Just looking for ideas and inspiration as I am switching to use the new sections layout / cards on my main HA ‘dashboard’ and it might be time to do something different/better.
My config/design is based around a set of icon/buttons at the top of the screen. Touching a button sets a input_select helper and then shows the correct ‘section’ (view) using the visibility functionality of sections. Each view/page is setup as a vertical stack in a section.
Below are a couple of my screens so you can see what I am talking about. I just have a feeling there is a much better way to do this or something similar…
Works fine and designed work on a smart phone (so all sections have width = 1) but keen to see/hear what other folks do.
I’ve done the same, using quite a few input_booleans and conditional cards. That was (and still is) a part of getting more up to speed with various aspects of HA in tiny increments. I got up and running quickly for lighting and relatively simple climate control, but I’ve barely scratched the potential of HA.
If there are other ways to the same ends, I’m not sure I’m up for what that entails, but I’m interested regardless.
Thanks for sharing. Sections seems to work well for this approach. I previously was using local conditional card (hacs) to do this so nice to have a way using core HA.
Hello…i found your dashboard and liked the idea of a heating monitor…
would you share how you monitor that?
I hove an oil boiler, but i can imagine that there are ways to get the info from it and if it is just from current clamps Hope you will be able to soon…
thx upfront.
Oh and what source are you using for the outside temp?
Weather forecast or real meter? And if real meter…which…
For my setup I have motion/temperature sensors inside and outside. I also have a weather station and external forecast but all you really need in HA is a switch that runs the heater and a temperature sensor combined to create a thermostat.
Here is my situation…
I have a powerful but simple gas powered heater. It has an on/off button and a timer so useless for home assistant and automation.
This heater does have a IR remote control (for on / off) and I found that all you really need to automate is a way to turn on/off the heater - so long as on/off actually can make the heater ‘run’.
In HA the clever bit is combining an on/off switch with a temperature sensor to create a thermostat.
I can show you how but you need these things to make it work.
a way to switch on/off (on/off for running the heater) that you can control in HA
a temperature sensor that you can use to determine the inside temperature of the room/house you are heating
So if you have these, I will show you how to combine them to create a thermostat for your oil boiler.
Hope you will be able to soon…