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Published inSep 2023
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Marco Carvalho
Marco Carvalho
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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Exploring a Home Assistant installation

In this section, we will explore the Home Assistant installation performed in the last sections by explaining the screen and menu disposal and then navigating through the menus explaining notable features, system functions, and options. This will help you to understand how Home Assistant is organized and where to find the resources and features to be used and configured.

Home Assistant default screen and menu disposition

If you just configured the system and are following this book sequence, you will not need to proceed with the initial login to the system. It will automatically access the system.

If you have not logged in to the system yet, logged out, or are logging in from your tablet or cell phone for the first time, you will need to fill in some information to initiate Home Assistant. The login process is straightforward: just input your username and password in the fields provided when accessing the http://homeassistant.local:8123...

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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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