Add Config Buttons to HomeAssistant for Common Tasks (Join, Pair, Refresh, Sync)

[krkeegan]

HomeAssistant has an entity_category called "config" and "diagnostic" that allows for a device to be configured within HomeAssistant.

I have been using a custom discovery template for some time that creates a handful of config buttons and a single diagnostic output. They look something like:

The Log sensor is a little limiting. But it works. This has made adding new devices a lot easier than having to open up the terminal UI to do routine tasks.

This really only requires some additions to the discovery templates. However, I may add some code to make enabling these optional, as it adds a number of entities for each device which some may feel pollutes the name space in home assistant. However, this seems to be a common design in HomeAssistant now, so I think most peoples entity namespace is already quite overflowing.