Target System: Home Assistant Operating System
1. Open the Home Assistant’s interface at http://homeassistant.local:8123 and go on the “Add-On Store”, either by simply click HERE and then going to point 4 of this guide, or following the next steps;
2. Click on “Configuration” on the sidebar;
3. Click on “Add-ons, Backups & Supervisor”;
4. Click on “ADD-ON STORE”;
5. To install the Genie development version is needed to add a repository. To do so should be enabled the “Advanced mode”. If is not enabled it will be signaled by the blu message as in the following image. In case the “Advanced mode” is already enabled is possible to skip to the point 7;
6. To reach the page were is possible to enable the “Advanced mode” is possible either to click on the blu message or going manually into the user's profile page and enable it. Than is possible to go back to the add-on store to continue setup;
7. To add the repository is possible either simply by click HERE , and skipping to the point 8 of this guide, or following the next steps into the interface.
Click on the three vertical dots on the top right corner, and then click on “Repositories”;
8. It will open a form;
9. Enter the following url: https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-hassio-repository ;
10. And click “ADD”;
11. Now a new tile ( “Genie - Edge”) will appear under “Genie Home Assistant OS Addon”;
IF NOT:
IF STILL NOT:
IF STILL NOT:
1. Click on the “Genie - Edge” tile;
2. Click on “INSTALL” and wait for completion:
3. When the installation is complete the Add-on is ready to be started, but before, enable the “Watchdog” (useful in cases of crashes), the “Auto update” (if you want to have always the last release, and fixes), and “Show in sidebar” (to have a fast access to the add-on),
4. Click on “START” to start the Genie Add-on;
1. To check the correct configuration, is possible to check into the Genie “My Skills” page, by going to the Genie interface
2. The Home Assistant Skill should be present in the grid;
Thank you for following this guide and enjoy your new voice assistant !