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Posted on11/03/2023Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Notifying offline states of Z-Wave devices

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It’s essential thing to keep all security devices online 24/7 in order them to function properly in every case. Thinking of that I got an…

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Posted on31/12/2022Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Tesla Charger Release Button

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If you own a Tesla EV and don’t have original Tesla charger you might missing one crucial thing that makes your life much easier: Tesla…

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Posted on14/11/202222/03/2023Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Advanced garage door alert

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Once again my better half forgot the garage door open for couple of hours, luckily it was not freezing outside so no actual harm was…

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Posted on06/11/202219/11/2022Guide

Home Assistant: Nord Pool cheapest hours package

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In previous post Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours I created an automation that uses Nord Pool…

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Posted on17/09/202206/11/2022Guide

Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours

by Toni132 Comments on Home Assistant: Nord Pool Spot prices and how to automate devices for cheapest hours

Most of this information can already be found around the internet, but since I wanted to integrate one as well for my Home Assistant instance,…

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Posted on28/08/2022Guide

Guide: Local MQTT broker with Meross and Home Assistant

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Meross is great even through the cloud and with local http api, but there’s a one problem with that. Local connection for Meross uses HTTP…

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Posted on01/06/2022Home Assistant

E-ink dashboard for Home Assistant

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One day I accidentally stumbled upon a devkit that is using ESP32 as a base with integrated 4.7″ e-ink display. What’s good in e-ink is…

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Posted on06/05/2022Guide

Home Assistant: Using history stats sensor to count persons during night

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For a while I’ve been trying to figure out a proper way to create automation that counts all persons during a night and shows it…

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Posted on02/04/202203/04/2022Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Weber iGrill sensors

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Spring is here and summer is just behind the corner. Last weekend it was time to take out the trustworthy Weber Genesis II gas grill…

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Posted on12/02/202221/03/2022Guide

Guide: Start up and shut down remote linux PC using Home Assistant

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Sometimes there’s a need to remote start and stop a Linux PC through Home Assistant. I’m currently having a need to start and stop my…

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