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Open Home Starter guide preview

Set up a customer-owned Home Assistant foundation with Zigbee or Z-Wave, see three useful sensor categories in one Home Overview, and optionally add up to three simple notifications.

This preview shows the complete structure and one real step. The full installation guide, shopping list, verification checklist, and Print / Save as PDF view open after a confirmed purchase.

Before buying

Know exactly what is—and is not—included.

  • The $149 purchase covers one complete browser-and-print guide, three optional notification templates, and up to three setup-specific replies by email.
  • Home Assistant Green, your selected Connect ZBT-2 or Connect ZWA-2 radio, and all sensors are purchased separately from their sellers.
  • Choose Zigbee/ZHA or Z-Wave JS for this Starter; do not mix protocols in one sensor plan.
  • Choose zero to five sensors in each supported category, with at least one sensor overall.
  • Open Home Kits never needs your password, a remote-access link, a call, screen sharing, or control of your home.

Complete contents

One path from hardware plan to tested overview.

  1. Choose Zigbee or Z-Wave, build your sensor mix, and name every intended location
  2. Connect and update Home Assistant Green
  3. Configure Connect ZBT-2 through ZHA or Connect ZWA-2 through Z-Wave JS
  4. Pair, name, place, and prove every selected sensor
  5. Build one clear Home Overview
  6. Optionally prove a phone notification path
  7. Optionally create and test up to three notification-only automations
  8. Restart, verify, pause, and undo safely

Representative guide step

Name every intended location

The paid guide uses this Goal / Do / Expected / Confirm / If not format throughout.

  1. Goal: Give each sensor a short, unambiguous name before pairing begins.

    Do this

    1. Write one location per selected sensor, such as Kitchen sink, Basement door, or Upstairs hall.
    2. Use the same location words on your shopping note, device label, and Home Assistant entity.
    3. Pair one device at a time so the physical sensor and its on-screen name cannot be confused.

    Expected result

    Every sensor in the plan has one unique plain-language location and can be identified without guessing.

    Confirm before moving on

    • The number of names equals the number of sensors you selected.
    • No two names could refer to the same place by accident.

    If that does not happen

    Shorten the names and add a room or fixture. Do not start pairing until every physical device has one clear destination.

After purchase

Your complete guide opens after purchase.

Follow every step in your browser, with the shopping list and verification checklist close at hand.

Print the guide or save it as a PDF whenever you want an offline copy.

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