The Jimmerness - Adventures in Home Automation

This article is being written on August 29, 2022 using Home Assistant 2022.8.7, HACS 1.27.1, and TryFi 0.0.17.  First and foremost: TryFi integration devs - thanks for your hard work! This is also not strictly a "home" automation, although all of the data and actions are being handled on Home Assistant. This home project is tied to my dog's Fi collar - I am not receiving payment of any kind from Barking Labs/TryFi nor am I claiming any kind of license/trademark over anything mentioned here. There are two projects - a basic notification automation if Astrid hasn't met her step goals for the day by a certain time, and a more complex automation mimicking a "Safe Zone" in TryFi terms, or something similar to a "Zone" in Home Assistant. What the Projects Need Nabu Casa, or some method to reach your Home Assistant instance remotely. HACS (to install TryFi) TryFi integration (through HACS) Your Fi login & password, and an active Fi collar subscription...

[Nov. 3, 2021 edit: if you like Celsius for your printer feed, but use Imperial as your base measurement on HA, something broke the below process. I wrote a new post , adding some conversion templates to restore this feature. We now return you to the article...] So my title is a little misleading. If you want the dark-grey theme, and the little icons in the third set of rows...you need HACS. But otherwise it's just stock-HA white, which is totally fine.  Reading Home Assistant forums, browsing youtube videos - you hear the glory of HACS (Home Assistant Community Store). Home Assistant is free & open-source, done by volunteers, same with HACS. HACS comes with a disclaimer: it's risky. Don't use it unless you know a bit about Home Assistant. And then there's some common-sense directions on how to install it. I pulled myself in, because I wanted themes and Font Awesome icons. I really don't want to tackle adding HACS or fontawesome as a tutorial - HACS was easy e...