In our fourth Home Assistant for Beginners videos we cover Groups, Views, and Icons. This allows us to keep our Home Assistant interface clean and responsive to user needs.
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Final Configuration.yaml File from the video:
homeassistant: # Name of the location where Home Assistant is running name: Loft # Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets latitude: 39.9872 longitude: -75.2471 # Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters) elevation: 65 # metric for Metric, imperial for Imperial unit_system: imperial # Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones time_zone: America/New_York customize: sensor.pws_alerts: friendly_name: Alerts light.bedroom: friendly_name: SleepRoom hidden: true sensor.pws_temp_f: friendly_name: Temp icon: mdi:temperature-fahrenheit sensor.pws_precip_today_in: friendly_name: Today's Rain sensor.pws_relative_humidity: friendly_name: R/H sensor.pws_wind_mph: friendly_name: Wind sensor.yr_symbol: hidden: true sensor.pws_precip_1hr_in: hidden: true sensor.pws_precip_1hr_string: hidden: true sensor.pws_heat_index_f: friendly_name: Heat Index sensor.pws_feelslike_f: friendly_name: Feels Like sensor.pws_elevation: hidden: true sensor.pws_dewpoint_string: friendly_name: Dew Point Desc. hidden: true sensor.pws_dewpoint_f: friendly_name: Dewpoint light.kitchen_table: friendly_name: Kitchen Light icon: mdi:flashlight group: Main_Livingroom_Lights: name: Living Area Lights entities: - light.kitchen_table - light.over_couch Main_Livingroom_View: name: Living Room view: yes entities: - group.main_livingroom_lights Main_Weather: name: Weather entities: - sensor.pws_alerts - sensor.pws_temp_f - sensor.pws_precip_today_in - sensor.pws_relative_humidity - sensor.pws_wind_mph - sensor.pws_heat_index_f - sensor.pws_feelslike_f - sensor.pws_elevation - sensor.pws_dewpoint_string - sensor.pws_dewpoint_f # Show links to resources in log and frontend # introduction: # Enables the frontend frontend: http: # Uncomment this to add a password (recommended!) # api_password: !secret http_password # Checks for available updates updater: # Discover some devices automatically #discovery: # Allows you to issue voice commands from the frontend in enabled browsers conversation: # Enables support for tracking state changes over time. history: # View all events in a logbook logbook: # Track the sun sun: # Weather Prediction #sensor: # platform: yr media_player: - platform: sonos hosts: - 192.167.0.11 - 192.167.0.12 - 192.167.0.13 - 192.167.0.14 - 192.167.0.15 - 192.167.0.16 light: platform: hue host: 192.167.0.40 sensor: - platform: yr - platform: wunderground api_key: !secret WUnderground_API monitored_conditions: - alerts - dewpoint_f - dewpoint_string - feelslike_f - heat_index_f - elevation - precip_1hr_in - precip_1hr_string - precip_today_in - relative_humidity - temp_f - wind_mph