There is no technical reason it couldn’t be integrated with HA - the only issue is that it has it’s API and HA has a different one, leading to 2 choices:
Add to HAs API so that it supports it
Build a Daemon to do the translation
Option 2 would probably be easier in the short term.
However, one important thing that I don’t see is a way to push updates from HA to the dashboard - this means it presumably relies on polling which is a very clunky way of working, For my Dashboard I built an entire component to push changes in realtime as it makes a big difference to perceived responsiveness.
I used Imperihome with OpenHAB before I moved to Home Assistant and it did have an ability to push updates to Imperihome rather than only pull. However, I think this may only be available if you’re using the Pro version of the client and requires a slightly different implementation on the integration side (using their Control API instead of their Standard System API).
It really takes the UI to a whole new level with the customization options it provides.
I too have been using Imperihome Pro with Vera for several years and have a 5" Android phone near my front door that displays the garage door status and allows (my wife and child) to open the garage door and turn on the garden lights for 5 minutes when people leave. Now that I’m migrating to HA (slowly!), this interface will be sadly missed if I can’t figure something out before I go live. Fortunately, that’s a few months away.
I’ve found an interim solution and while in its infancy, looks very promising. In a matter of minutes, I was able to create the dashboard below replacing my Imperihome one.
Unlike Imperihome, MQTT Dash can have an interactive icon so my garage door lock showing the sensor state can also publish MQTT topics when pushed. At the moment though, the icon is responding to publish commands and I’ve emailed the developer and asked for an option to disable this as I only want the icon to respond to subscribed topics. He responded very quickly and advised he’d add that in so always a good sign!
Nice! I’m not using MQTT (beside owntracks which I just copy-pasted from somewhere else). Could you explain in a bit more detail what is needed on the HASS side of things?
P.s. there was also a note on another Adroid app possibly coming to HASS:
You need to be publishing topics to a MQTT broker to allow MQTT Dash to subscribe to them. I’ve got a few devices that are controlled with MQTT but a lot that aren’t so I’m looking to create a simple script/auto to publish a topic when a non-MQTT device changes state to get that info onto the GUI. The reverse should also be possible with relative ease.
can i ask how you’re generating the images/icons? are you publishing them by mqtt on the hass side? if so, how do you publish images? i only know how to publish states/values (strings). or do you generate them some other way?
Hello, any news on the integration with imperihome?
That is basically the only thing keeping me from switching to home-assistant from domoticz.
On the domoticz it is solved via option 2 (deamon) called MyDomoAtHome
I see that home assistant has a way better frontend, but having a native app on the tablet and phones has its advantages (responsiveness, common interface, also integration with other systems and apps/tasker directly from imperihome etc).
If Home Assistant could present all its devices over a REST API conforming to the ISS (ImperiHome Standard System) specification, then ImperiHome could work with this out-of-the-box. It is a JSON based web API, which I have some experience with, but only from the client side and only in C# (no python afficionado here).
Any news on this?
I’m also thinking of switching from Domoticz to HA. But it would be really sad to leave Imperihome since I’ve used it from the start of my home automation journey.
I got imperihome set up with the link provided by @DennisSc. So i have it working with Nodered… Is a little work and some workarounds are necessery but mine is working.
I have setup for Door, sensors, lights, and device trackers
Although as topic starter I really wanted this badly, I now don’t mis it anymore. HASS allowed me to automate in such a detail that the only times I use the GUI is to do maintenance, install new devices etc. I had wall mounted tablets around the house I don’t even use anymore. This is a household with 2 adults and 3 kids. Devices that are used often (heating, lights) can also be used by switching/adjusting them manual (build in switches, connected thermostats). Voice control (Google home) is also used now and then.
I’ve now started building something in lovelace but that is more for fun. I also find the new cards more attractive but I get that is subjective.
