Hello from a Home Assistant newbie

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Hi all,

I’ve just started to get to grips with HA, I already have a ASHP which I’m controlling using Hive integration to HA, and waiting on a solar install, can’t wait to start automating my home.

I’m a complete beginner in this stuff so apologies in advance if I ask some stupid questions.

Cheers

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Welcome!

There’s no such thing as a stupid question - only stupid answers. :rofl:

If you haven’t already, take a look at this:

TL;DR

  • Do a bit of searching first, in the forum and the docs - people appreciate it if you’ve made an effort
  • Be specific about what you’re trying to achieve and what hardware/integrations you’re using
  • Post code if you can (as preformatted text - </> in the cogwheel menu)

Dont, don’t, don’t… bang on about how Home Assistant should do things differently. We hate that. :laughing:

Lots of good stuff here:

The Home Assistant Cookbook - Index

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Welcome. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, we are here to help.

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Be sure to look at the second section in the cookbook Getting Started With HA

In the excellent work done by Jack, Home Assistant Index (AKA Index to Home Assistant Documentation), he states, “Documentation is extensive, but not easy to navigate - hence this unofficial index.” [emphasis mine]

When asking question, almost invariably, the YAML code is requested. And as a newbie, you probably don’t know how to make that look like code when asking your question. The line before the code and the line after the code must be ``` (three reverse single qoutes, which is the key to the right of the 1 key) This is part of the markdown language … in line formating. Other formatting can be found in the Markdown Cheatsheet as noted in Section 4 of the cookbook

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Thankfully I’ve worked a little with YAML before, so I can do some basic operations with it. Though thanks for the link to the cheat sheet, it will be most useful.