Simple do-not-disturb indicators
With everyone stuck at home, the wife wanted a passive way for me to let her know I was busy in a conference call. Thus, the busy_box was created.
It's a simple box with a button and two LEDs connected to a ESP8266. The ESP is programmed with Tasmota and configured to be connected to Home Assistant. A couple of Automations in Home Assistant make them work. See the YouTube video below:
The box is a modified version of this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1264391
The Tasmota Module Configuration is set to:
| Field | Setting |
|---|---|
| Module Type | Generic (0) |
| D4 GPIO2 | Button1 (17) |
| D2 GPIO4 | Relay1 (21) |
| D1 GPIO5 | Relay2 (22) |
Then, obviuosly, setup Tasmota for WiFi and MQTT.
There were a couple of options I turned on:
| Command | Usage |
|---|---|
| SetOption19 1 | Turn on Home Assistant auto-discovery |
| SetOption13 1 | Turn off multi-button press and hold |
I then added the following Automations to Home Assistant:
- id: '1585062349930'
alias: Caitlin Busy
description: ''
trigger:
- entity_id: switch.dnd_caitlin
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- device_id: b056a5c648694034b962a23a63d5ed0a
domain: switch
entity_id: switch.sonoff2
type: turn_on
- id: '1585062499850'
alias: Caitlin Not Busy
description: ''
trigger:
- entity_id: switch.dnd_caitlin
from: 'on'
platform: state
to: 'off'
condition: []
action:
- device_id: b056a5c648694034b962a23a63d5ed0a
domain: switch
entity_id: switch.sonoff2
type: turn_off
- id: '1585062714384'
alias: Joe Busy
description: ''
trigger:
- entity_id: switch.dnd_joe
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- device_id: 855ddbe90cf643f49df91904968ed479
domain: switch
entity_id: switch.sonoff2_2
type: turn_on
- id: '1585062796113'
alias: Joe Not Busy
description: ''
trigger:
- entity_id: switch.dnd_joe
from: 'on'
platform: state
to: 'off'
condition: []
action:
- device_id: 855ddbe90cf643f49df91904968ed479
domain: switch
entity_id: switch.sonoff2_2
type: turn_off