The addition of Chromecast to my setup has opened up even more automation opportunities. In particular, to improve the movie watching and media consumption experience....
Using the binary sensor component, we can define virtual sensors in our Home Assistant configuration that allow us to track states derived from related input data....
In a previous post, we built a RF to MQTT gateway using an Arduino and OpenMQTTGateway. Now it's time to fully integrate this gateway into Home Assistant using a custom Python component....