Sometimes it would be nice to get a notification when someone enters or leaves a Zone. An example could be that a person leaves home, or a person enters school. In Home Assistant this could be done by just creating automation based on entering/leaving Zone. But what if you have…
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Outdoor light
In order not to use unnecessary power, all lights outdoors are controlled by LUX. That is, how much light there is. When it gets dark enough, we turn on the outdoor light, and as soon as there is enough light, we turn it off again.The advantage of measuring the brightness…
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Remember to charge your car
What is no more annoying than discovering that you had forgotten to plug in the charger for the car before going to bed. Or maybe even more annoying, to come up with it right after you go to bed.But do not despair – Home Assistant may be able to help…
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Tomorrow’s weather forecast
Isn’t it nice to be able to get tomorrow’s weather forecast on your mobile every night? This is very simple automation, which takes you 2 minutes to set up in Home Assistant. To find out what tomorrow’s weather forecast will be, we will use the yr.no integration. This is standard…
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Halloween 2021
Then it’s that time of year again, where it’s extra fun to scare someone. With a smart house, it is also almost mandatory to take advantage of the opportunities you have in automation to create something exciting. This year we made the team a simple setup.When someone rings the doorbell,…
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Light in the bathroom
It is a narrow matter to automate the light in the bathroom, with the help of e.g. a motion sensor. Enter the bathroom and the light will be turned on. X-minutes after there is no movement, then turn off the light. It is basic lighting control with a motion sensor….
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Good morning
Isn’t it nice to be able to get information about what the weather is like right now when you get up? How hot/cold is it, and what will be the temperature during the day?We solve this reasonably easily with simple automation in Home Assistant. There is only one condition that…
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Birthday reminder
When exactly was that birthday, and how old will the person be? With Home Assistant and a small integration, it is no problem to automate this.There are several ways to do this.You can use the integration with Google Calendar, but the downside here is that it does not enter how…