If you are the owner of a dog or cat, it may be nice to have a GPS tracker on your furry friend. Tractive is a GPS tracker that you attach to the collar of the cat or dog, and it works in almost the whole world (as long as…
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The Watchman
If you have had Home Assistant for a while, then you have also definitely added and removed some things in the solution over time. Have you ever thought about where all the information is stored? For example. how many of your automations use a device, like you. maybe have removed?This…
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Plugin Anniversaries
We had a need to have a simple overview of birthdays for family and friends. The goal of entering this in Home Assistant is to be able to create automation around birthdays. For example. get a notice when a birthday is approaching, or adjust lights in the home when it…
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BACKUP !!!
A backup is a second copy of the data in order to protect themselves against these disappear by natural disasters or human error. A backup should be stored somewhere other than the original data. If you run Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with a microSD card, then it is…
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Presence detection
By implementing presence detection in Home Assistant, you will be able to get many fun opportunities. For example, you can get a nice welcome message on the speaker when you get home, and the lights are turned on automatically. There are several ways to track your mobile phone, this is…
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Thunder and lightning
Thunder and lightning, very very frightening… Summer in Norway means lightning and thunder. And as most people know, there is some equipment in the home that is not too fond of lightning. But how can a smart house then help you take precautions when it starts lightning?With the help of…
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Worx Landroid – integration
Wouldn’t it be great if you could control the robotic lawnmower via Home Assistant? Think of the possibilities. One can e.g. start the mower when no one is home. Or you can stop it if it rains, and restart it again after example. 2 hours since the last rainfall. Or…