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+
+# psb-thinking-fermentation-dashboard
+
+## Source
+- Type: `local-file`
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+- Updated: 2026-05-03T02:02:18.239Z
+
+## Content
+````text
+# 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*
+
+````
+
+## Notes
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+<!-- openclaw:human:end -->
+
+## Related
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