't mind, do you think you could elaborate on how you worked the ds18b20 sensors into all of this? are those directly controlled with an arduino? or an ESP? for whatever reason I have found those to be some of the more difficult sensors to set up and integrate, while the BME was a piece of cake

[@LEDGardener]

They are pretty easy to implement in ESPHome. In my first system, I used them with Arduino code.

[@bretthouser13]

Can you do a dedicated pc/server install?

[@l0gic23]

Yes. Check out vids from @technotim, @thehookup and @drzzzs among others

[@JeffSwenson]

look up running raspbian buster desktop version in a virtualbox environment.

[@mateusblachnik4288]

how is possible to controll a PK Klima LTI? there hasnt a PWM but a 5 stage Trafo. Kann ich have 2 speeds to have the minimum to not get the Smell i the house, and the other stage should be habe more power to get the temperatur down

[@hadikatranji9787]

Did you connect your server via network cable when initializing the homekit

[@zaizbhop]

Hey there!, lately I experiment some trouble when transporting my project, mainly because outside my network the raspberry looses the static IP, and also all the node MCUs need to be reconfigured to an specific wifi network. Another problem is that some internet providers don't provide access to the gateway in order to configure all this stuff. So, is there any way to make the Raspberry force itself to assign an static IP?, also could the NodeMCU prompt a message in order to log in the wifi ssid and passworld? Hope you could read this message, many thanks!

[@mancubas]

Could I use this to control my thinkgrow model-H lights? Thanks for starting this, it definitely has my attention!

[@LEDGardener]

Had a quick look. Seems like you'd have to hack into that thing to get it to work so I wouldn't recommend it. You could turn it on and off with a controllable AC outlet but not dim it. Looks like it's already ready for remote control via Trolmaster system though.

[@adamoberley]

Glad you're going to try NodeRed. It is so much easier and unlocks so much more automation power.

[@LEDGardener]

Looking forward to starting with it for sure. All the cool kids are using it.

[@adamoberley]

@@LEDGardener @digiblurDIY has some great videos on how to use it with Home Assistant if you're looking for a starting point kzbin.info/aero/PLgtdo_8K2U9neaumCtVQNhHfoBIoepxFg

[@naturheilkunde-kanal9814]

Too bad. I tried to install it but then during the installation I get the error "wlan0 link not found" and then the system tries it over and over again though I have an ethernet cable plugged in.

[@jonnyappleseed9992]

@ledgardener IS there any reason in particular that you used and arduino and a pi and didnt just run everything on the pi? do the tenetacles work better with arduinos than pi?

[@LEDGardener]

I wanted to keep the pi dedicated to only running Home Assistant without cluttering it with a bunch of code I wrote for devices. This way, it just sits on its own right next to my router, nice and clean, with nothing plugged into the GPIO, and all the Arduinos need to worry about is the physical I/O.

[@poseyperspective3591]

Thank you!

[@scottarnold6528]

Is there a way to control/adjust the actual fan speed for an exhaust or intake fan through this type of automation?

[@LEDGardener]

Yeah, you can use PWM to control fan speed

[@whshockey1020]

Anyone know where to get the "supervised" version of the pi image? Looks like the home assistant folks changed up their site and the Pi section only has the "core" version?

[@LEDGardener]

I just updated today and it looks like the “supervisor” stuff is now just found in the configuration menu

[@bretthouser13]

I have no supervisor tab....

[@unixedu887]

disposable income FTW 💪

[@JM-jk7kr]

I followed along with the video but am stuck at preparing home assistant screen. I plugged in my RPi into my monitor and after running through everything, it comes up with “welcome to home assistant” but the other computer is still at the preparing screen. Any ideas on how to fix?

[@LEDGardener]

Try doing control+F5 to refresh the page, or try accessing it from a private browser window or something

[@JM-jk7kr]

@@LEDGardener no dice

[@JM-jk7kr]

I dug deep enough and learned it’s something with the 5.10 version. I flashed the 4.16 instead and it’s working now!

[@panel_t]

How do I get the port number?

[@LEDGardener]

If I'm understanding your question properly, the port number won't change.

[@bradleycole8235]

Is there a reason to use a Pi 4, as opposed to a 3 B+?

[@LEDGardener]

3B+ Will work. My 4 runs noticeably faster though. It's dead easy to switch over if you start on the 3.

[@wearemilesfromnowhere4630]

Would you consider a consult? $$

[@LEDGardener]

I don't think I'll do paid consultation on this for now but I'd be happy to try to point you in the right direction for what you're after.

[@wearemilesfromnowhere4630]

@@LEDGardener [e-mail]

[@wearemilesfromnowhere4630]

@@LEDGardener I grow spirulina in my own idea of a bio reactor. Although it is somewhat automated, it is analog. I'd like to get digital with it to fine-tune the growth for different qualities. Your approach makes sense.

[@ashishcchauhan]

#homeassistant #hassio #homeautomation

[@MidMOGrower]

Lol am so confused now my head hurts lol

[@LEDGardener]

Noooooooooooooooo!

[@EsotericArctos]

It's pretty easy to give Home Assistant a static IP address also. Just make a little file on a USB drive with and plugin in and reboot. You can even set it up for WiFi if you need to. github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/blob/2e7e0398996c5fb39e566e9d6d72df2975ac9f39/Documentation/network.md That's just one link. Plenty of info on forums too :) Thanks for the great video and review.

[@LEDGardener]

Hey and thanks for the info. I like reservations since it makes it harder to screw things up by accidentally “static-ing” multiple devices with the same address and I figured if I had people in their router config anyway, might as well do it there rather than grabbing a stick and doing it on the device. Definitely a perfectly fine alternative though.

[@EsotericArctos]

@@LEDGardener Everyone has their own preference 🙂. I use the DHCP add-on for Home Assistant as my router is a bit crappy so it gave me that flexibility. Reservations are perfectly fine too obviously if you use a router DHCP 🙂