Home Assistant is the most powerful home automation platform available with nearly unlimited possibilities. This video is designed to help you get familiar with the basic configuration of Home Assistant, including installation, add-ons, integrations, scripts, scenes, and automations.

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2:30 RaspberryPi installation
4:02 Installing the virtual machine
6:22 Initial setup of Hass.io
8:55 Important add-ons
11:07 Add devices to HA
15:03 Scripts and automations

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[Hassio Raspberry Pi Installation]
Hassio installation files: https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/
Template for setting up RaspberryPi WiFi: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassos/blob/dev/Documentation/network.md
Recommended RasPi version: https://amzn.to/30ZIKjE

[Installing the Hassio virtual machine]
VirtualBox installation files: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Hassio VMDK download*: https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/
*VMDK comes packed as a .gz file. You may need a program to unpack it. I recommend 7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/
Install VirtualBox service (start at boot): https://youtu.be/vnie-PJ87Eg?t644

[YouTube Home Assistant Channels]
JuanMTech: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jfelipe83M
BurnsHA: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSKQutOXuNLvFetrKuwudpg
DigiblurDIY: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ZdPKE2ckcBhljTc2R_qNA

[Facebook Groups]
The contact: https://www.facebook.com/groups/473812443269387/?refshare
DrZzs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1969622823351838/?refshare

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