After implementing the turn lights on 20 minutes before sunset automation in hass.io, I was quite happy to see our evening lights come on and off automatically each night. But we encountered a few cloudy days in the past week, and it troubles me that the house gets too...
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Turn Lights On 20 Minutes Before Sunset!
Our home automation project is going along very nicely. We have a few TP-Link smart plugs installed around the house, and have been using their Kasa app for a while. One thing we really like is being able to set automation to turn light on and off. You can...
Secure Remote Admin Access with Duck DNS
Now that you have Hass.io running happily on your Raspberry Pi, the next thing in your mind is probably how to access the admin console remotely from the internet, so that you can control your smart home even when you are away from home. One elegant and free solution...
Access Configuration Files with Samba
Hass.io is the latest all-in-one installation for Home Assistant. It is the simplest way to set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi. You can now manage your Hass.io with a web console. Once you have Hass.io setup and running on the Pi, you will find that one of...
Have an Old IP Camera?
Do you have an old IP camera that you are still using at home? I have 2 of them. This is a Foscam FI8910W camera. It had its glorious days many years ago, and it is still working like a charm, as older hardware are built to last much...
Push Notification with Pushbullet
When there is a problem, there is a solution. What is the problem? We’ve been experiencing intermittent slow down which download speed just goes up and down unexpectedly. I already have internet speed test scheduled on my Home Assistant (HA) every 15 minutes, but what I would really like...
Hass.io – Open Source Platform
I find it fascinating to learn about the home automation trends in the market place now a days. One thing I noticed that I walked into a local Bestbuy store was 3 to 4 aisles of smart home products, ranges from smart door bell, smart lights, smart locks, water...
Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi
I’m doing a number of projects with the Raspberry Pi. The latest? I just got Amazon Alexa running on my Raspberry Pi and respond to the wake word “Alexa”. This is all base on the Alexa AVS Sample App, provided by Amazon. Ready to setup it up? So what...
Raspberry Pi 3 – Overview
I recently ordered a Raspberry Pi 3 to evaluate it for both home automation and education purpose. It is quite an amazing piece of hardware for under $40, and there are tons of open source software available. This is what it looks like when it arrives, it comes in...