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You manage Home Assistant from the Home Assistant section of the OpenHome dashboard, which shows the live status of your instance (Installing, Installed, or Running) alongside three operations. The buttons change with state: before anything is installed you see only Install, and once it’s installed you see Update and Uninstall. Each runs in the background, and its button is disabled while it works.

Install

Sets up Home Assistant and connects it to OpenHome automatically, including a user, your detected timezone and location, and the link back to OpenHome.

Update

Updates to the latest compatible version if one is available. If you’re already current, it changes nothing.

Uninstall

Cleanly removes Home Assistant and all its data, leaving the rest of your device untouched.
Keep your DevKit powered on while an operation runs. Install, update, and uninstall happen on the device and can take several minutes. Powering off or rebooting mid-operation can leave Home Assistant in a broken state. Wait until the button re-enables before powering down.

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Install

Installation is hands-off, with no prompts and no terminal. Make sure your DevKit is on the Home Assistant 64-bit firmware first (see Get started), then:
1

Open the Home Assistant section

In the OpenHome dashboard, find the Home Assistant section. It shows the current status next to the Home Assistant icon, Installing, Installed, or Running, so you always know what state your instance is in.
2

Click Install

Press Install. The status switches to Installing while OpenHome sets up Home Assistant on the device, creating a user, detecting your location, setting your timezone, currency, and units, and wiring up the connection to OpenHome.
3

Wait for it to finish

When the status reads Installed and then Running, your instance is up. The Install button is replaced by Update and Uninstall once the operation completes. Keep the DevKit powered on the whole time.
Once it’s installed, Home Assistant starts automatically on boot. Next, open the dashboard and add your devices.

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Install time

The first install downloads everything Home Assistant needs, so it takes longer. Later installs reuse what’s already on the device and finish faster.

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Update

OpenHome checks for the newest compatible version. If one is available it updates and reports success; if you’re already current it tells you and changes nothing. Your running Home Assistant keeps working throughout, and is only replaced once the new version is ready.

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Uninstall

Uninstall removes Home Assistant and everything it set up, and leaves the rest of your device untouched. Afterward the Install button reappears, and reinstalling is faster because the packages it needs are already on the device.