Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
Do you want a graphical floor plan of your home to show what lights are on or off, whether someone is at your doorbell, etc? There are probably lots more ideas to show the status […]
Apart from this device being able to connect via Home Assistant to provide all the intelligence, what I really like is that it just attaches to most existing dumb garage door openers. Most door openers […]
This article is a worthy reminder that are already many things in your home which you can automate from garage door openers, to your home router, to a solar system, to lights, to speakers, and […]
It’s an unfortunate reality these days that if you see a cheap piece of consumer electronics, there’s a good chance its only cheap because it’s designed to lock you into some ecosystem where you’ll either […]
This is interesting as I’ve never actually looked at, or used, Traefik Hub. I’ve generally called DuckDNS to monitor the chnaging of my home public IP address, and pointed my domain name to the DuckDNS […]
I’ve created the page at https://gadgeteer.co.za/homeassistant to follow my journey as a newbie in setting up and configuring Home Assistant to work. I’ve got as far as the basic set up and editing of config files. I’m currently exploring […]
I’ve added a new page today that has a useful grouped selection of commands that can be used with a Google Home device (or with Google Assistant app on the phone). It’s list I previously […]
Home Assistant – an open source home automation system built for a Raspberry Pi The system is designed to be modular so apart from existing modules more can be continued to be added. A searchable […]
