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How to Integrate Basic Sensor Monitoring in Jellyfin Dashboard? - Aria James - 2025-07-26
Hi everyone! I’m experimenting with ways to integrate some basic hardware stats or room environment feedback (like temperature or proximity) into a Jellyfin dashboard widget just for fun and to learn more about home automation. While testing with sensors like the HC-SR04 ultrasonic module, I followed this helpful article on how it works with Arduino:
https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/2023/02/introduction-to-hc-sr04-ultrasonic-sensor.html
My idea is to use an API or plugin to show simple status like user approaching or room occupied on Jellyfin. I saw similar ideas discussed on Home Assistant forums and also looked at Jellyfin API docs, but I’m not sure where to start for integrating basic external inputs.
RE: How to Integrate Basic Sensor Monitoring in Jellyfin Dashboard? - crobibero - 2025-07-26
Jellyfin doesn’t support providing custom metrics that would be displayed anywhere. I would think that you would send the metrics to home assistant?