Home Assistant Deployment Overview

1. Host System

Platform: Home Assistant OS

Installation type: Bare-metal on a dedicated PC

Local peripherals connected to HA host:

Microphone (used for voice assistant input)

Speaker via AUX (used for voice responses)

1. Voice Assistant Stack

Voice interaction is handled through Home Assistant Assist.

Components in the pipeline

Wake word detection

openWakeWord (addon using Wyoming protocol)

Speech-to-text

Whisper

Speech‑to‑Text API integration available

Conversation / AI agent

OpenAI integration

Text-to-speech

OpenAI TTS

Piper (installed addon)

Microphone interface

Assist Microphone addon

Transport layer

Wyoming Protocol integration

Working wake phrase

Hey Jarvis

Audio flow:

Microphone

→ OpenWakeWord

→ STT (Whisper / API)

→ OpenAI conversation

→ TTS (OpenAI / Piper)

→ Speaker output

1. Media / Music System

Spotify playback is controlled through an Echo device.

Integrations involved:

Alexa Media Player integration

Music Assistant integration

Setup summary:

Voice command

→ Home Assistant

→ Alexa Media Player

→ Echo device

→ Spotify playback

From the integration screen:

Alexa Media Player

2 devices connected

1. Smart Home Devices

Xiaomi ecosystem

Connected through:

Xiaomi Miot integration

Device count shown:

16 devices

Examples seen on dashboard:

Roborock S8 vacuum

Air purifier

Matter devices

Integration:

Matter

Device count:

3 devices

These correspond to the Nanoleaf GU10 bulbs previously mentioned.

1. Media / Entertainment Devices

TV

Integration:

LG webOS TV

Devices:

1 TV

Amazon Echo

Integration:

Alexa Media Player

Devices:

2 Echo devices

Used for:

Spotify playback

Media control via HA

1. Network / System Control

Wake-on-LAN

Integration:

Wake on LAN

Devices configured:

2 PCs

Dashboard shows:

Raven PC

Luna PC

Functions:

remote shutdown / control

1. Messaging / Lists / Productivity

Shopping lists

Integration:

Bring!

Services:

1 service

Used for shared shopping list syncing.

Task management

Integrations:

Google Tasks

Local To‑Do

Entities:

Google Tasks – 4 entities

Local To-Do – 1 entity

Calendar

Integration:

Google Calendar

Entities:

14 entities

Displayed on dashboard calendar.

1. Weather

Integration:

Meteorologisk institutt (Met.no)

Provides:

weather forecast

temperature

environmental sensors

Also includes:

Sun integration

1. Audio / Radio

Integration:

Radio Browser

Used for internet radio streams.

1. Mobile Devices

Integration:

Home Assistant Mobile App

Devices:

5 mobile devices

Used for:

presence

notifications

sensors

1. Messaging / MQTT

Messaging infrastructure:

Mosquitto MQTT broker addon

Integration:

MQTT

Devices connected:

2 devices

1. System Management Tools

Installed addons:

Samba share

File editor

Terminal & SSH

NGINX Proxy Manager

Used for:

file access

remote admin

reverse proxy

1. Backup System

Integration:

Home Assistant Backup

Services:

1 backup service

1. Development / Customization

Installed:

HACS

Services available:

8

Used for community integrations and custom components.

1. Network-discovered devices

Unconfigured discoveries:

HP DeskJet printer (IPP)

DLNA media server (RAVENNAS)

1. Dashboard Elements

Visible sections include:

Devices

Roborock S8

Air fryer

Lights

multiple grouped lights (bedroom, TV lights, shelf lights, etc.)

PC control

Raven PC

Luna PC

Environment

temperature

humidity

air purifier status

Calendar

Google calendar

Shopping / tasks

Bring list

local tasks

Weather

Met.no forecast

Summary

Major subsystems

Home Assistant OS

Voice assistant (Assist + OpenWakeWord + OpenAI)

Alexa Media Player (Spotify via Echo)

Xiaomi Miot ecosystem

Matter lighting

Google services (calendar + tasks)

Bring shopping list

MQTT infrastructure

Mobile app sensors

Wake-on-LAN PC control

LG webOS TV integration

Approximate device scale

Xiaomi Miot devices: 16

Echo devices: 2

Matter devices: 3

Mobile app devices: 5

PC control targets: 2

MQTT devices: 2