There is no better time to install permanent LED strip lights than right now. And not just any LED strips, but smart one using Home Assistant and WLED and NodeMCU. LED lights which you can control from anywhere, anytime with multiple effects. I will show you what you need and Read more…
In this article we will install Nextcloud on Raspberry pi 4, so we can upload our files from mobile and desktop devices just like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and others, but directly to our homes with a lot more privacy. What will you see in this article? You will see Read more…
The stars of this article will be the Universal Remote control Broadlink RM4 Pro with Home Assistant and Node-RED. The secondary roles will go to your existing remote controls and at the end we are going to retire them with honors. What will you see in this article? Last week Read more…
Broadlink RM4 Pro universal remote control can control all of your appliances from one place and can be integrated with Amazon Echo Device, Google Home, Siri, Node-RED and Home Assistant! I’m about to show it to you in details. Coming up. What will you see in this article? Broadlink RM4 Read more…
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…
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 sensors can be used in automations. What is Home Read more…
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 out and answer the question what is NVR? NVR Read more…
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 all these cases in this article. What means Home 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…
You may want to have Home Assistant remote access from everywhere, but you don’t want to setup complicated VPNs or to pay for the cloud service? If yes, then this article is just for you. What will you see in this article? Exposing a local server or service to the Read more…
