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You definitely should back up your Home Assistant regularly at least to avoid losing configurations you spend a lot of time on. Home Assistant has a tool for this also with a lot of improvements added recently, like automatic addon backups before updates. But, you know it is not very
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Sounds nice, right? That was my dream for some time and I finally found the way to implement it using a powerful browser_mod addon for Home Assistant. First of all, you need to install browser_mod preferably through HACS. The main purpose of browser_mod is to control any
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This is my collection of templates for the Custom Home Assistant Lovelace Button Card. Badge Flexible, responsive button showing additional state icons in the corners. Template badge: layout: vertical variables: size: 70 tap_action: action: toggle hold_action: action: more-info custom_fields: top_left_info: | [[[ if (variables && variables.
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My living room multimedia setup consists of numerous devices with varying degrees of stupidity. I’m chasing to improve it adding additional DIY hardware and functionality not always because of hate of TV remotes but also because I’m in love with IoT and soldering. First, I’ve added WiFi
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Quick step-by-step guide on assembling an IR receiver for reading IR codes from your remotes based on Wemos D1 mini, Wemos IR shield, and using ESPHome. Components used 1. The housing from Broadling RM Pro+ 2. Wemos D1 mini development board 3. Wemos IR shield 4. USB to micro-USB cambe
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Previously I was using JBL Bar connected to a TV in my living room. It was controlled with WiFi IR bridge, so whenever my Chromecast or PS4 was in playing state, the Bar was turned on and ready. Now I have passive speakers with a simple integrated amplifier, and it
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Many modern TVs can be controlled not only with an IR remote. Many could be easily integrated with Home Assistant or any other smart home solution. Samsung smart TVs, LG with WebOS… But what if your TV is so dumb it even don’t have WiFi or Bluetooth? Today we’
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Yes, it is possible and you don’t need to build anything from sources. Sending SMS from your home could be useful, for example, to send emergency alerts. But what about receiving and parsing SMS messages? Well, I used it to integrate my car security system with my Home Assistant.
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Bed presence detection could be very useful in home automation to control the lights and appliances you don’t need at night, but want to be ready in the morning. And today we will build a bed presence sensor out of a very universal device for DIY IoT. It is
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Home Assistant 0.115 got the ability to use variables in automation and scripts. You can declare variables even using templates and use them across the script or automation. Here is an example from the release notes: automation: trigger: platform: sun event: sunset offset: -00:30 variables: notification_service: notify.
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Previously my presence detection in Home Assistant works through Asus router and asuswrt component. And it was bad. Very bad. Recently I switched to Google WiFi and realized that the only way to implement presence detection with this router is IFTTT (Update: No). I thought it would be the slowest
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So I have several Xiaomi Aqara buttons. Today I want to explain how to use this button as a smart doorbell that will play sound to your Google Home device through Home Assistant. All my Aqara ZigBee devices are connected to Home Assistant via ConBee II and deCONZ. First of