Besides all new actions for Home Assistant itself, Spook will also add a bunch of devices and entities that are all about Home Assistant. Basically, turning Home Assistant itself into its own integration, providing entities you can monitor and control.
Spook added devices and entities for Home Assistant itself.
Devices & entities¶
Spook adds a single new device with entities for this integration to your Home Assistant instance.
Buttons¶
Reload Home Assistant¶
Default entity ID: button.homeassistant_reload
Reload all Home Assistant configuration with a single click of a button. This might be useful if you have a management dashboard of some kind.
Restart Home Assistant¶
Default entity ID: button.homeassistant_restart
Restart Home Assistant with a single click of a button. This might be useful if you have a management dashboard of some kind.
Sensors¶
Total number of entities¶
Default entity ID: sensor.entities
The total number of entities in your system (including this one).
Total number of entities per entity type¶
For each entity type, a sensor is created that counts the number of entities of that type. The default entity ID is listed after each sensor below.
- Number of
air_qualityentities (sensor.air_quality) - Number of
alarm_control_panelentities (sensor.alarm_control_panels) - Number of
binary_sensorentities (sensor.binary_sensors) - Number of
buttonentities (sensor.buttons) - Number of
calendarentities (sensor.calendars) - Number of
cameraentities (sensor.cameras) - Number of
climateentities (sensor.climate) - Number of
coverentities (sensor.covers) - Number of
dateentities (sensor.dates) - Number of
datetimeentities (sensor.datetimes) - Number of
device_trackerentities (sensor.device_trackers) - Number of
fanentities (sensor.fans) - Number of
humidifierentities (sensor.humidifiers) - Number of
imageentities (sensor.images) - Number of
lightentities (sensor.lights) - Number of
lockentities (sensor.locks) - Number of
media_playerentities (sensor.media_players) - Number of
numberentities (sensor.numbers) - Number of
remoteentities (sensor.remotes) - Number of
selectentities (sensor.selects) - Number of
sensorentities (sensor.sensors) - Number of
sirenentities (sensor.sirens) - Number of
sttentities (sensor.stt) - Number of
switchentities (sensor.switches) - Number of
textentities (sensor.texts) - Number of
timeentities (sensor.times) - Number of
ttsentities (sensor.tts) - number of
vacuumentities (sensor.vacuums) - Number of
updateentities (sensor.update) - Number of
water_heaterentities (sensor.water_heaters) - Number of
weatherentities (sensor.weather)
Total number of helpers per type¶
For each helpers with their own domain, a sensor is created that counts the number of helpers. The default entity ID is listed after each sensor below.
- Number of
input_booleanhelpers (sensor.input_booleans) - Number of
input_buttonhelpers (sensor.input_buttons) - Number of
input_datetimehelpers (sensor.input_datetimes) - Number of
input_numberhelpers (sensor.input_numbers) - Number of
input_selecthelpers (sensor.input_selects) - Number of
input_texthelpers (sensor.input_texts)
Other counters¶
But wait, there are more counters! The following sensors are also added:
- Number of areas (
sensor.areas) - Number of automations (
sensor.automations) - Number of custom integrations in use (
sensor.custom_integrations) - Number of devices (
sensor.devices) - Number of integrations in use (
sensor.integrations) - Number of persistent notifications (
sensor.persistent_notifications) - Number of persons (
sensor.persons) - Number of scenes (
sensor.scenes) - Number of scripts (
sensor.scripts) - Number of suns (
sensor.suns) - Number of zones (
sensor.zones)
Blueprints & tutorials¶
There are currently no known blueprints or tutorials for the enhancements Spook provides for these features. If you created one or stumbled upon one, please let us know in our discussion forums.
Features requests, ideas, and support¶
If you have an idea on how to further enhance this, for example, by adding a new action, entity, or repairs detection; feel free to let us know in our discussion forums.
Are you stuck using these new features? Or maybe you’ve run into a bug? Please check the page on where to go for help.