Dashboards Overview

Overview

3 custom Lovelace dashboards are configured in Home Assistant (storage mode), plus the default Lovelace dashboard. All use the storage-mode editor (not YAML mode).

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Dashboard Inventory

Title	URL Path	Icon	Admin Only	Mode
Home View	/home-view	mdi:home	Yes	storage
Map	/map	mdi:map	No	storage
Plants	/plant-care	mdi:flower	No	storage

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Home View

URL: /home-view | Admin only: yes | Icon: mdi:home

The primary home control dashboard. Restricted to admin users.

Likely content (inferred from devices):

• Room-by-room light and switch controls
• Climate/thermostat control (ecobee)
• Media player controls (Samsung TV, soundbars)
• Security camera feeds (go2rtc WebRTC)
• Cover/blind controls
• Lock status
• Presence indicators (Rajeev Iyer)
• Energy monitoring tiles
• UPS status

HACS cards likely used:

• Bubble Card (Clooos) — modern room/device cards
• Slider Button Card — dimmer controls
• Comfortable Environment Card — climate display
• Keep Texts in Tabs — tab navigation
• Energy Sankey Card — energy flow visualization
• TrashCard — garbage collection schedule

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Map

URL: /map | Admin only: no | Icon: mdi:map

Standard HA map dashboard showing:

• Person/device tracker locations
• Configured zones (Home, Work, Rajeeta Home)
• Device tracker entities for mobile devices and vehicle telematics

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Plants

URL: /plant-care | Admin only: no | Icon: mdi:flower

Dedicated plant care dashboard using data from:

• Third Reality soil moisture sensors (Gen1 + Gen2, via Zigbee2MQTT + ZHA)
• Irrigation watering history helpers (input_datetime.*_last_watered, input_number.*_last_run_duration)
• Orbit BHyve zone status

Likely content:

• Per-plant moisture level gauges
• Last watered date/time
• Last run duration
• BHyve next watering schedule
• Zone valve status

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Default Dashboard

The built-in default Lovelace dashboard (auto-generated) also exists at /lovelace but is not listed as a custom storage-mode dashboard — it uses HA's auto-entities feature.

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Frontend Customizations (HACS Plugins)

These HACS plugins extend dashboard capabilities:

Plugin	Author	Use
Bubble Card	Clooos	Modern pop-up room/device cards
Slider Button Card	custom-cards	Dimmer/fan slider controls
Comfortable Environment Card	argaar	Temperature + humidity comfort display
Keep Texts in Tabs	elchininet	Tab labels in card navigation
Weather Chart Card	mlamberts78	Multi-day weather forecast chart
Energy Sankey Card	davet2001	Energy flow Sankey diagram
Zigbee2mqtt Networkmap Card	azuwis	Zigbee mesh network topology map
TrashCard	idaho	Garbage collection schedule card

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Notes / Gotchas

• The Home View dashboard is admin-only — non-admin Lovelace users will not see it in the sidebar.
• WebRTC camera cards (using the WebRTC Camera HACS integration by AlexxIT) provide low-latency live views; they require go2rtc to be running.
• The Plants dashboard data is only as accurate as the automation-populated helpers — if an irrigation cycle is manually interrupted before completion, the last run duration may be incorrect.
• Weather Chart Card uses the Met.no Forecast Home weather entity.

Last Updated

2026-06-24