Home Automation¶

Home Assistant¶

Placeholder — details pending from the owner (2026-07-10)

The Home Assistant server itself is not yet fully documented — hardware/host, how it's deployed (HA OS VM? dedicated box?), backup story, and current versions are all to be confirmed. The inventory below was captured from an earlier export (HA 2025.9.0 era) and may be stale — treat versions, add-on lists and entity counts as historical until refreshed. What is current: Caddy proxies ha.mdhmedia.uk → 192.168.1.240:8123 (public route, HA's own login — not behind the tinyauth SSO gate, so companion apps keep working).

URL: ha.mdhmedia.uk
IP: 192.168.1.240
Port: 8123
Version: 2025.9.0
OS: Home Assistant OS 16.3

System Overview¶

flowchart TD
    subgraph HA[Home Assistant]
        Core[HA Core 2025.9.0]
        Z2M[Zigbee2MQTT]
        MQTT[Mosquitto]
        ESP[ESPHome]
        Matter[Matter Server]
    end

    subgraph Devices
        Zigbee[Zigbee Devices]
        WiFi[WiFi Devices]
        Cloud[Cloud Services]
    end

    Z2M --> MQTT
    MQTT --> Core
    ESP --> Core
    Matter --> Core
    Zigbee --> Z2M
    WiFi --> Core
    Cloud --> Core

Add-ons¶

Add-on	Version	Purpose
Zigbee2MQTT	2.7.1-1	Zigbee device management
Mosquitto broker	6.5.2	MQTT message broker
ESPHome	2025.8.3	ESP device firmware
Matter Server	8.1.2	Matter protocol support
Terminal & SSH	9.22.0	Remote access
Studio Code Server	5.19.3	Configuration editing
File editor	5.8.0	Simple config editing
Samba share	12.5.4	Network file sharing
Google Drive Backup	0.112.1	Automated backups

Integrations¶

Integration	Purpose
Ring	Doorbell and camera
Tuya	Smart devices
TP-Link	Smart plugs and bulbs
Samsung TV	Living room TV
Denon AVR	AV receiver (Marantz NR1506)
OpenWeatherMap	Weather data
Met.no	Weather forecasts
Alexa Devices	Voice assistant integration
HACS	Community add-ons
Mobile App	iOS device tracking
iBeacon	Presence detection
SMLIGHT	Zigbee coordinator (SLZB-06M)

Entity Summary¶

Domain	Count
Sensors	164
Binary Sensors	35
Updates	27
Switches	18
Buttons	12
Numbers	11
Device Trackers	8
Automations	8
Lights	5

Lights¶

Light	Location
Main Light	Office
Small Sofa Lamp	Lounge
Large Sofa Lamp	Lounge
Matt Bedside	Master Bedroom
Claire Bedside	Master Bedroom

Media Players¶

Device	Type
Marantz NR1506	AV Receiver
Living Room TV	Samsung TV

Cameras¶

Camera	Location
Ring Doorbell	Front Door

Automations¶

Automation	Purpose
Lounge Lamps - Turn On Sunset	Automatic sunset lighting
Office Controller	Office light control
Lounge STYRBAR Remote	IKEA remote for lounge
Master Bedroom Multi Controller	Bedroom light control
Turn On/Off Office Light	Office occupancy lighting

People¶

Person	Devices
Matt	iPad, iPhone 14 Pro
Claire	iPhone 15

AdGuard Home¶

Host: pve1 (LXC 106)
Role: Network-wide DNS filtering and ad blocking

Vaultwarden (retired)¶

Was a test only — the CT (115, 192.168.1.235) is stopped and the vault.mdhmedia.uk Caddy route was retired in July 2026. Listed here for history.