Home Assistant Integration Deep Dive

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Home Assistant Integration Deep Dive

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4.1 Prerequisite: Install HACS

• HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) must be installed.

• Figure 13: HACS installation overview

  

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4.2 Installing RosCard via HACS

1. HACS → menu (⋮) → Custom Repositories
2. Add repository: https://github.com/yyqclhy/RosCard (Category: Dashboard)
3. Refresh HACS (press F5), search & download RosCard
4. Restart if prompted

Figures 14–19: Repository addition, search, download, and installation screenshots

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4.3 Creating RosCard Control Views

• Dashboard → Edit → Add Card → Custom: RosCard → Bind entities
  Examples:
• Light Card: Add light entities, enable Display Independently
• Media Card: Android TV → remote entity, Apple TV → media_player + remote

Figures 20–22: Example RosCard card creation and entity binding

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4.4 Connecting to Home Assistant

1. Long-Lived Access Token: Profile → Tokens → Create → Copy
2. QR Login (Recommended): Generate QR with HA URL + token → Remote: Settings → HA Login → Scan QR
3. Manual URL login if auto-discovery fails

Figures 23–25: QR login, token input, server discovery

Tip: Ensure remote is on the same Wi-Fi subnet as HA server.