diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3aba221..4cc04cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,141 @@
 i3/config
 settings.conf
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/homeassistant.py b/scripts/homeassistant.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ffc877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/homeassistant.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Python wrapper for REST API for Home Assistant.
+
+from requests import get, post
+import json
+
+class HomeAssistant(object):
+    def __init__(self, ip, token):
+        self.url = 'http://{}:8123'.format(ip)
+        self.headers = {
+            'Authorization': 'Bearer {}'.format(token),
+            'content-type': 'application/json',
+        }
+    def postService(self, domain, service, data):
+        response = post("{}/api/services/{}/{}".format(self.url, domain, service),
+                        headers=self.headers, data=json.dumps(data))
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        return response
+    def getRequest(self, domain, data):
+        response = get("{}/api/{}".format(self.url, domain),
+                        headers=self.headers, data=json.dumps(data))
+        return json.loads(response.text)
+    def getServices(self):
+        return self.getRequest('services', '')
+    def runScene(self, entityId):
+        data = {'entity_id': entityId}
+        self.postService('scene', 'turn_on', data)
diff --git a/scripts/synth-power.py b/scripts/synth-power.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e0142d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/synth-power.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Program to control synth power state.
+
+import configparser
+from homeassistant import HomeAssistant
+
+# Parse settings config
+configString = '[Settings]\n' + open('../settings.conf').read()
+configParser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+configParser.read_string(configString)
+
+# Load needed credentials
+HA_IP = configParser.get('Settings', 'HA_IP')
+HA_TOKEN = configParser.get('Settings', 'HA_TOKEN')
+
+ha = HomeAssistant(HA_IP, HA_TOKEN)
+ha.runScene('scene.synths_on')
+