Anthias Fleet Manager for Home Assistant

Home Assistant integration for Anthias Fleet Manager — monitor and control your Anthias digital signage players directly from Home Assistant.

Screenshots

Device Page All entities at a glance	Media Player Live playback with screenshot
Camera — Live Screenshot Real-time display capture	Schedule Slot Sensor Active slot with history
Controls CEC display, reboot, shutdown	Config Flow Easy setup via UI

Integration overview — hubs & players

Features

Entities (per player)

Platform	Entity	Description
Binary Sensor	Online Status	Player connectivity (online/offline)
Sensor	CPU Temperature	CPU temperature in Celsius
Sensor	CPU Usage	CPU usage percentage
Sensor	Memory Usage	RAM usage percentage
Sensor	Disk Free	Free disk space in GB
Sensor	Uptime	Uptime in hours
Sensor	IP Address	Player IP address
Sensor	MAC Address	Player MAC address
Sensor	Active Schedule Slot	Currently active schedule slot name (with slot list in attributes)
Sensor	Schedule Slot Count	Number of configured schedule slots
Switch	Display (CEC)	TV power on/off via HDMI-CEC
Media Player	Player	Current content with screenshot, next/prev track, CEC on/off
Camera	Screenshot	Live screenshot from player display (10s refresh)
Button	Reboot	Reboot the player
Button	Shutdown	Shutdown the player

Services (for automations)

Service	Description
deploy_content	Deploy media from FM content library to player
create_asset	Create a URL/webpage asset on player
delete_asset	Delete an asset from player
toggle_asset	Enable or disable an asset
create_schedule_slot	Create a schedule slot (default / time / event)
delete_schedule_slot	Delete a schedule slot
add_slot_item	Add an asset to a schedule slot
remove_slot_item	Remove an item from a schedule slot
trigger_update	Trigger player software update (via Watchtower)

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
2. Click the three-dot menu → Custom repositories
3. Add https://github.com/Alex1981-tech/anthias-fleet-manager-ha as Integration
4. Search for "Anthias Fleet Manager" and install
5. Restart Home Assistant

Manual

1. Download the latest release
2. Copy custom_components/anthias_fleet_manager to your HA config/custom_components/ directory
3. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration
2. Search for "Anthias Fleet Manager"
3. Enter your Fleet Manager URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.100:9000)
4. Enter username and password
5. Click Submit

The integration auto-discovers all players registered with your Fleet Manager and creates a device with entities for each one.

Automation Examples

Turn Off Displays After Hours

automation:
  - alias: "Turn off displays at closing time"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "22:00:00"
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: switch.lobby_display_display

  - alias: "Turn on displays in the morning"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "08:00:00"
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.lobby_display_display

Nightly Reboot

automation:
  - alias: "Nightly player reboot"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "03:00:00"
    action:
      - service: button.press
        target:
          entity_id: button.lobby_display_reboot

Emergency Message on All Players

automation:
  - alias: "Emergency message on all players"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.fire_alarm
        to: "on"
    action:
      - service: anthias_fleet_manager.create_asset
        data:
          player_id: "your-player-uuid"
          name: "Emergency Alert"
          uri: "https://your-server.com/emergency.html"
          duration: 30
          mimetype: "webpage"

Alert When Player Goes Offline

automation:
  - alias: "Alert when player goes offline"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.lobby_display_online
        to: "off"
        for: "00:05:00"
    action:
      - service: notify.mobile_app
        data:
          title: "Player Offline"
          message: "Lobby display has been offline for 5 minutes"

Requirements

• Anthias Fleet Manager v1.4.0+
• Home Assistant 2024.1+
• Network access from Home Assistant to Fleet Manager

Links

• Anthias Fleet Manager — the fleet management server
• Anthias — open-source digital signage for Raspberry Pi

License

MIT