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-===== Home Assistant Dashboards =====
+🏠 Home Assistant (High-Level Overview)
-Downstairs, Upstairs, Outside, and device-level automation structure.
+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.
+===== Role in TorresVault =====
+Home Assistant acts as the automation brain of the environment:
+Collects data from sensors (motion, BLE, environment)
+Controls lights, switches, media players, and smart devices
+Provides dashboards for mobile, wall tablets, and control panels
+Integrates with network monitoring, Pi-hole, and Proxmox
+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:
+Core Systems
+Proxmox — Home Assistant VM host
+UniFi Network — device presence, AP states, WAN health
+Pi-hole DNS — local DNS overrides and ad-block data feeds
+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:
+✔ Downstairs Dashboard
+Swipeable room views
+Kitchen, Bar, Foyer, Guest Bath, Living Room
+Dynamic tiles change color based on activity
+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:
+Network & Infrastructure
+AP down alerts
+UniFi client-count drop alerts
+WAN latency pings
+Pi-hole health monitoring
+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:
+UniFi OS (gateway, switches, APs)
+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
+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
+Complete migration from Echo → Home Assistant Voice
+Unified home/AI control via Jarvis local assistant
+Full Mini-PC Proxmox nodes, Kubernetes inside PVE
+Expand energy monitoring (UPS + power meters)
+Incorporate garden sensors (soil moisture, irrigation automation)