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PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / bilresa_hybrid_dimmer.yaml

Last active March 2, 2026 16:56

Creates a Home Assistant automation for the Bilresa dimmer button from Ikea

	blueprint:
	name: IKEA BILRESA - Final Manual Speed
	description: "Exact replica of manual automation speed. Cures the 'Missing input' error."
	domain: automation
	input:
	bilresa_device:
	name: BILRESA Remote
	selector:
	device: {}
	scene1_light:

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / shelly_blu_rc_button_4_zha.yaml

Created February 9, 2026 14:41

Shelly BLU 4 button Home Assistant automation creator

	blueprint:
	name: Shelly BLU RC Button 4 ZB (ZHA) – 4 buttons (single/double/triple/hold)
	description: >
	ZHA blueprint for the Shelly BLU RC Button 4 ZB.
	Lets you select your remote, then assign actions for:
	single press, double press, triple press, and hold-release for each of the 4 buttons.
	Note: “hold” here is the HOLD-RELEASE event (scene_id 11). The repeating “step” spam is ignored.
	domain: automation
	input:
	remote_device:

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:9d3d7990d101ed1be400795700ccc9cf

Created August 22, 2025 08:34

An automation to send rich text (picture) notifications for cameras

	blueprint:
	name: Camera Motion Snapshot Notification (Simple / Fixed Tag)
	description: >
	On motion: take a snapshot and send a mobile app notification that
	uses a fixed Android tag (per camera) and a channel/group so Android
	recognizes updates as the same notification thread. No custom snooze logic.
	domain: automation
	input:
	motion_entity:
	name: Motion binary sensor

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:e4da731e5a151da55343a488d6191ca4

Last active October 26, 2025 11:32

Automation to automatically reload a video feed in Fully Kiosk in the background to keep it "warm"

	blueprint:
	name: Fully Kiosk – Warm Background Reload (v2)
	description: >
	Keeps Fully Kiosk preloaded on Fire TV by refreshing the last URL at a set interval
	while Fully is not the foreground app. Uses a per-minute trigger + modulo check
	(because time_pattern doesn't accept templates).
	domain: automation
	input:
	fire_tv_entity:
	name: Fire TV Media Player

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / fully_kiosk_focus_no_reload.yaml

Last active August 12, 2025 06:19

Home Assistant Blueprint to create a script that shares cameras to TV's

	blueprint:
	name: Fully Kiosk – Focus camera view (no reload unless needed)
	description: >
	Bring Fully Kiosk to the foreground on Fire TV and only load a Lovelace
	camera view if it's different from the last one shown (tracked via a text helper).
	Includes conditional wake so it only sends KEYCODE_WAKEUP if the Fire TV looks asleep.
	domain: script
	input:
	fire_tv_player:
	name: Fire TV media_player

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:99e4bf0bfece13ac2f660aa14417c979

Created August 5, 2025 11:36

YAML to automatically switch scenes based on position in a room

	alias: eMotion Max - Room Modes by Zone
	description: >-
	Turns on Studio mode when entering Studio zone and Chillout mode when entering
	Desk zone (with 20 second delay to prevent quick switches back to studio).
	triggers:
	- entity_id:
	- binary_sensor.lnlinkha_e04b41016e260000000000009cac0000_4
	to: "on"
	id: studio_zone_entered
	trigger: state

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:8d540532bec79060b7d92a6cc375524b

Created July 28, 2025 05:59

	Instruction For How To Control PC Or ANY Mac With Alexa Or Hey Siri: https://youtu.be/7PwrdtZ-yT0

	Step 1: Install the latest Python if you don't already have it, in Windows you'll also need to tick add Python.exe to path during installation

	Step 2: Create directories for your Automation files to live in (MAC: MacintoshHD/Users/YOURUSERNAME/HomeAssistantAppLauncher / PC: C://Users/YOURUSERNAME/HomeAssistantAppLauncher)

	Step 3: Download my Python file from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TQZDuA4PY08c4pdXZbkcmTau8CEV3abw?usp=sharing and drag the py file ... MAC: mac_app_launcher.py PC: win_app_launcher.py to the folder you created

	Step 4: Open up Terminal/Command prompt and type the following and press enter to get to the right folder MAC: cd ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher PC: cd C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\HomeAssistantAppLauncher
	In Terminal run the script we downloaded by typing the following and pressing Enter MAC: python3 mac_app_launcher.py PC: python win_app_launcher.py

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:836be2b7b8a041c52c5d5d5244db46da

Last active July 24, 2025 06:28

Automator script for Mac to automatically start Paul's HTTP server

	#!/bin/bash
	# Run the Python script in the background, redirecting output to log files
	/usr/bin/python3 ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/mac_app_launcher.py > ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/app_launcher_stdout.log 2> ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/app_launcher_stderr.log &

PaulHibbertMasterOfTheUniverse / gist:a2a9ee480304a4b8b8bac2c6e5b6696d

Last active July 24, 2025 06:29

Script wrapper for Mac to automatically start Paul's HTTP server

	cat << 'EOF' > ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/start_app_launcher.sh
	#!/bin/bash
	# Run the Python script in the background, redirecting output to log files
	/usr/bin/python3 ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/mac_app_launcher.py > ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/app_launcher_stdout.log 2> ~/HomeAssistantAppLauncher/app_launcher_stderr.log &
	EOF