HOW TO - Setup Room Assistant #1 (INSTALLING ROOM ASSISTANT)

In this video we are starting our basic setup of Room Assistant. We will be using a basic configuration or a Raspberry Pi Zero W in order to be able to track a device across multiple rooms.
There is a small free competition/giveaway in the video. For more information see the description below.

Next video in the series? Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UQ9mowAmg

Looking for other videos in the tutorial? Check out the full playlist :
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9-x3188Nhtgo0U9YVCPyjvTAE3E3v2CR

▬ Video Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00​ - Intro
0:13​ - About todays video
1:17 - What is presence detection
1:46 - Room Assistant
2:00 - What can you do with Room Assistant?
3:09 - What We will need (Hardware and Software)
3:40 - Software we will need
4:16 - Hardware we will need
5:34 - My Pi Zero W's (GeekPi)
05:47 - Flashing Pi image to SD card (Pi Imager)
07:15 - Adding SSH file and WPA_Supplicant
11:13 - IP Address (3 ways to find it)
13:15 - Pi Config (SSH)
14:38 - Running commands on Pi (Room assistant download)
19:53 - COMPETITION TIME (Pi SSD upgrade parts)
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▬ wpa_supplicant.config ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=UK

network={
ssid="yourWiFiName"
psk="yourpassword"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
▬ room assistant config ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
global:
integrations:
- homeAssistant
- bluetoothClassic
homeAssistant:
mqttUrl: 'mqtt://homeassistant.local:1883'
mqttOptions:
username: youruser
password: yourpass
bluetoothClassic:
addresses:
- bluetooth-mac-of-device-to-track

▬ Linux Commands needed (In order of use) ▬▬

1) ifconfig (get you Pi IP) - 14:46

2) passwd (used to set Pi password) - 15:10

3) sudo raspi-config (open Pi configuration) - 15:48

4) wget -O - https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mKeRix/88b7b81e9bca044f74de1dc51696efb2/raw/799a20bca44cc61d8f8ae93878f2f28af8365a69/getNodeLTS.sh | bash (Get NodeJS) - 17:36

5) nano ~/.profile (create NodeJS path in profile) - 18:00
5b) The Path to enter : PATH="$PATH:/opt/nodejs/bin"
5c) source ~/.profile - 18:44

6) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev bluetooth libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev
(used to update packages and dependencies) - 19:02

7) sudo npm i --global --unsafe-perm room-assistant (used to download Room Assistant) - 19:44

8) sudo reboot (reboot Pi) - 21:10

9)
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which hcitool`)
sudo setcap cap_net_admin+eip $(eval readlink -f `which hciconfig`) - 21:27

10 ) mkdir -p ~/room-assistant/config

11) nano ~/room-assistant/config/local.yml

▬ Required Software ▬▬
● Raspberry Pi Images - https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/​
● Pi Imager - https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/​
● Moba XTerm - hhttps://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html
● Putty - https://www.putty.org/​

▬ [ R E F E R E N C E D L I N K S ]▬▬
● Room Assistant - https://www.room-assistant.io/

▬ [ R E F E R E N C E D V I D E O S ]▬▬
Installing Home Assistant on Pi 4 (EASY) : https://youtu.be/4AHDms5UyVY
Installing Home Assistant on an SSD : https://youtu.be/WDCE4_sP5_E

▬ Products used in this Video ▬▬
Please note these are Amazon affiliate links.

SanDisk Extreme A2 64GB : https://amzn.to/3nkVudX​
Pi4 Official USB C Power Supply : https://amzn.to/3oguNsd​
Pi Zero W - Geek Pi starter kit - https://amzn.to/2MIgoaY
Pi Zero W (Geek Pi case) - https://amzn.to/302oUEF

▬ COMPETITION INFO ▬▬
I have a few spare parts (All brand new and sealed) that I will be giving away
to one subscriber. The prize includes an 240GB Kingston SSD and a StarTech Sata
to USB 3.0 cable. This will be everything you need to upgrade your Home Assistant on a Pi
using an SD card, to Home Assistant running on an SSD.

To enter make sure you are subscribed. You will then need to leave a comment saying:
"WIN - Name of Home Assistant Addon. And the reason you like it"

For Example. My Entry could be :
WIN - deCONZ. I like deCONZ because ooh the Zigbee

Just a fun little giveaway and a way to see what add-ons people most like.
I will be randomly selecting a winner in a couple of weeks and will ship the prize
to wherever you are.

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