Home Assistant
The local controller for lights, switches, plugs, sensors, scenes, and automations.
AUTOMATEDOFF THE CLOCK / 03 — SMART HOMEThe house runs
The house runs
on scripts.
Home Assistant coordinates the lights, switches, plugs, and sensors locally. The automations remove small decisions from the day without removing the physical controls people already understand.
SCENE CONTROLAutomation with
Automation with
a manual mode.
CHOOSE A SCENE
Living spaces warm up while physical switches remain available.
alias: "Evening"
trigger: sun.sunset
- lights.living_room → warm_white
- plugs.decorative → on
THE MESHOne controller,
One controller,
two protocols.
ORCHESTRATING
SLZB-MR5U coordinator
One coordinator provides the radio layer for Zigbee and Matter over Thread devices.
Zigbee 3.0 + Matter over Thread
Most devices use Zigbee 3.0. Newer Thread devices join the same control system through Home Assistant.
Aqara and Sonoff devices
Lights, wall switches, plugs, and sensors form the physical edge of the system.
✱DESIGN RULE
Automation should make the house easier to use without making it harder to understand. The physical controls still work.
Home Assistant itself lives with the rest of the containers — cd ~/self-hosting