EMHASS Add-on

A Home Assistant Add-on for the EMHASS module: Energy Management for Home Assistant

This add-on uses the EMHASS core module from the following GitHub repository:    

The complete documentation for this module can be found here:    

For any questions on EMHASS or EMHASS-Add-on:    

For any Issues/Feature Requests for the EMHASS core module, create a new issue here:    

Installation

The steps to install EMHASS as an Home Assistant addon:

1. Add the EMHASS-Add-on repository to the HAOS add-on store

   • To install add the EMHASS Add-on repository in the Home Assistant store, follow these steps

   • This will be: Configuration > Add-ons & Backups open the add-on store > Add the URL of the repository (e.g https://github.com/davidusb-geek/emhass-add-on) and then press "Add".

2. Install the EMHASS Add-on

   • Look for the EMHASS Add-on tab and when inside the Add-on click on install.
     • The installation may take some time depending on your hardware.

3. Start the EMHASS addon

   • Once installed, head into the EMHASS addon
   • click start to start the EMHASS web server
     • For consistent use, it is recommended that you enable: Show in sidebar,Watchdog and Start on boot

4. Open the EMHASS web interface, and configure parameters

   • Click OPEN WEB UI to enter the EMHASS web server
   • Click the cog icon ⚙️ to to enter the emhass configuration page
   • Insert your user specific parameters
     • For users who wish to use Solcast or Forecast.Solar insert your secrets in the Home Assistant EMHASS configuration page, under Show unused optional configuration options. (E.g: localhost:8123/hassio/addon/emhass/config)

Installation Method 2 - Manually changing EMHASS version

This method allows the user to select which EMHASS version to run (via adjusting the Docker version tag). This second method of installation may be more preferable for users who wish to test EMHASS or rollback to a older stable version.
Warning: This method will override the Docker image tag, and therefore will require the user to manually adjust the tag to update. The user will also need to regularly check to see if the EMHASS-Add-on repository is up to date with the Github main branch

1. Have a method of inserting commands

   • Two Addon options are Terminal & SSH and Community Add-on: Studio Code Server

2. Clone the EMHASS-Add-on repository into your /addons directory

   cd ~/addons/
   git clone https://github.com/davidusb-geek/emhass-add-on.git

3. Specify what EMHASS version image to use

   • in the emhass-add-on/emhass/config.yml adjust the version: line to match the version of choice:

     # set version here 
     emhassVersion=v0.20.0
     # sed command to replace version line in config.yml 
     sed -i.bak "s/version:.*/version: $emhassVersion/g"  ~/addons/emhass-add-on/emhass/config.yml

4. Head to the Home Assistant add-on store and refresh addon cache

   • Settings > Add-ons > Add-on Store
   • Refresh Addon cache with: hamburger icon ☰ > Check for updates
   • Wait half a minute and refresh the page

5. Install local version of EMHASS

   • From here a new Addon Source under the name Local add-ons should appear (if not repeat step 4)
   • Install the EMHASS addon, Note: after clicking the EMHASS addon, the Current version: Tag on the top left of the EMHASS card.

Developing EMHASS/EMHASS-Add-on

EMHASS

For those who want to develop the EMHASS package itself. Have a look at the Develop page. (EMHASS docs)

EMHASS-Add-on

For those who want to test the EMHASS addon (EMHASS inside of a virtual Home Assistant Environment). Have a look at Test Markdown.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021-2023 David HERNANDEZ

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