Hey everyone, I wanted to share my experience with tracking my cat’s weight using Home Assistant. It’s been a fun project and I’m curious to hear if others have done something similar!
I recently noticed that my cat, Bandit, has been looking a bit rounder. To keep track of his weight, I decided to use the built-in sensor from my LitterRobot, which automatically measures his weight every time he uses it. The data is stored in Home Assistant as sensor.bandit_weight, and it updates several times a day.
I wanted to visualize this data over time, so I explored the History page in Home Assistant. The built-in history graph looked promising, but I ran into a few issues when trying to customize it. For example, when I tried to set a specific date range, the saved view didn’t reflect the changes I made. It seems like the date range gets converted into hours, which isn’t quite what I was aiming for.
I’m wondering if others have had success creating custom reports or dashboards for similar use cases. Maybe there’s a way to calculate averages or identify trends without exporting the data to Excel. I’m also curious about setting up notifications for unusual activity, like if Bandit’s weight changes significantly or if he visits the litter box less frequently.
If anyone has tips or tricks for working with sensor data in Home Assistant, I’d love to hear them! It’s been a great learning experience, and I’m excited to see how I can make this setup even more useful.
Cheers,
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