Configuration via UI

[jumping2000]

This is a pre-release, use it as a beta app

⚠️ BREAKING CHANGE: Dynamic Targeting for Voice Notifications and UI configuration.
The most significant updates are:

• the transition to UI configuration.
• you are no longer required to hardcode a single target or media_player in your automation/script.
• read the readme file to change your automation/script.
• a lot of entities to monitor/personalize your Universal Notifier

action: universal_notifier.send
data:
  message: "Water leak detected in the basement!"
  priority: true
  targets: 
    - google_home_tts
  target_data:
    google_home_tts:
      entity_id: media_player.google_nest_hub

Universal Notifier is a custom Home Assistant component that centralizes and enhances notification management.

It transforms simple automations into a "Smart Home" communication system that knows the time of day, respects your sleep (Do Not Disturb - DND), greets naturally, and automatically manages the volume of voice assistants.

🚀 Key Features 🇬🇧

• Unified Platform: A single service (universal_notifier.send) for Telegram, Mobile App, Alexa, Google Home, etc.
• Personalized notifications to several targets (i.e. alarm notification to both Telegram and Alexa)
• Voice vs. Text: Automatically differentiates between messages to be read (with prefixes like [Jarvis - 12:30]) and messages to be spoken (clean text only).
• Smart Time Slots & Volume: Set different volumes for Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night. The component adjusts the volume before speaking.
• Do Not Disturb (DND): Define quiet hours for voice assistants. Critical notifications (priority: true) will still go through.
• Random Greetings: "Good morning," "Good afternoon," etc., chosen randomly from customizable lists.
• Command Handling: Native support for Companion App commands (e.g., TTS, command_volume_level) sent in "RAW" mode.
• Intelligent Queueing (FIFO): Voice notifications are handled by a background worker using asyncio.Queue. This prevents audio overlapping by playing messages sequentially.
• Snapshot & Resume: The system saves the state (volume, track, and app) of media players before a notification and tries to restore it after the entire queue is empty.

📊 Monitoring & Diagnostics

Entity	Type	Description
Volume	Sensor	Real-time sensor showing the exact volume percentage for the next notification, automatically calculated based on the current active time slot. Dynamic icon based on level. Extra attributes: current_slot, raw_volume.
Family	Sensor	Tracks family presence status (home / not_home) based on configured person entities.
DND	Binary Sensor	Indicates whether Do Not Disturb mode is currently active or inactive.
Voice Buffer	Number	Adjustable buffer time (0.5–10.0 s, step 0.5) for TTS playback to ensure complete message delivery. Default: 1.5 s.
Priority Volume	Select	Sets the volume level for priority notifications. Options: 0.1 to 1.0.
Text Format	Select	Selects the text formatting mode for notifications: html or markdown.
Notification Mode	Select	Controls notification routing based on presence: Normal (all go through), Voice home (voice only when home), Text home (text only, no voice).
Default Media Players	Sensor	Shows the default media players configured for voice channels. State: number of channels with a default. Attributes: map {channel_alias: media_player.xxx}.

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This discussion was created from the release Configuration via UI.

[jumping2000]

Do you want to test new release? 😊

[jumping2000]

v0.6.2 is almost good