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Home Assistant Version: 2023.10.3

I purchased some Shelly devices today, Specifically the Shelly Button and Shelly Gas detectors. I was disappointed with the integration with Home Assistant – That is I thought that I would see more information – or get more options. to see these other options,

The Install

1. Login to your Shelly Device IP (you should set these to be static IP’s). within the Shelly device, select Internet & Security. Then Select Advanced – Developer Settings. Enable MQTT. User name password and Server IP address.

While there you should upgrade the firmware, select Settings then firmware update, dont forget to reboot.

That is all for the Shelly Devices. You should be able to see the device in your MQTT broker now.

Now, go back to Home Assistant (HAOS)

HACS

In HACS, install Shelly HACS, dont forget to reboot.

Go into the Shelly HACS. Find the MQTT Broker Connection enter your MQTT server information.

 Now edit your configuration.yaml, at the bottom of your configuration file add these lines.

# Shelly
shelly:
  version: true
  sensors:
    – all
#Below is optional Home Assistant should discover the Shelly Devices, but I like direct configuration
  discover_by_ip: # use the IPs of your shelly devices.
    – 192.168.100.25
    – 192.168.100.51
Restart home assistant.
how go to Device Integration install Shelly and your devices should be there. 

 

Frigate version: 0.12.1-367D724

Home Assistant: 2023.10.1

How do I fix the timestamp in Frigate, I want to see 12 hour!

For those in the world that live in an area of the world that can see the light most of the day, we dont have a need for 24 hour time in our Frigate setup. In Frigate now we have an option to actually change the time to 12 hour! yea!

It’s really simple to do this in Frigate. Just add the following ui: section in Frigate and Restart.

ui:
  # Optional: Set the default live mode for cameras in the UI (default: shown below)
  live_mode: mse
  # Optional: Set a timezone to use in the UI (default: use browser local time)
  # timezone: America/Denver
  # Optional: Use an experimental recordings / camera view UI (default: shown below)
  use_experimental: False
  # Optional: Set the time format used.
  # Options are browser, 12hour, or 24hour (default: shown below)
  time_format: 12hour

 

Frigate version: 0.12.1-367D724

Home Assistant: 2023.10.1

Frigate NVRHome Assistant

How do I fix Timestamps in Home Assistant?

In Home Assistant you are getting wrong timestamps? in my case I was getting the wrong timezone. I solved my issue with adding a few links of code to Frigate and Home Assistant. Also, if your question is How do i fix the timestamp on the Frigate Recordings? This should help you also.

Frigate Config:

ui:
  # Optional: Set the default live mode for cameras in the UI (default: shown below)
  live_mode: mse
  # Optional: Set a timezone to use in the UI (default: use browser local time)
  # timezone: America/Denver #Not needed in Frigate, Docker line I think is all you need
  # Optional: Use an experimental recordings / camera view UI (default: shown below)
  use_experimental: False
  # Optional: Set the time format used.
  # Options are browser, 12hour, or 24hour (default: shown below)
  time_format: 12hour #<– i like 12 Hour time, I live in an area where we have sunlight so I dont need 24-hour clock.

Docker stack/compose:

– /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro 
– /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro