# Fermentation Dashboard Upgrade**Status:** Planning / Not started**Location:** BREWERY**Goal:** Make the existing fermentation display prettier---## Current State- TILT Hydrometers → ESP32 Bridge → Brewery Home Assistant- Existing fermentation dashboard in HA- Fire Stick display in brewhouse- **Pain point:** Current display isn't pretty enough---## Options for Improvement### Option 1: HA Native Dashboard (Simplest)**Use HA's built-in Lovelace cards**- Mushroom cards, Auto Entities, Mini Graph Card- Custom themes (e.g., "Mushroom", "iOS Dark Mode")- No extra services needed**Pros:** - Everything already in HA- No InfluxDB/Grafana complexity- Fast, responsive**Cons:**- Less customizable than Grafana- Graph styling limited---### Option 2: HA + InfluxDB + Grafana (Prettiest)**Pipe TILT data to Grafana for beautiful graphs**```TILT → ESP32 → HA → InfluxDB → Grafana → Fire Stick```**HA Add-ons available:**- InfluxDB (official HA add-on)- Grafana (official HA add-on)**Pros:**- Stunning visualizations- Highly customizable- Professional brewery monitoring look**Cons:**- More complexity (2 extra services)- ~300-500MB RAM usage- Need to configure data pipeline---### Option 3: Hybrid**HA for controls, Grafana for display**- Keep HA dashboard for interaction- Grafana dashboard on Fire Stick (read-only, pretty graphs)- Best of both worlds---## User Decisions (2026-04-04)- **Current state:** Decent fermentation dashboard exists, wants it "prettier"- **Architecture:** TILT → ESP32 Bridge → Brewery HA → Fire Stick (already working)- **HA Access:** ✅ Token provided for PSB-server (100.126.129.57:8123)- **Decision pending:** HA native cards vs. InfluxDB+Grafana add-ons**Fermenters:** 4 total## Data Discovery (2026-04-04)**Active TILT Sensors:****| Sensor | Temp (°F) | SG | Signal ||--------|-----------|----|--------|| Green TILT | 67.6 | 1.0384 | -82 || White TILT | 43.4 | 1.0155 | -74 || Pink TILT | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable || Orange TILT | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |**Other fermentation entities:**- `switch.fermenterswitch` (unavailable)- Power/energy sensors for fermenter switch- Device trackers for SG trackers (likely backup monitoring)**HA Components present:** ESPHome, ZHA (Zigbee), HACS, Node-RED, Frigate, WLED, IKEA Tradfri lighting---## TODO- [ ] **WAITING:** User to share Brewery HA token- [ ] Review current fermentation dashboard layout- [ ] Assess: HA native upgrade sufficient, or need Grafana?- [ ] If Grafana: Install HA add-ons (InfluxDB + Grafana), configure data flow- [ ] Design new dashboard layout- [ ] Configure Fire Stick kiosk mode (Fully Kiosk Browser or Chrome)- [ ] Test + iterate---## Notes- Brewery HA is separate from home HA- Fire Stick already in brewhouse- TILT data already flowing (no new sensors needed)---*Created: 2026-04-04*