Home Assistant Dashboard Remote | Tutorial

Forget StreamDeck for Home Assistant, this cost £10 and I have done Sooooooo much with it! I have made this Smart Home tutorial / How to guide for anyone who wants a Smart Home Dashboard, simple buttons for Home Assistant, and for anyone that wants a wireless Smart Home Dashboard with batteries that will last for a full year.
This is the best Home Assistant idea I've found in ages, massive thanks to the original Reddit post I followed which is here: bit.ly/3WW3SWV
CODE TO BE PASTED BELOW:
keyboard_remote:
device_descriptor: '/dev/input/event0' # Adjusted to match your keyboard's event descriptor
type: "key_down"
emulate_key_hold: true
emulate_key_hold_delay: 0.25
emulate_key_hold_repeat: 2.0
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0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Home Assistant Keypad Demo
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7:30 - Discovering Your Key Presses
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[@paulhibbert]

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[@Yuriel1981]

Bro you got a kid now. That Virginity ain't growing back! Lol

[@RobertShed]

Where did you get the stickers from?

[@cristobalruizsolari]

You could create only one automation with multiple triggers...each one for every key of your keyboard using triggers id

[@AntonyHart]

Stop it. First you go on and on about HA and make me install and start using it. And then you go and suggest all these cool ideas with HA. It's really eating into my time all this work you keep giving me. HOMEEEEEEEEE ASSISTANTTTTT !!

[@jyvben1520]

you need an assistant, could AI help ? just kidding, AI would probably ruin it all

[@paulhibbert]

This is how the virginity returns 😬

[@garrykanter5773]

Unexpected Pitch Meetings references are tight! (First time watcher)

[@cverlaak]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[@paulhibbert]

I’m going to need you to get all the way off my back about it… well let me get off a that thing!

[@CassidyJames]

I legit do the “HOME ASSISTANT!” bit voice every time it comes up in conversation… thank you for that. My wife doesn't quite understand the random hip thrusting, but that's fine…

[@StageManagerKieran]

Truth be told, I watched this video days ago. I'm not here to comment on the video, really, but rather to say that I just started using Home Assistant and I'M IN LOVE. If tell my friends, but they wouldn't have a clue what I was so excited about. Home Assistant far exceeds my expectations. If you're on the fence and are tech inclined, go for it! You won't regret it! Thank you, Paul, for being part of my Home Assistant journey and providing some tech inspiration!

[@ericapelz260]

I think you've missed the true beauty of this remote. Neither my wife nor I have issues using the app, except in the middle of the night when we wake up and want to change something but don't want to grab our phone, unlock it, open the app, and scroll to the thing we want to adjust. It is literally the problem we have with our sleep number bed. It's just too much faffing about in the middle of the night. A nice simple set of buttons is just what I've been thinking about to trigger the Sleepnumber 360 integration so I can quickly get back to sleep.

[@KameraShy]

This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have for years used X10 and am slowly moving toward HA. The beauty of X10 is in its simplicity which allows 16 devices to be controlled with a push-button keypad.

[@Jensen871]

Now I have to do this! Thank you! I hope you get some rest and enjoy your break!

[@ronm6585]

Happy Saturday Paul. Thank you.

[@Fashion2002boy]

i bought myself a keyboard like this, tested and working beautiful. i will buy another one to have 2 "remotes" for more buttons, thanks for this great find. love it!

[@Mu-podcast]

Such a silly man. You have a baby now. That heart button will not be pressed for years to come!

[@JeremyCobb]

one more time for the other baby. Then, never again.

[@paulhibbert]

Jokes on you, it gets pressed every night because it’s been reprogrammed to soothe the baby 🤣

[@iainpryde8912]

@@paulhibbert Is that a euphemism? Congratulations on the new addition to your family.

[@GarthShaner]

Love the violin! And the video! Hope you are enjoying your family!

[@gedgicat2063]

5:05 😂. Great video as always🎉 enjoy family family take a photo at least once a week every week.

[@bradeneller5387]

Blueprints are a great way to make automations and integrations like this easier to reference, modify, and reuse in the future. Excellent video!

[@mr0x50]

I instantly ordered a keypad. It arrived and I recreated it. It's awesome! 🎉 Exactly what I needed! Feels like a streamdeck on steroids!

[@paulhibbert]

Amazing!! Love it! ❤️

[@kevinhenryviii]

Nice one Paul. Just ordered one. How did you make the stickers?

[@carbonunit3191]

I swear you can read my mind Paul! I need one! For all the functions in the bedroom!

[@patrickalbury8901]

Great video. I always enjoy these ideas and tutorial videos. This is how come i started following your channel. Thanks for all the hard work you do, for us.

[@chicagomike2111]

I am not an apple or home assistant guy but did enjoy the video. Thx Paul

[@Frederikstott]

Ahhh yes, a new video from the masterbaiter!

[@paulhibbert]

That joke happens to return next week! 😂

[@stevehumm1678]

@@paulhibbert the master, that's baiting!!

[@dan-nutu]

Ahhhh, that setup, with a studio light and a camera pointing towards the bed... 😂

[@dan-nutu]

Meanwhile, you can see the amz UK stock for that keyboard going down: "Only 10 left in stock", "Only 9 left in stock" :)

[@Frederikstott]

@@dan-nutu - we all know what happens next 🥴

[@WoottonRivers]

Awesome video! HOME ASSISTANT!!!!!!!!!!

[@tonyhart136]

Paul, thank you for this integration it works very well and i have made use of it in my office

[@paulhibbert]

So good to hear man, thanks for letting me know!

[@garethjones5068]

I bloody love a Hibbert Home Tech tutorial! xxx

[@maxoffer1001]

brilliant video, as always

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks dude!

[@dannykrul4311]

Hey Paul, I thought it was a great idea, and it is! Today I got the keypad I ordered Saturday and with a bit of fiddling I got it to work. Thanks for the great inspiration, Cheers

[@paulhibbert]

Nice!! 😊

[@JoshsSmartHome]

Cool setup Paul. Simple automations are really core to a good smart home.

[@JoshsSmartHome]

By the way, what’s a fiver? Folks in the states just get confused haha.

[@markbrackenbury5699]

Excellent video tutorial, even for me the layman 😄

[@ShaunWilliams]

This is fantastic. But is it possible to add extra functions as a single/double press and long/short press

[@rpjames11]

I have been wanting to find a cheap physical button solution for lights. This works perfectly. I'm not enjoying my current tablet dashboard and I think this is going to replace that. Smaller footprint and the satisfaction of a physical press. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@DigitalImagesOfWirral]

Happy Saturday Sir, have a great weekend

[@paulhibbert]

And to you my friend!

[@TheWebstaff]

You and Mr socky have had a baby socky!! Congrats

[@jossie067]

Paul, really simple, and clever, how did your create the sticker for on the keyboard?

[@alexfoxleigh9443]

Very happy with the Ryan George reference. Ryan George references are tight!

[@paulhibbert]

It was no effort to include it, it was super easy…

[@jmr]

I did the same thing with one of those remote controls that use a dongle. I made some stickers to label stuff too. I also created a function that switches what device it controls. Shift right makes it a media remote for Alexa. I have several playlists that can be selected by number. Shift up controls the TV. Shift left controls lights. A variable list in the automation maps buttons to human readable commands. A text input stores which device the remote is supposed to be controlling.

[@byokey]

very much appreciate! thks

[@timsbird1971]

Put a thin layer of clear nail varnish on top of the buttons carefully and they will last longer and you should still be able to peel them off.

[@AlvinXant]

tipp: laminate your printed stickers, you can peel off one side with the backpaper and you have the front laminated !

[@TH3xR34P3R]

I have this done with my streamdeck XL so that I have controls when I am at my desk when I want to use them for the most common things I need to access.

[@ipensieridellarchitetto]

Sei un grande. Bellissimo progetto . Saluti dall'italia

[@paulhibbert]

Grazie amico

[@ipensieridellarchitetto]

@@paulhibbert 👍

[@ruostee]

Cool idea! I think you could get even more out of it using Mqtt and node red instead of dongle.

[@wktaylor11]

This was an excellent HA tutorial! I'm just new to it and I think I could follow. Is there any way you could make more of these with simpler tutorials? I'd love a beginners tutorial on stuff like setting up a schedule. It's way too complicated following tutorials online. Thanks for the content every week and get some sleep!

[@khevaunguevara8676]

Ok ill give HA a try, was thinking of the habitat but it's so expensive, much prefer a code free as possible local solution but Paul, you've changed my mind.

[@robert.wigley]

This is pretty cool. I've been using an Elgato Stream Deck attached to my PC to do more or less the same thing, which works great, but you're tethered to your PC. This is like a wireless version, albeit you can't digitally edit the keys and need to print, cut out and stick them over the keys. Despite that, it's pretty sweet!

[@markross5389]

I am using a stream deck also. The one thing that stinks though is that I don't always turn my computer on. I lucked out though and had an old usb keypad, and usb cat 5 extender. I was able to use that and put it on the desk and now I can control stuff without computer being on. I was actually so pleased that I was able to use some old hardware from almost 10 years ago to complete this project.

[@Sna55y]

That's pretty cool. Would have loved to have seen an example of a "then do" that used the Android ADB.

[@JeremyCobb]

hope your paternity is going well. This is actually really handy. duly saved

[@MattWiener]

I thought I was a nerd until I saw this!

[@T3CHGY007]

10 points for that heart button! Wow you really can automate anything these days! lol

[@peterhanlon5303]

Happy Saturday morning and congratulations again on becoming a dad! 🎉

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks brother!

[@MaximusJohal]

I had this idea for my Photoshop shortcuts, never thought for the automation.

[@samsampoux9648]

For software, look into AHK (Auto Hot Key), and Elgato Streamdeck XL. Total life changers for doing work.

[@PersonXes]

Very cool idea. Oh by the way: ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@kimkimkim8]

Congratulations. 🎉🎉👼🍼

[@brendanm720]

I dunno, Paul. I'm a Home Assistant fan and I enjoy the jokes... This is very cool. Thanks for putting this together.

[@vuway-]

thanks so much , just started using my ps4 controller on pc and was looking for just this, ds4 lets you make macros, i leave it laying on my desk and use analog sticks navigate tabs and scroll ,close tabs , d pad is now turns on/off my tv and light

[@markross5389]

I was able to use this to connect an old windows media center remote and control things with it. Love being able to put to use old hardware that has been sitting in the closet for years. 😀

[@paulhibbert]

That’s awesome!! 😳

[@MrMechaMatt]

Great idea to make my mums tele choices less confusing. I ended up buying a num pad with direction keys, backlight and wifi & bluetooth connection options, then I can put the bluetooth donglle jn the tv and navigate tv menus, and volume, from the keyboard as well

[@FonixVR_]

Feedback: I noticed you started to include that RGB effect like at 2:02 in recent videos, but frankly I am not a fan of it. I normally watch the videos on my side monitor and the sudden flash always distracts me with it lighting up the whole screen. Great Video as always! I would for sure give this a try myself and maybe this be the intro to getting my grandparents into smart homes (They don't like the voice thing despite always using google) I hope Theo is doing well!

[@daspi]

Nice video again, certainly going to try this. An extra option to prevent cluttering your automation overview, you could opt to make 1 automation with all the key presses in it. You simply click the 3 bullets button of the trigger (right top), select Edit ID, and give your trigger a name. When entering the actions, you can then add a Choose block and add each action by adding a Condition for each action with the Triggered By option and choosing the name you gave the trigger from the list

[@paulhibbert]

Smart!! Thank you for this!

[@daspi]

​@@paulhibbert very welcome, glad to be able to do something in return for enjoying your videos and ideas

[@JanPeterDeVries]

Another option is using the HACS integration called Switch Manager. It's specifically made for buttons and switches that generate events instead of switch actions. You'd need to make a template for this keypad first but honestly that's pretty easy. Although I'm not sure if it will work (yet) with a keyboard( I use it for Oh the ZigBee buttons)

[@Juicefpv]

Hi Paul, I just got 2 of your recommended keyboards. Do you know if you need to use the 2 dongles, or will it just use the 1 dongle for 2 units? If you don’t know, I will let you know once I get mine, as having more than 1 keyboard would be great for my house, as I want to an easy way to control the house

[@David-bl1bt]

​@Juicefpv i'd like to know the anaqer too....do post your findings!

[@elasticleeds]

presumably, with some clever automations, (and leaving the number keys as is) you could use this as a cheap alarm key pad for Alarmo? well i hope so because I've just bought one!

[@JoshFisher567]

Thanks! Not as good as an Unfolded Circle R3 but at 1/30th of the price, got one through affiliate link.

[@ALaModePi]

I have a number of simple very small button pads around the house for various things. I have one each at my desk and my wife's desk for controlling the lights (including a toggle for Zoom Meeting mode where it switches off the overhead light which casts a glare and turns on all the other ambient lights so you can still see us in the webcams.) There are also one each in our upstairs bedroom to control the lighting and ceiling fan in each room. It's not that folks can't do this on their phones. (I do have a very nice dashboard for complete control.) but this eliminates the need to take out the phone for such simple operations. The PI+numeric pad is a great idea if you need more things than fit on an 8- or 4-button little pad. I'm using Lutron Casetta pads and RM433 pads because I already have the receivers that translate button presses so Home Assistant can see them and trigger toggles and automations. The programming is the same process as your keypad, but with different events and different codes. I also get events for both press and release. Thanks for the tutorial. In spite of the microphone thing, it was fun to watch and informative.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks as always man! Your setup sounds really cool!

[@ThorFayad]

Thank you so much for this! Love it! I also would like to know where you got the buttons or if you could upload your template. Thanks again!!

[@theruffus]

This is waaaay cheaper than the Stream Deck I recently set up to do this kinda thing 🤑 Clever Idea though, I used those 12 actions/4 buttons zigbee light remotes for this before, but remembering what does what is a pain, having images is a nice upgrade 🤩

[@rolfathan]

This is great. I hate using voice to control things.

[@stevehumm1678]

Good morning!!

[@samrbriggs]

Great video! Have you done a video on your air con and how it works with home assistant?

[@jochemembregts292]

Great video, thank you! Could you please share the file with the stickers you made for the buttons? It would really help me determine the size of them. Thank you in advance

[@ArcadeCabNBud]

Ive definitely seen that head before, think it was on a video about retro gaming

[@Pastacious]

Fantastic idea! think I may do something like this myself, just wondering what the range for the dongle is like?

[@markshaz8691]

Happy Saturday Paul, I need one of those small violins for a woman at work. 🤔

[@paulhibbert]

They’re mega cheap on Amazon, best thing I ever bought! 😂

[@TwanJaarsveld1]

you could make all the triggers in one automation by giving the trigger a "trigger id" and then make a automation using "if then'" and then "triggered by" than you can select your trigger id and do this for all keys and you're done

[@AlonsoVPR]

Amazing!!! I definitely have to try that! Cheers my favorite bald man! yeah.. not Bezos :D

[@fenceup07944931177]

It's like back in the good old days. An actual tutorial video. Thanks Paul

[@john_hind]

Small tip for optimised monetisation: don't let the marks know you have more TV subscriptions than they have!

[@VaKU.]

When editing the configuration.yaml file, it is better to press the Check Configuration link in Developer Tools before restart. And after a successful check, you can restart from that menu too.

[@MyCoolStrawSir]

Starting the video the same way as the thumbnail was funny. I thought the video glitched till you moved slightly.

[@arunskuviyamphotography5388]

Great video Paul! it's simple but powerful. How did you make the stickers?

[@puntoboy_gt]

Just a note, if you go to developer tools, then click check configuration, it'll check the YAML is configured OK and you can restart Home Assistant directly once the check has finished.

[@JamieStuff]

I just ordered two of these keyboards using the link... and I don't even have HA set up yet! (No need when living in a semi, aka a lorry.) One of these days, tho...

[@cooliipie]

Honestly pretty cool 😂👏🏼 for the wife

[@DIYtechie]

Good, good…. Hehehe. He has finally embraced the dark side. Kidding aside I love to see these DIY projects.

[@taomoonsworkshop9113]

Congrats again and if someone hasn't pointed your attention to the Baby Brezza, it's in the States. If it's available for you it will save you tons of brain cells when the baby needs a bottle at 3am or whenever your feeding duties are required. The male nip just isn't what it use to be. Cheers

[@r7boatguy]

This is exactly what I need in my home theater, but I need something wifi. My home assistant machine is in a different part of the house. I'm going to buy one of these jobbies and see if it can be converted to wifi with an ESP-01

[@D4RKFiB3R]

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[@nate_river_]

That's a lot of automation for a tenner, think I'll have to do that.

[@paulhibbert]

It is the coolest thing I’ve done in ages!

[@D4RKFiB3R]

@@paulhibbert Apart from the Mrs 😏 Congrats ❤

[@TechRealityGlasgow]

I was starting to feel impressed with this contraption and then I noticed, no "Booby Feed Button" - C'mon man! Are you telling me that the "Mini Paul" starts to squawk and you have no button to feed the little critter? I dunno.. I dunno... :)

[@paulhibbert]

I attached a flic button to my mrs forehead long ago 😉

[@ChunkySteveo]

You can add all key presses into one automation, set each trigger with an ID, and the action trigger based on ID. Better than creating dozens of automations.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks mate! Is it as searchable that way though? By categorising my automations I can collapse them but still search for the individual components if and when I want to change something

[@ChunkySteveo]

@@paulhibbert hmmm, good question 🤔. All buttons triggers and actions sit under one automation, and I've not used search or categorisation yet on my HA?! ....maybe?! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@paulhibbert]

@@ChunkySteveo I hadn’t seen that you could categorise automations until just started doing this tutorial. It’s been a game changer for me! Much cleaner layout 😊

[@ChunkySteveo]

@@paulhibbert I'll check that categorisation out... just like splitting my configuration.yaml file up.... one day...!! 🤣

[@TechySpeaking]

Paul: Has Plex. Also Paul: For some reason still also has all the streaming services.

[@Yuriel1981]

I have my Jellyfin for my movie collection. I also keep several streaming services for new content and content not easily purchased at the time of streaming. (Such as Netflix originals, which may or may not be released to bluray or DVD after the fact) There are reasons to have both, especially if you have to skills to run Plex Emby or Jellyfin on your own as it is free.

[@ItsMeNJC]

Ahoy Captain 🏴‍☠️⚓️

[@Yuriel1981]

@@ItsMeNJC "If buying isn't owning,"

[@JeremyCobb]

@@Yuriel1981 ^This. There are way too many things that come and go on streaming services that we love. Plex for that. There are way too many great new things. Streaming for that. Besides, It's Pauls job to know both.

[@paulhibbert]

Yeah, all of the above really! Plex also has a few streaming shows of its own that are worth watching these days too!

[@amygallear3581]

Amazing! Where did you get the stickers from?

[@gadjetsvideo]

Great video and a good idea, I've a similar keypad and although it works the range is pants! about 4 feet, what's your range? maybe yours is a better keypad, I assume this method should work with a bluetooth connected macro keypad? like the ones from Aliexpress?

[@TheShinyGuru]

I have one that looks identical, although in the device listing it has a different name & more entries. Although for reasons I don't understand it took 2 days to get it to work now that it is, I have about 10 feet of range from a room upstairs and over from where the receiver is. The keyboard_remote web page talks about using Bluetooth keyboards so they should work.

[@KameraShy]

We should all be eternally grateful that we do not have to risk encountering this guy when we are condemned to contact a call center. Keep him employed doing this.

[@NunoSoares22]

And how you go around the HASSIO (where you plug in the 2.4ghz usb dongle) location versus the bedroom location. I assume it works in a nearby setup…. And if not, what would be an alternative ? Any thoughts? Great find by the way.

[@vardagsteknik6576]

No Hibbert ads in any tutorials!

[@7MBoosted]

It is funny this came up as I just set up adb for the first time in HA. Small world

[@holohane]

Hi Paul, I understand that you have to make money from this channel, but I think tutorial videos like this are so much better than product reviews. Also, for the automation, would it be better to use one automation with trigger IDs and the choose action, rather than eighteen separate automations? Thanks as always for the great video. Eddie

[@TheMistymina]

Thing is, it's probably easier to find what you're looking for directly from the automations page where you can filter and search than it would be to look for the relevant branch of a choice within a single automation.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks for the feedback dude, I would like to do more tutorials, but like you say, gotta bring the money in!

[@technoah3346]

Can you set this up with more than one keypad?

[@eadweard.]

How far apart can the reciver and keypad be? Different rooms?

[@D4RKFiB3R]

33 feet from the receiver. Walls will shorten that distance. USB extention lead/active repeater could help with that.

[@RainSoxx]

How are you getting on with the ust in your bedroom? I’m getting one for the living room but considering for the bedroom too because a bright (even when set to dimmest) 55” tv in the bedroom at night just doesn’t feel good on the eyes lol. Would you say the projector is better for that?

[@stevenbowness]

Tell you've a baby now, pint glass by the bed 😂

[@JoshFisher567]

Why not break your confirmation up into multiple files by say, domain line below? group: !include groups.yaml automation: !include automations.yaml script: !include scripts.yaml switch: !include switch.yaml So remote_keyboard: !include remote_kwyboard.yaml That way you could just throw all your remote YAML into one file. I know everyone has a different method to their madness so this may be preferable to you to just use the main confirmation file for everything.

[@TheWebstaff]

Amazon UK unavailable on that number pad.

[@dorinic]

Worth remembering that those of us not running Home Assistant on bare metal or in a VM don't have the addons store, and so also don't have file editor either. We have to break out terminal and ssh, etc.

[@DaveStears]

Not true, I run HA on a VM and have the addon store and file editor.

[@dorinic]

@@DaveStears Yes, that is one of the two conditions when the store is available. I run HA in a container and do not have the store. Many people run HA in a container.

[@jyvben1520]

can home assistant help with nappy change ? watch next week for the Hibbot ...