gsksim
September 8, 2020, 5:18pm
1
Hello All,
Wondering is there a guide to setup cast lovelace on nest hub, gone through many sites but found it is not straight forward as mentioned.
I have been using HA for last two years and I have pretty much old configuration (slowly adopting to UI configuration)
Not subscribed to Nabu Casa but I have external URL using duckdns.org
cast.home-assistant.io - does it accept only nabu casa URLs or any external URLs?
I tried calling service from HA to my nest hub but displayed “Not Connected” with websocket API error.
BTW, I’m not able to access my external URL from local, could this be a problem for casting?
I have ISP router connected to Unifi USG with port forwarding on 443.
silvrr
September 8, 2020, 5:53pm
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Unless its been fixed, the standard cast component times out after 10 minutes. This is an issue on Googles end, not an HA issue.
An option is to use CATT
Its dead simple. I have next to 0 programming experience and got it working just fine.
1. Install/switch to the community SSH addon (https://github.com/hassio-addons/addon-ssh )
2. Add the following to the bottom of the add-on configuration
init_commands:
- python3 -m pip install catt
3. add an automation to cast using CATT every ten minutes. The first and 3rd actions are options but avoid hearing the cast sound every ten minutes. Instead you hear the volume change which is a more sub…
Edit: be sure to set the ‘share_sessions’ parameter to ‘false’ in the ssh addon.
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gsksim
September 17, 2020, 8:21pm
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thanks @silvrr
this is very useful…
also found a good guide with HA configuration.