NSPanel HAUI (HomeAssistant UI)

nspanel_haui is a versatile display system for HomeAssistant based smart homes.

• NSPanel HAUI (HomeAssistant UI)
  • About
  • Features
  • Installation
  • Next Steps
  • Development
  • Roadmap
  • Resources

About

NSPanel HAUI was started as a replacement for the original Sonoff Firmware. It provides a flexible way to configure the display and to control devices connected to home assistant.

It focuses on HomeAssistant and ESPHome. It does not use any custom protocol to communicate with the nextion display. Instead the display is completely controlled through the AppDaemon app written in python.

For details about the configuration see Configuration. Also take a look at Panels to get an overview of available panels.

Features

• Easy Installation

  The nspanel_haui will load most parts of the required files automatically. Only the initial ESPHome flashing process is needed. After this all parts will be updated by the AppDaemon app.

• Device display configuration in a single yaml file

  

  The whole configuration is located in the apps.yaml file. The configuration is done per device.

• ESPHome component

  

  For the communication between the esp32 and the nextion display the component nextion in ESPHome is being used.

• A variety of different panels

  

  

  Select from different Panels that can be displayed on the panel.

• Touch gestures and sequences

  

  Different touch gestures as swipe left or right are supported. There is also support for gesture sequences.

• Live state updates

  

  The display will update when a entity state changes. All entities being displayed will notify about changes and the display will update.

• Button and relay states, coupled and uncoupled relays

  

  The buttons can be used in a couped state, so that by button presses, the relay will get activated. It is also possible to disable the relay and use the physical buttons as software buttonms.

• Dimming of the display after a timeout

  

  The display will automatically dim its brightness after a timeout.

• Sleep display change after a timeout

  

  The display can switch to a page after a timeout. There are sleep and wakeup panels possible.

• Locking/Unlocking mechanism for panels

  

  All panels can be locked by a pin code. The panel can be accessed after entering the pin code.

• Device settings in HomeAssistant

  

  The whole device configuration can be done in HomeAssistant.

Installation

In order to install NSPanel HAUI it is neccessary to flash the Panel with ESPHome.

The simplified process is as followed:

1. Flash Panel with ESPHome
2. Update Display TFT
3. Install AppDaemon App
4. Add Configuration

Take a look at the more detailed Installation Guide. Have also a look at the FAQ.

Next Steps

• Documentation
• Panels Overview
• Example Configurations
• Icons Cheatsheet
• Thread in HomeAssistant Community

Development

For details about how the parts of the whole system communicate together see NSPanel HomeAssistant UI Docs.

• Design Guidelines
• Communication Description
• ESPHome Component
• AppDaemon Component
• Nextion Component

Roadmap

• Version 0.1.x: Into the wild - basic functionality, auto updates, cleanups

  First versions, get basic functionality running

• Version 0.2.x: Sort it out - configuration and entity handling

  Configuration and entity handling, more definitions, better code, sort out issues

• Future:

  • Replace AppDaemon with Home Assistant Integration

Resources

The project is based on the ideas of NSPanel Lovelace UI and NSPanel Custom with HA Blueprint.

• https://esphome.io
• https://nextion.tech/instruction-set/
• https://docs.nspanel.pky.eu/
• https://github.com/joBr99/nspanel-lovelace-ui
• https://github.com/joBr99/Generate-HASP-Fonts
• https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint
• https://github.com/masto/NSPanel-Demo-Files
• https://github.com/marcfager/nspanel-mf
• https://github.com/krizkontrolz/Home-Assistant-nextion_handler