Imagine a local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. Imagine no more as there is one. It is called Frigate and I’m going to demonstrate how to setup it and how Home Assistant Frigate integration is working. What is Frigate? Frigate is an Open Source software that Read more…
Home Assistant Tasmota integration allows you to control Tasmotized Devices over MQTT without having to add a tone of YAML code. Let’s see this in action What is Tasmota? Tasmota is the best open source firmware for ESP8266 and ESP8285 based IOT devices. Home Assistant is the best open source Read more…
After you finish reading this Home Assistant UniFi Integration article you will be able to do presence detection, block network access for any clients, check bandwidth and uptime sensors and more. Everything that you will need is Home Assistant and UniFi network equipment. What is needed for Home Assistant UniFi Read more…
We are going to use Home Assistant and DOODS to detect objects in camera images locally. That means no Cloud services or internet connection is required for the image recognition part it’s just Home Assistant, DOODS and your camera. What is DOODS? DOODS stands for Dedicated Open Object Detection Service. Read more…
Last updated on March 19th, 2021 at 11:22 pm Last time, I asked you do you want me to create a Home Assistant Shelly Motion sensor integration tutorial and you said – YES, big time! So I listen and execute. In this article I will try two methods: Using the Read more…
Hello, this will be a Home Assistant Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner integration tutorial. The same method can be applied for several other Xiaomi products like: Xiaomi Gateways, Xiaomi Air Purifiers, Xiaomi IR Remotes, Xiaomi WiFi repeaters, Xiaomi Smart plugs and more. For dessert we will create some Home Assistant automations and Read more…
Last updated on March 14th, 2021 at 07:31 am You can install Home Assistant using several different methods. I tried them all, for months, so you don’t have to do the same. Finally, I decided to stay with Home Assistant Supervised method as one of the easiest and probably the Read more…
I have my hands on the ANNKE NC400 camera and I will try Home Assistant ANNKE integration using ONVIF & RTSP. ANNKE NC400 Camera The guys from ANNKE send me the ANNKE NC400 camera for free for a test and review and I’m really thankful for that. No matter the Read more…
In this article we will see how to easily start presence detection with Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant and and free software called Monitor. We will also use some help from Mosquitto MQTT Broker to enable MQTT communication between all involved components. Accurate presence detection is crucial for any Smart Home. Read more…
Last updated on December 21st, 2020 at 11:15 pm Do you have a way to inform yourself immediately if there is flooding at your home? If your answer is No, then Home Assistant and Shelly Flood Sensor will help. I will show you how to use Home Assistant and Shelly Read more…
