I want to receive notifications when a non-smart appliance start and finish it’s cycle. To accomplish that I will use the Home Assistant Broadlink integration and a Wi-Fi Smart Plug with embedded power meter. What will you see in this Article? The idea is pretty straightforward: if power consumption of Read more…
Last updated on February 11th, 2021 at 12:17 pm The brand new Home Assistant companion for macOS was just released as part of what the heck month in the Home Assistant community. I will show you how to install it, what new sensors are added after installation and how these Read more…
Last updated on January 18th, 2021 at 04:38 pm Prepare yourself for a Reolink NVR or Blue Iris and Home Assistant review. I got my hands on two cameras from Reolink – RLC-522 and RLC-520 as well as Reolink NVR RLN8-410. What is NVR? First of all let’s clear this Read more…
Last updated on September 17th, 2020 at 11:57 am Probably you already know about Home Assistant Actionable Notifications or you never heard about them. Maybe you are using Home Assistant Companion App or you never ever seen it before. I will say it doesn’t matter. I will try to cover Read more…
Some people have a hard time choosing between Home Assistant and SmartThings as their main Smart Home hub. But I will say why don’t you have them both working at the same time. I will show you how to do that in this video. What will you see in this article Read more…
