Am I missing something on the subject possibly? Or directing the frustration to the wrong area? This is something that has confused me a little bit by home assistant over the past year or so.
In my instance, I am running duckdns and have it integrated with google home in order to have my home assistant entities be useable by voice in google home.
The thing that has always confused me is why there is no GUI control to turn on/ off entities for usage within google home from home assistant.
Is this something that would need to be requested from the google assistant/ voice integration? And not really a home assistant issue?
I know home assistant has their cloud service to interact with google voice and it seems very polished but also cost $/ monthly (unlike many closed source competitors- smarthings, etc. that offer the same service but at the cost of their device and much more closed in general)
My frustration is that I guess I have just learned that fumbling around with text files is not very user friendly and can be error prone since there is nothing ensuring what is being typed into the file is valid with relation to what is really in the system.
Does anyone have any guidance they can give or self built tools that can help with this data validation.
For example, below is my current google_assistant.yaml file.
project_id: REDACTED
secure_devices_pin: "****"
service_account: !include service_account.json
expose_by_default: false
report_state: true
exposed_domains:
- alarm control panel
- binary_sensor
- light
- cover
- climate
- fan
- switch
- lock
- scene
- sensor
- script
entity_config:
alarm_control_panel.alarmo:
name: "Alarmo"
aliases:
- Alarm System
- Security System
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
binary_sensor.den_door:
name: "Den Door"
room: "Den"
expose: true
binary_sensor.front_door:
name: "Front Door"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
binary_sensor.garage_entry_door:
name: "Garage Entry Door"
room: "Laundry Room"
expose: true
binary_sensor.gym_door:
name: "Gym Door"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
binary_sensor.kitchenette_door:
name: "Kitchenette Door"
room: "Kitchenette"
expose: true
binary_sensor.living_room_door:
name: "Living Room Door"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
binary_sensor.master_bedroom_door:
name: "Master Bedroom Door"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
binary_sensor.washer_door:
name: "Washer Door"
room: "Laundry Room"
expose: true
cover.dining_room_blinds:
name: "Dining Room Blinds"
room: "Dining Room"
expose: true
cover.garage_door:
name: "Garage Door"
room: "Garage"
expose: true
fan.living_room_ceiling_fan:
name: "Living Room Ceiling Fan"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
fan.master_bedroom_ceiling_fan:
name: "Master Bedroom Ceiling Fan"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
fan.master_bedroom_floor_fan:
name: "Master Bedroom Floor Fan"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
fan.wrigleys_fan:
name: "Wrigleys Fan"
room: "Guest Bedroom"
expose: true
light.garage_accents:
name: "Garage Accents"
room: "Garage"
expose: true
light.gym_cabinet:
name: "Gym Cabinet"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
light.gym_power_rack:
name: "Gym Power Rack"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
light.left_vols_light:
name: "Left Vols Light"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
light.living_room_light:
name: "Living Room Light"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
light.living_room_christmas_tree:
name: "Living Room Christmas Tree"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
light.master_bedroom_bed_accents:
name: "Master Bedroom Bed Accents"
room: "Kitchen"
expose: true
light.master_bedroom_light:
name: "Master Bedroom Light"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
light.playstation_sign:
name: "Playstation Sign"
room: "Office"
expose: true
light.right_vols_light:
name: "Right Vols Light"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
light.back_deck_security_light:
name: "Back Deck Security Light"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.back_deck_light:
name: "Back Deck Light"
room: "Back Porch"
expose: true
light.back_patio_light:
name: "Back Patio Light"
room: "Back Patio"
expose: true
light.den_entry_light:
name: "Den Entry Light"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.den_main_lights:
name: "Den Main Lights"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.den_picture_light:
name: "Den Picture Light"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.den_stairway:
name: "Den Stairway"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.den_utility_light:
name: "Den Utility Light"
room: "Den"
expose: true
light.dining_room_light:
name: "Dining Room Light"
room: "Dining Room"
expose: true
light.exterior_gym_light:
name: "Exterior Gym Light"
room: "Back Patio"
expose: true
light.garage_lights:
name: "Garage Lights"
room: "Garage"
expose: true
light.gym_lights:
name: "Gym Lights"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
light.hallway_lights:
name: "Hallway Lights"
room: "Kitchen"
expose: true
light.kitchen_hallway_light:
name: "Kitchen Hallway Light"
room: "Kitchen"
expose: true
light.kitchen_light:
name: "Kitchen Light"
room: "Kitchen"
expose: true
light.kitchenette_lights:
name: "Kitchenette Lights"
room: "Kitchenette"
expose: true
light.laundry_room_light:
name: "Laundry Room Light"
room: "Laundry Room"
expose: true
light.living_room_lights:
name: "Living Room Lights"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
light.master_bathroom_lights:
name: "Master Bathroom Lights"
room: "Master Bathroom"
expose: true
light.master_bathroom_vanity_light:
name: "Master Bathroom Vanity Light"
room: "Master Bathroom"
expose: true
light.master_bathroom_closet_light:
name: "Master Bathroom Closet Light"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
light.entry_chandalier:
name: "Entry Chandalier"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
light.front_porch_light:
name: "Front Porch Light"
room: "Front Porch"
expose: true
light.master_bedroom_back_deck_light:
name: "Master Bedroom Back Deck Light"
room: "Back Porch"
expose: true
light.master_bedroom_picture_light:
name: "Master Bedroom Picture Light"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
light.master_bathroom_toilet_light:
name: "Master Bathroom Toilet Light"
room: "Master Bathroom"
expose: true
lock.den_door_lock:
name: "Den Door Lock"
room: "Den"
expose: true
lock.front_door_lock:
name: "Front Door Lock"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
lock.garage_entry_door_lock:
name: "Garage Entry Door Lock"
room: "Laundry Room"
expose: true
lock.kitchenette_door_lock:
name: "Kitchenette Door Lock"
room: "Kitchenette"
expose: true
# script.homeassistantgoodmorning:
# name: "Home Assistant Good Morning"
# room: "Master Bedroom"
# expose: true
# script.homeassistantgoodnight:
# name: "Home Assistant Goodnight"
# room: "Master Bedroom"
# expose: true
script.start_muscle_hustle:
name: "Start Muscle Hustle"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
script.start_pandora_gym_tv:
name: "Start Pandora Gym Tv"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
script.stop_muscle_hustle:
name: "Stop Muscle Hustle"
room: "Gym"
expose: true
switch.back_hallway_outlet:
name: "Back Hallway Outlet"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
switch.hallway_outlet:
name: "Hallway Outlet"
room: "Living Room"
expose: true
switch.back_porch_fountain:
name: "Back Porch Fountain"
room: "Back Porch"
expose: true
switch.back_porch_speaker_power:
name: "Back Porch Speaker Power"
room: "Back Porch"
expose: true
switch.back_patio_fountain:
name: "Back Patio Fountain"
room: "Back Patio"
expose: true
switch.back_patio_speaker_power:
name: "Back Patio Speaker Power"
room: "Back Patio"
expose: true
switch.guest_bedroom_outlet_left:
name: "Guest Bedroom Outlet Left"
room: "Guest Bedroom"
expose: true
switch.guest_bedroom_outlet_right:
name: "Guest Bedroom Outlet Right"
room: "Guest Bedroom"
expose: true
# switch.gym_outlet_left_right:
# name: "Gym Outlet Left Right"
# room: "Gym"
# expose: true
# switch.gym_outlet_right_left:
# name: "Gym Outlet Right Left"
# room: "Gym"
# expose: true
switch.master_bedroom_floor_fan_power:
name: "Master Bedroom Floor Fan Power"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true
light.master_bedroom_christmas_tree:
name: "Master Bedroom Christmas Tree"
room: "Master Bedroom"
expose: true