HASS.Agent: Windows client to receive notifications, use commands, sensors, quick actions and more!

[TarheelGrad1998 (David)]

One minor ask – can the Webview (as configured for Trey Icon) be set to TopMost? I keep email and chat open on that same monitor, and sometimes it comes up behind those windows for some reason.

[SamKr]

Hi @TarheelGrad1998, yep! There’s a new version coming this weekend, afterwards I’ll start working on improving the webview, it’s due for some upgrades

[doktordoc (Sasa)]

Hi
This thing od awesome
I have one issue, commands wont work, PC shutdown
“Button turn/off failled” service not found

[nosuch]

Is there an example of using the Display On/Off commands to turn a screen on or off? I saw that you added these over the summer, but now when I add command on PC I don’t see them listed. The example on the docs monitors display state to take an action, here I’m looking to do the opposite (turn a screen on when a motion sensor is activated).

Also I know it’s a known issue but the app is hard to use with the default scaling values on a Surface tablet.

[echo_Mark]

Hi, how does one recall/reference the cover art?
I am trying to make a Picture card, and in the image path I have tried:

'{{ state_attr(''media_player.musicpc'', ''entity_picture'') }}'
[[[ return states['media_player.musicpc'].attributes.entity_picture ]]]

I have tried various options regarding the apostrophes and all seem to error out.

[wilhelmstroker]

I have this simple notification set up that sends a notification when someone starts playing on plex:

Simple notifications when Plex is playing

@chezpaul2 Just change the media_player entities with yours ! Don’t forget to also change the notify.mobile_app_<phone name>with your phone that has the home assistant app. You also asked if it was working only for the guests. No, it works for every plex client you have that can connect to your plex server. So even your friend that are far away that use your plex will give a notification ! @djbrooks022 Good idea, I’ll work on it when I got time. I’ll tag you when I update this script. @ace…

After today’s update, I no longer get the poster in the notification.
This is what it looks like in my automations.yaml:

 - service: notify.surfacepro8
    data:
      title: '{{ username}} started playback on {{ device }}'
      message: "{% if series == None %}\n  {{ title }}\n{% else %}\n  {{ series }}
        - S{{ season }}E{{ episode }} - {{ title }}\n{% endif %}\n"
      data:
        image: http://homeassistant.local:8123{{ picture }}

[sammyke007 (Sammy Verdonck)]

Is it normal behaviour that the created sensors don’t show up as entities/sensors on the integrations device page?

To be clear, the entities are created after the desired sensors are created, but they just don’t show up on this page.

[SamKr]

Can you show what yaml you’re using?

[SamKr]

Hi @nosuch, they were added to yesterday’s release. That release also better deals with scaling.

[SamKr]

Not sure exactly. Found this solution, which creates a camera object:

  - platform: generic
    name: Music PC Playing
    still_image_url: http://10.0.20.3:8123{{ states.media_player.musicpc.attributes.entity_picture }}

Note: change 10.0.20.3 to your instance’s IP.

Another one worth checking out is this one:

- entity: media_player.musicpc
  type: state-icon
  icon: mdi:speaker
  style:
   left: 22%
   top: 19%

Apparently setting its state as state-icon you just get the cover art.

[SamKr]

Can you please update the integration again (got a fix yesterday), and check again. If it still doesn’t work afterwards, please check both Home Assistant and HASS.Agent’s logs.

[SamKr]

This is probably the integration’s page. It’s just for the media_player and notify entities. Look again for your HASS.Agent instance in the devices list, it should contain your entities.

[Protoncek (Pavel)]

Can you describe the difference between media player in “hass.agent media player add-on” and media player in “hass integration”? I installed hass integration a few days ago (when i installed beta winows app in order to play with edge tab names) and HA did find and created (second) media player for my laptop (main HA screen), but while first one (created with hass media player addon) does play on laptop’s speakers this new one doesn’t - in fact, it doesn’t even start. I trigger it with media_player.play service, but nothing happens - player’s log doesn’t have any entry about being played… should i remove hass media player addon in order to work?

[echo_Mark]

Thanks a lot for your help, the camera object trick worked

[wilhelmstroker]

Yep updating the integration has fixed it, pictures are coming through again. Thanks!

[doktordoc (Sasa)]

Thx
I did it, my bad

[Protoncek (Pavel)]

After today’s update both media players work ,so my problem (described above) is solved.
Thanks!!!
I guess that now i can remove media player addon and keep only hass integration, correct?

[LTM (Leo)]

Is it normal that the media player shows no cover art when added to the default HomeAssistant media controls card? I thought that the Windows Media API provides the image matching the current playing media as well. I’ve tested Spotify and Tidal which both show the cover art in the Windows Media controls.

[Protoncek (Pavel)]

I wonder…is it possible to create a sensor which would show when Hass Agent is to be updated? My HA runs fullscreen (kiosk mode) so just by looking to screen i don’t see if it’s update or not.
Anything - either a sensor or notification would be nice. I did some searching but didn’t find anything on this topic…

[steff]

I have tested the problem with the umlauts again with the new version. Therefore, nothing has been changed yet, right?
I had posted the example text above, if you want to have a look at it. Thanks!