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🏠 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.
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)