I used Pimatic for 5 years now, but want to switchover to homeassitant.
I created a docker install on a RPI3 machine and HA 2022 is running in a container. Piece of cake.
But then:
In Pimatic the configuration was straight forward: Define devices including device types, configure them, put them on the UI and make automation rules for them.
I try to do the same for HA. I want to add and configure some RESTfull switches and lights.
I studied a lot of links.
But I cannot figure out, how to put devices on a dashboard and configure them.
I see some integrations like:
I think, I a have to add them with Configuration->Devices & Services, but cannot add them. No integration found message.
Is there a step for step guide to help me out of this? Who can help me out to make a start?
You have to define your rest switches same place where your other switches are configured manually by yaml code. This can be in the switch: section in your configuration,yaml or if you made a separate file for managing switches by adding something like this to your configuration,yaml:
switch: !include switches.yaml
Here is the guide on how to define rest Switches
And similarly you can define Rest sensors. Here is the guide
And Binary sensors:
Another approach, if you have more than one Sensor or binary sensor, at the same endpoint, it is more efficient to use the “Rest:” section. Here is the guide:
Notice: You have to restart your home assistant before your configuration takes effect and the new entities are available for usage on a dashboard in your Lovelace or referred to in automations, scripts etc.
Hope this makes sense for you, otherwise please let me know and I will try to help you further.