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You manage Home Assistant from the Home Assistant row of Settings → DevKit in the OpenHome dashboard, which shows the status of your instance alongside its device and area counts. Installed and Running each light up as they become true. The buttons change with state: before anything is installed you see Install, and once it is installed you see Update and Manage devices. 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.

Manage devices

Opens the device list, where you can refresh what Home Assistant has picked up or add hardware by brand.
Keep your DevKit powered on while an operation runs. Install and update 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. Check your DevKit’s firmware first (see Get started), then:
1

Open the DevKit settings

Select your account at the bottom of the sidebar, then go to Settings → DevKit and find the Home Assistant row. Your DevKit must be connected, otherwise the row stays empty.
2

Click Install

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 both Installed and Running are lit, your instance is up. 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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Manage devices

Manage devices opens the list of everything your instance has picked up, with Refresh to scan again and Add device to add hardware by brand. Most Wi-Fi and MQTT hardware announces itself and turns up here on its own. To run these devices by voice, see Talk to your home.