We’re revisiting Courtenay, who was last spoke to on Episode 45 six years ago. She’s here to share six years of Home Assistant progress: moving from Raspberry Pi to Home Assistant Blue, mastering the Energy Dashboard with MQTT, surviving cloud outages on Tuya, and restoring from backups in minutes. Watch this episode on YouTube https://homeassistant.fm/ha212 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story . Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:04 2019 setup recap 00:03:31 Hardware: Blue and N2+ 00:06:00 Real‑time energy tracking 00:12:00 Breaker chaos, disaggregation 00:16:30 Dashboards and thermostat 00:22:00 Tuya cloud lighting 00:27:30 Offline behavior, habits 00:29:30 Less YAML, more UI 00:33:30 Backups and restore 00:38:30 Z‑Wave LR range talk 00:41:30 LoRa and Meshtastic 00:42:00 Hubs, Matter/Thread woes 00:48:00 Voice assistants: then vs now 00:51:00 Everyday control patterns 00:55:00 Advice for new users 00:59:30 Recorder and data 01:03:07 Six‑year roadmap and robots 01:06:14 Wrap‑up and contact info This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML. Zooz If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers. For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com Products Discussed Raspberry Pi 2 Model B: https://amzn.to/43Dppq4 Ecobee Thermostat: https://amzn.to/3XtOTCR Shelly energy monitoring clamps: https://amzn.to/488TjDX Sense Home Energy Monitor: https://amzn.to/4re7oss Home Assistant Connect ZWA2 (Z‑Wave radio): https://amzn.to/3MfPzsP Meshtastic LoRa nodes: https://amzn.to/4ihcSyy Hosts Phil Hawthorne Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @philhawthorne Bluesky: @philhawthorne.com Buy Phil a Coffee Rohan Karamandi Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @rohank9 Buy Rohan a Coffee This video contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on one of them and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
