Last post I walked through setting up Room Assistant and wasn’t super happy with it. I’m giving Find a try today which can work in 2 different ways: Passive Tracking This is similar to Room Assistant, except instead of Bluetooth it uses WiFi. This doesn’t require anything to be set-up on the device you’re tracking, […]
One of the key differences between a smart home and a home with smart devices is automation. When smart homes are done poorly, you can tell because people are using their smart phones to turn on a light when the switch is more convenience, or worse yet, if you use the switch the light is […]
With Google semi-recently closing down their APIs for Nest products, I was starting to look for a new Thermostat. This was unfortunate since the Nest thermostat is a really nice looking piece of hardware. Fortunately someone did some sleuthing and figured out what the new APIs are and published them in an unofficial HA integration. […]
My home automation system has evolved a fair bit since my last post, mostly it’s been a migration to a Docker container on my Unraid server. I’m now running Home Assistant version 0.103.3 and the only thing in common with my previous system is the z-wave system. Trying to jump from version 0.65.6 proved to […]