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Broadlink RM4 Pro Review: Alexa & Siri setup – part 1

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 5 months5 months ago
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Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant Broadlink Integration: Use Wi-Fi plug to make appliance smart

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 5 months5 months ago
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Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant Companion for macOS

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 5 months3 weeks ago
Me holding Reolink nvr RLN8-410 and two reolink cameras rlc-520 and rlc-522 and looking at sofware nvr vs hardware nvr
Home Assistant Security Smart Home

Reolink cameras & NVR or Blue Iris and Home Assistant

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 6 months2 months ago
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Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant Actionable Notifications using the Companion App

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 6 months6 months ago
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Home Assistant Smart Home SmartThings

Home Assistant and SmartThings Integration

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…

By Kiril Peyanski, 6 months6 months ago
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Home Assistant Smart Home

Home Assistant Remote Access with DuckDNS and Let’s Encrypt

Last updated on February 18th, 2021 at 01:48 pm 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 Read more…

By Kiril Peyanski, 6 months2 weeks ago
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Home Assistant Security Smart Home

Home Assistant Vacation Mode

Last updated on January 18th, 2021 at 04:39 pm By creating your own Home Assistant Vacation mode you can use Smart Lights to protect your home from thieves during your vacation. And would it be great if you have the possibility to automatically replay your real light schedule from the Read more…

By Kiril Peyanski, 7 months2 months ago
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Networks Smart Home

Optimize and Troubleshoot UniFi Wireless Connections

Last updated on August 23rd, 2020 at 07:36 am In this article I will show you how to optimize and troubleshoot UniFi Access Points (UAP) including the UniFI Dream Machine (UDM). Check the current price of the UnFi gear that I’m using: UniFi Dream Machine – https://amzn.to/3duBodd UniFi AP AC Read more…

By Kiril Peyanski, 7 months7 months ago
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Home Assistant Node-RED Smart Home

Install Node-RED with Docker or with Node.js or using Home Assistant

Last updated on August 23rd, 2020 at 07:26 am I will show you not one, but three different ways to install Node-RED, so you can choose which one is the best for you. On top I will show you how to integrate Node-RED with Home Assistant. Check this story if Read more…

By Kiril Peyanski, 7 months7 months ago

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