SmartHomeShop Docs

Sensor Definitions

This page explains the entities commonly available on UltimateSensor Mini v1.

The names below are those of firmware 3.0 and newer.

Environmental Sensors

Entity Description Unit
CO2 Carbon dioxide concentration ppm
Temperature Ambient temperature °C
Humidity Relative humidity %
Illuminance Ambient light intensity lux
VOC Index Volatile Organic Compounds index index
NOx Index Nitrogen Oxides index index

If your Mini v1 includes the optional SPS30 module, the entities PM <1µm Weight concentration up to PM <10µm Weight concentration, the matching Number concentration entities and Typical Particle size are also available. Control the sensor with PM Sensor, SPS30 Update Interval (default 60 s), SPS30 Idle Interval (default 5 min, 0 keeps it always on) and SPS30 Quiet Hours with SPS30 Quiet Start Hour and SPS30 Quiet End Hour.

Voice Assistant Entities

Entity Description
Media Player Speaker output for TTS and voice responses
Enable Voice Assistant Switch for local wake word and voice control, on by default
Voice Assistant Start Button that starts listening without a wake word
Voice Assistant Phase Current phase: idle, listening, thinking, replying, not_ready, error or muted
Microphone RMS, Microphone Peak Microphone level

Presence Entities

Entity Type Description
Occupancy Binary Overall room occupancy, follows Tracking Presence
Tracking Presence, Tracking Moving Target, Tracking Still Target Binary The radar sees a target, a moving target or a still target
Polygon Zone 1 Presence to Polygon Zone 4 Presence Binary Someone is inside that polygon zone
Polygon Zone 1 Target Count to Polygon Zone 4 Target Count Sensor Number of people in that polygon zone
Radar Target Count, Radar Moving Target Count, Radar Still Target Count Sensor Number of targets
Target 1 X to Target 3 X, also Y, Speed, Angle, Distance and Resolution Sensor Position and movement per target, in mm and mm/s
People Count, Last Crossing Direction Sensor Room count from your entry lines and the last direction
Reset People Count Button Sets People Count back to zero
Polygon Zones Enabled Switch Turns all polygon zones on or off, on by default
Tracking Presence Timeout Number Time before presence clears after the last detection, 1 to 600 s

Draw zones, exclusion zones and entry lines in the Room Designer of the SmartHomeShop integration.

Device Controls

Entity Type Description
Restart Button Restart the device
CO2 Manual Calibration Button Force SCD41 calibration to 420 ppm; only use after at least 10 minutes in fresh air
Temperature Offset Number Correction on the temperature reading, default 2.3
Humidity Offset Number Correction on the humidity reading, default -1
Boot Sound Switch Enables or disables the startup sound and front LED animation; the setting is retained after a restart
Restart in Safe Mode Button Restarts in safe mode
Factory Reset Button Erases all settings, including WiFi
Front Light, Back Light Light RGB LEDs on the front and back

Automatic LED Lighting

Since firmware 3.6 the back LED can also work by itself. All of this is off by default and stays saved after a restart. Turn on Automatic LED Lighting first. On cloud firmware you can also set this in the SmartHomeShop App.

Entity What it does Default
Automatic LED Lighting Main switch Off
Motion Light, Motion Light Brightness White light on motion from the radar Off, 70%
Night Light, Night Light Brightness Warm light when someone is present during the night hours Off, 10%
Night Light Start Hour, Night Light End Hour The night hours 22, 7
CO2 LED Warning Three orange flashes at the warning level, three red flashes at the critical level Off
CO2 Warning Threshold, CO2 Critical Threshold The two CO2 levels 1000 ppm, 1500 ppm
CO2 Alert Cooldown Wait time between alerts 5 min

Firmware Controls

The device name is added in front of these entity names in Home Assistant.

Entity suffix Type Description
Firmware Variant Select Selects WiFi Basic/Complete and local/SmartHomeShop App cloud firmware
Firmware Update Checks the manifest for the selected firmware; disabled by default

Diagnostic Entities

Entity Description
IP Address Current IP address
Connected SSID WiFi network name
WiFi MAC Address MAC address
WiFi Signal Signal strength
Uptime Time since the last restart
CPU Temperature Internal ESP32-S3 diagnostic temperature
ESPHome Version ESPHome firmware version
Hardware Version Hardware variant, V1-Basic or V1-Complete
Status Home Assistant API connection status

The firmware version of your Mini v1 is shown on the device page in Home Assistant.