I had it first entered here
default_config:
name: Home
# latitude: x.x
# longitude: -x.x
elevation: 240
unit_System: metric
I later tried to update them and then comment them out, but it looks like the .storage value is overriding the config settings.
Your instructions work, but seem convoluted.
It would be better to have the Edit pencil enabled in the Configuration Zones section of the GUI and link it to the Configuration General section…
Thanks a lot.
No problem. I agree the current way is convoluted, I already suggested a very similar idea last week on the Frontend repo (https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-polymer/issues/4786). It’s going to be worked on and made easier soon.
As for your YAML config, you needed to have those items nested under homeassistant: like this:
default_config:
homeassistant:
name: Home
# latitude: x.x
# longitude: -x.x
elevation: 240
unit_System: metric
That’s why it was not working, you were missing one line.
YAML gets priority over the UI, so if you do update your YAML to the above (with your real coordinates of course 
), it will disable this stuff from being changed in the UI until you comment out these lines.
Thanks Sean,
For completeness;
unit_System parameter needs to remain under default.
default_config:
unit_System: metric
homeassistant:
name: Home
latitude: 9.9
longitude: -9.9
elevation: 99
I would just like to be able to control the size of the radius. When I go to Zones and look at my home location, it covers the next street over.
Hopefully they will fix it so it can be edited in the Zones section.
great… then i’ll wait to change the location^^
I found this thread because I wanted to change the radius around my house.
I added the following to my configuration.yaml:
# Override home radius
zone:
- name: Home
latitude: !secret latitude
longitude: !secret longitude
radius: 150
icon: mdi:home
…and I just ended up with a duplicated Home zone:
As above… I wish the Home zone edit function worked. Any tips on how to update this? If I wanted to change my home location, I guess I’d have to redo the onboarding procedure for starters… but for now, I just want to change the radius.
Did you read the note above from SeanM that sys the zone definition for home has to be under homeassistant:
Yes, and in fact I still have it there:
homeassistant:
name: Home
latitude: !secret latitude
longitude: !secret longitude
elevation: !secret elevation
external_url: !secret external_url
internal_url: !secret internal_url
packages: !include_dir_named packages
currency: USD
Hey everyone. This is where it gets weird. I have the exact same error message but I don’t have my zone configured in configuration.yaml. In fact I don’t seem to have neither latitude nor longitude anywhere in *.yaml files.
How do i fix that?
Hello Brilliant idea Thank you
I live in an very old village in italy and many houses are linked together…
My usecase;
When i leave i use the home" location (that has a radius of 100 m) and all works fine. everything shuts down.
However I would like to add a larger Radius say 200 meters *calle it home 1) and have everything turn on. How do i do this (in zones i did create 2 zones but it does not seem to work.
To compound the issue (yes i do understand the trip the gps signal has to do) is that many times i amt the gate of my house and the automation still did not start. as i disimbark of the car the automation kicks in. I could probobly increase the radius
Any thoughts on how to correct this?
Thyank you in advance
wbravi,
I am newish to Home assistant, I am looking into this at this point. But I would create a Radio of 200m call it “travelingToHome”. See if that works to launch your automations. From what I have seen HomeAssistant takes a minute or two to launch Automations.
I’m doing this in customize.yaml:
# override Home zone
zone.home:
latitude: xx.xxxxxxxxxx
longitude: xx.xxxxxxxx
radius: 200
icon: mdi:home
I learned the hard way not to reference lat/long indirectly with references (to secrets.yaml, for example).
Thank you allfor your suggestions
@DeltaNu1142 does this mean i can insert 2 zones in the coinfig yaml.
Althogh i’m not very confortable in yaml I will try this
zone.home:
latitude: xx.xxxxxxxxxx
longitude: xx.xxxxxxxx
radius: 200
icon: mdi:home
zone.home1:
latitude: xx.xxxxxxxxxx
longitude: xx.xxxxxxxx
radius: 400
icon: mdi:home
On a seoerate note i just changed my phone for an s10 I have an automatio to leave and one to arrive. If i manually run the automation it works. However when i leave and go beyond 200 meters the automation is not triggered.
I have owntracks on my phone properly configured and my phone has location tracking turned on and so is mobile wifi. what am i missing
oncve again thank you all
Yes, I believe you can. Although, I manage the remaining zones (the ones that are not home) through the UI, in Settings → Areas & Zones → Zones.
thanks i’ll try
Hi Tried
when i go to check configuration i get Invalid “domain zone.home:” and the same error for zone 2
I inseter these line in the configuration.yaml is trhis correct
In my setting zone I have
Home which has an house icon
arbahome that has a pointer icon
user beyond1 - home ( i don not know where this come from)
I suggest you define your zones through the UI.
DeltaNu1142, question, we do you same define the zones through the ui? Just curios, I just created a few new zones via yaml, and its much easier - and precise. I have several zones created from the UI.
Hello
Thank you for taking the time to respond
I did create the home and arbahomew in the GUI and in owntrack swill test them today.
As i mentioned when I try to install the zones in the yaml i get the errors mentionned here above. It is probably a syntax error because if i go to and look at the devices i see zone.hoime and zone.arbahome
Again thank you
wbravin,
did you get this working? one thing I did was to install “Studio Code Server” as my editor, shows you more insight over “File Editor”.