Home Assistant Overview

Smart Home — System Overview
Overview
This is a comprehensive Home Assistant installation running on Home Assistant OS (HAOS), managed via the Supervisor. It serves as the central hub for a fully automated multi-floor home in Toronto, Ontario (America/Toronto timezone).
The system integrates 97 third-party services, 303 physical devices, and 1,431 entities across 17 rooms on 4 floors — covering lighting, security, climate, media, energy monitoring, irrigation, voice control, and appliances.
System Vitals
Property
Value
HA Version
2026.6.4
OS Version
HAOS 18.0
Supervisor
2026.06.2
Location
Home (Toronto, ON)
Timezone
America/Toronto
Language
English
State
RUNNING
Total Entities
1,431
Total Domains
44
Total Services
363
Total Areas
17
Total Devices
303
Total Integrations
97
Total Add-ons
26 (23 running)
Total Automations
31
Total Scenes
25
Floor & Area Structure
The home is organized across 4 floors with 17 named areas:
Basement (Floor B1)
Area
Entity Count
Basement
76
Ground Floor (Floor 1)
Area
Entity Count
Backyard
47
Bar
36
Front Yard
60
Garage
117
Kitchen
76
Living Room
94
Patio
12
2nd Floor (Floor 2)
Area
Entity Count
Guest Bathroom
5
Guest Bedroom
22
Hallway
6
Laundry Room
34
Media Room
123
3rd Floor (Floor 3)
Area
Entity Count
Bedroom
57
Master Bathroom
20
Office
48
Upstairs Hallway
6
Domain Summary
Domain
Count
Primary Use
sensor
442
Environmental, power, status
switch
189
Smart plugs, cameras, features
binary_sensor
167
Motion, doors, connectivity
button
96
Virtual triggers, remotes
update
66
HACS + integration updates
select
61
Mode/setting selectors
number
61
Numeric configuration
media_player
48
Audio/video playback
light
39
Lighting control
device_tracker
38
Presence detection
automation
31
Automated rules
notify
26
Push/TTS notifications
scene
25
Lighting presets
event
20
Button presses, backups
cover
15
Blinds/shades, garage door
calendar
13
Google + local calendars
fan
7
Ceiling fans, air purifiers
lock
4
Smart door locks
climate
4
Thermostat + appliances
valve
4
Irrigation zones
camera
8
Security cameras
alarm_control_panel
5
Eufy security system
Person Tracking
Person
Tracked Devices
Rajeev Iyer
Iceheart (iPhone 17 Pro), Bacta (iPad Pro), Krytos (iPad)
Zones configured:
Home (primary)
Work (downtown Toronto, ~47m radius)
Rajeeta Home (~46m radius)
Active Repairs (as of 2026-06-24)
Three HACS integrations have pending updates that require an HA restart.
Integration
Update Version
Severity
ge_home
v2026.2.1
Warning
govee
v2026.6.20
Warning
smartthinq_sensors
v0.43.0
Warning
Action: Apply HACS updates and restart HA.
Last Updated
2026-06-24

Home Assistant Platform & Infrastructure
Overview
The system runs Home Assistant OS (HAOS) — the recommended production deployment method which provides the full Supervisor + add-on ecosystem, OTA OS updates, and snapshot backups. The host is not directly accessible via SSH by default; the Advanced SSH & Web Terminal add-on provides access.
Software Stack
Component
Version
Home Assistant Core
2026.6.4
Home Assistant OS
18.0
Home Assistant Supervisor
2026.06.2
Zigbee2MQTT
2.12.0-1
Music Assistant
2.9.3
Frigate NVR
0.17.1
Grafana
12.1.0
InfluxDB
5.0.2
Mosquitto MQTT Broker
7.1.0
AdGuard Home
6.2.0 (add-on)
Mobile Clients
Device
Model
OS
Integration
Iceheart
iPhone 17 Pro (iPhone17,1)
iOS 26.5
HA iOS / mobile_app
Bacta
iPad Pro (iPad16,2)
iPadOS 26.5
mobile_app
Krytos
iPad (iPad11,1)
iPadOS 26.3
mobile_app
Add-on Ecosystem
26 add-ons installed, 23 currently running. See addons-overview.md for the full inventory.
Key add-ons by category:
Category
Add-ons
Zigbee
Zigbee2MQTT
NVR / Cameras
Frigate
Voice Pipeline
Whisper, Piper, Speech-to-Phrase, openWakeWord
Media
Music Assistant, VLC, YT Music PO Token Generator
Security
Eufy-security-ws, Tailscale
Monitoring
Grafana, InfluxDB, Log Viewer
Networking
Mosquitto broker, AdGuard Home, chrony
Utilities
Advanced SSH & Web Terminal, File editor, Samba share
Matter
Matter Server
HA MCP
Home Assistant MCP Server 7.8.1
Zigbee Setup
Two Zigbee coordinators are in use:
Coordinator
Driver
Firmware
Status
HA Connect ZBT-2 (via Zigbee2MQTT)
ZBT-2 (EmberZNet 7.5.1.0)
2.12.0
Active
HA Connect ZBT-2 (via ZHA)
Same hardware
—
Disabled by user
Both ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT are configured, but ZHA is disabled. All Zigbee traffic flows through Zigbee2MQTT via MQTT/Mosquitto.
Matter Setup
Matter is handled by the Matter Server add-on (v9.0.2). The Aqara Hub M2 acts as a Thread/Matter border router, bridging multiple Aqara devices (water leak sensors, motion sensors, smart locks, wireless switches, temp/humidity sensors) into HA via Matter.
A second Matter hub, the Aqara Camera Hub G3, also bridges devices.
Voice Pipeline
See voice-pipeline.md for full details.
Summary:
Wake word: openWakeWord
STT: Whisper (local) + Speech-to-Phrase (local) + HA Cloud
TTS: Piper (local) + Google Translate + HA Cloud
LLM: Ollama (local — qwen3:4b-instruct at 192.168.1.85:11434)
Hardware: Home Assistant Voice PE (ESPHome 2026.3.2) in Bedroom
Remote Access
Tailscale VPN (add-on v0.28.1) — zero-config mesh VPN
Home Assistant Cloud (Nabu Casa) — remote UI, webhooks, voice relay
Backup & Monitoring
Backup add-on — automatic scheduled backups
Samba share — exposes config/backup folders to local network
InfluxDB + Grafana — long-term metrics storage and dashboarding
Network UPS Tools (NUT) — UPS monitoring (CPS CP1500AVRLCD in Media Room)
Networking Infrastructure
AdGuard Home — network-wide DNS-based ad/tracker blocking (v0.107.74)
Mosquitto broker — MQTT broker for Zigbee2MQTT and ESPHome
chrony — local NTP server for IP cameras
DLNA — Lusankya NAS (3× entries) + Giga Hub + HDHomeRun DMS
Last Updated
2026-06-24