Node-RED and Home Assistant
Lars Node-RED is a tool for visualizing automation to be created. By default, Home Assistant has a powerful automation engine, where you can create all kinds of automation. If you are…
May 2021
Anyone home?
Something we think is important to have control over in our smart home is if someone is at home. By knowing if there is someone in the house or not,…
Zigbee
Zigbee is another protocol used in our smart home solution. This is the protocol that Philips HUE and IKEA, among others, use for their lights. Zigbee runs at the same…
Z-wave
Z-wave is one of the protocols used in our smart home. Z-wave runs at 800-900MHz frequency. In Norway, we relate to the Europe area, which is 868.4 MHz. There are…
Every smart home needs a brain
After testing slightly different solutions, the choice for our smart home solution fell on Home Assistant. Home Assistant is one of the world’s largest smart home integrators, with over 1700…