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-🏠 Home Assistant (High-Level Overview)
+====== 🏠 Home Assistant (High-Level Overview) ======
-Home Assistant is the central automation and orchestration system inside TorresVault, integrating lighting, sensors, network health, FPP lighting control, BLE tracking, and room-level dashboards into one unified platform. This page serves as a high-level architectural overview of how the system is organized and how the major components interact.
+Home Assistant is the central automation and orchestration system inside **TorresVault**, integrating lighting, sensors, network health, FPP lighting control, BLE tracking, and room-level dashboards into one unified platform.
-===== Role in TorresVault =====
+This page provides the architectural overview of how Home Assistant fits into the broader TorresVault ecosystem.
-Home Assistant acts as the automation brain of the environment:
+----
-Collects data from sensors (motion, BLE, environment)
+===== Role in TorresVault =====
-Controls lights, switches, media players, and smart devices
+Home Assistant acts as the **automation brain** of the environment:
-Provides dashboards for mobile, wall tablets, and control panels
+  * Collects data from sensors (motion, BLE, environmental)
+  * Controls lights, switches, media players, and devices
+  * Powers dashboards: mobile, wall tablets, control panels
+  * Integrates with UniFi, Proxmox, Pi-hole, TrueNAS
+  * Automates cross-system routines (lighting, FPP, IoT, network, security)
-Integrates with network monitoring, Pi-hole, and Proxmox
+It ties together hardware from multiple platforms into a single cohesive automation layer.
-Automates routines across multiple systems (IoT, security, FPP lighting)
+----
-It ties together hardware from multiple vendors into a single cohesive automation system.
 ===== System Architecture =====
-Home Assistant is deployed as a dedicated VM, and integrates with:
+Home Assistant runs inside a **dedicated Proxmox VM** and integrates with the following systems:
-Core Systems
+==== Core Systems ====
+  * **Proxmox** — VM host for HA
+  * **UniFi Network** — device presence, AP states, WAN health
+  * **Pi-hole DNS** — local DNS overrides, ad-block data feeds
+  * **TrueNAS** — backup storage, snapshots, recordings
-Proxmox — Home Assistant VM host
+==== Show Control ====
+  * **FPP (Falcon Player)**
+    * Mega Tree — 192.168.60.55
+    * Matrix — 192.168.60.56
+  * Start/Stop show
+  * Playlist control
+  * WLED notifications (Car, Office, Living Room)
-UniFi Network — device presence, AP states, WAN health
+==== Voice + Local AI ====
+  * Home Assistant Voice (Piper TTS + Whisper STT)
+  * Local voice control (Office prototype)
+  * Future: Jarvis-style full-house voice assistant
-Pi-hole DNS — local DNS overrides and ad-block data feeds
+==== BLE Item & Room Tracking ====
+  * Pi Zero 2W running **Room Assistant** (planned)
+  * ESPHome BLE devices (Atom Lite / Echo)
+  * BLE Tags: keys, wallet, badge, laptop bag
+  * Car BLE tracker triggers TTS events
-TrueNAS — storage for backups, recordings, snapshots
+----
-Show Control
-FPP (Falcon Player) on 192.168.60.55
-Show start/stop
-Playlist operations
-Triggering visual notifications (WLED, Mega Tree, Matrix)
-Voice + Local AI
-Home Assistant Voice (Piper TTS / Whisper STT)
-Expansion into full Jarvis-style assistant planned
-Future integration with mini-PC Kubernetes nodes
-BLE Item Tracking
-Room-level presence planned using:
-Pi Zero 2W + Room Assistant
-ESPHome devices (Atom Lite / Echo)
-BLE tags (keys, wallet, badge, laptop bag)
 ===== Dashboard Structure =====
-Home Assistant uses a multi-dashboard, multi-view layout, optimized for mobile & wall tablets:
+Home Assistant uses a **multi-dashboard, multi-view layout**, optimized for mobile devices and wall-mounted tablets.
-✔ Downstairs Dashboard
+==== ✔ Downstairs Dashboard ====
+  * Swipeable room views
+  * Rooms: Kitchen, Bar, Foyer, Guest Bath, Living Room
+  * Dynamic tiles (color = room activity)
+  * Compact “Back” button in subviews
+  * Vacuum: Rosie
+  * Thermostat: Foyer climate panel
-Swipeable room views
+==== ✔ Upstairs Dashboard ====
+  * Rooms: Office, Master, Guest, Mom’s Room, Hallway
+  * Swipe navigation
+  * Dynamic tiles
+  * Back button template
-Kitchen, Bar, Foyer, Guest Bath, Living Room
+==== ✔ Outside Dashboard ====
+  * Front Yard / Back Yard / Garage
+  * Smaller camera feeds
+  * WLED + Mega Tree controller
+  * Garage freezer outlet monitoring
-Dynamic tiles change color based on activity
+==== ✔ System / Network Dashboard ====
+  * UniFi client count + AP health
+  * WAN latency
+  * Pi-hole stats
+  * Proxmox VM summary
+  * UPS / NUT integration (future)
-Compact back button on each subview
+----
-Rosie (vacuum) status + climate in Foyer
-✔ Upstairs Dashboard
-Swipeable room views
-Office, Guest Room, Master, Mom’s Room, etc.
-Dynamic tiles + back button template
-✔ Outside Dashboard
-Front Yard, Back Yard, Garage
-Smaller camera feeds
-FPP controls for mega tree
-Garage freezer outlet monitor
-✔ System / Network Dashboard
-UniFi client count
-AP health
-WAN latency
-Pi-hole stats
-Proxmox VM summary
-NUT/UPS integration (future)
 ===== Automations (High-Level) =====
-Home Assistant orchestrates key automations across TorresVault:
+Home Assistant orchestrates major automation layers across TorresVault:
-Network & Infrastructure
+==== Network & Infrastructure ====
+  * AP down alerts
+  * UniFi client-count drop alerts
+  * WAN latency pings
+  * Pi-hole health checks
-AP down alerts
+==== Lighting & Motion ====
+  * Zigbee/PIR motion-based lighting
+  * Living Room motion toggle
+  * Smart LED notifications via WLED
-UniFi client-count drop alerts
+==== FPP Lighting Show ====
+  * Start / Stop show buttons
+  * Playlist selector
+  * Fault notifications (FPP offline, sync errors)
-WAN latency pings
+==== BLE Tracking ====
+  * Presence tracking for keys, wallet, badge, laptop
+  * Car BLE → TTS “Good morning” & item reminders
+  * Planned: “Forgot something” automations
-Pi-hole health monitoring
+==== Voice Assistant ====
+  * Office test-deployment of HA Voice
+  * Goal: Replace all Alexa/Echo devices
+  * Local STT/TTS (Whisper/Piper)
+  * Seamless voice→AI→automation pipeline
-Lighting & Motion
+----
-Motion-based lighting (Zigbee/PIR)
-Living Room motion toggle
-Smart LED notifications using WLED
-FPP Lighting Show
-Start/Stop show buttons
-Playlist selector
-Show fault notifications (FPP offline, sync errors)
-BLE Tracking
-Key/wallet/badge/laptop presence
-Car BLE startup triggers TTS messages
-“Forgot item” warnings (planned)
-Voice Assistant
-Office proof-of-concept HA Voice
-Planned full-house replacement of Echo devices
-Local-only STT/TTS integration
 ===== Integrations =====
-Home Assistant integrates with dozens of systems; high-level list:
+High-level list of core integrations Home Assistant uses:
-UniFi OS (gateway, switches, APs)
+  * UniFi OS (Gateway, Switches, APs)
+  * Pi-hole DNS
+  * Proxmox VE
+  * Prometheus / Grafana
+  * Zigbee/Matter (Hue, Aqara, standard ZHA)
+  * ESPHome sensors + BLE gateways
+  * FPP (Falcon Player)
+  * Roku & media players
+  * WLED (indicators, car, office)
+  * Vivint Security
+  * Nest Thermostat
-Pi-hole DNS
+----
-Proxmox VE
-Prometheus/Grafana
-Philips Hue / Zigbee / Aqara / Matter
-ESPHome sensors (BLE, motion, environmental)
-FPP (Falcon Player show control)
-Roku + media players
-WLED (notifications + effects)
-Vivint Security
-Nest Thermostat
 ===== Current State =====
-Fully functional, stable automation layer
+  * Fully functional, stable automation layer
+  * Dashboards rebuilt with unified templates
+  * All views optimized for mobile + wall tablets
+  * BLE + voice systems expanding
+  * FPP integration used successfully for 2024/2025 seasons
-Dashboards rebuilt cleanly with unified templates
+----
-Multi-device deployment (mobile + wall tablets)
-Integrated with network, servers, lighting, and sensors
-BLE tracking and voice systems actively expanding
-FPP integration working and used for 2024/2025 light seasons
 ===== Future Enhancements (Roadmap) =====
-Full room-level BLE tracking using Pi Zero + Room Assistant
+  * Full room-level BLE tracking via Pi Zero + Room Assistant
+  * Complete migration from Echo → HA Voice
-Complete migration from Echo → Home Assistant Voice
+  * Unified “Jarvis” local AI control
+  * Mini-PC Proxmox nodes + Kubernetes (in-VM)
-Unified home/AI control via Jarvis local assistant
+  * Add UPS monitoring via NUT
+  * Add garden environmental sensors + irrigation automations
-Full Mini-PC Proxmox nodes, Kubernetes inside PVE
+----
-Expand energy monitoring (UPS + power meters)
+''This page documents the Home Assistant architecture inside the TorresVault ecosystem and evolves as the system expands.''
-Incorporate garden sensors (soil moisture, irrigation automation)