Introduction Home automation is constantly evolving, and Home Assistant is at the forefront of this revolution with its open-source platform. Among the various integrations available, Spook stands out as a powerful toolbox designed to enhance your Home Assistant experience. In this blog post, we’ll explore what Spook can and can’t…
Tag: Automation
Automation
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Fire alarm
If you have an intelligent fire alarm, then it goes without saying to create good automation for these in Home Assistant. Not only should the fire alarm beep loudly and clearly, but it can also trigger a number of things that will ensure you receive even better alerts.The challenge can…
Integration
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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…
Smart home
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Christmas lights
What is not Christmas without some Christmas lights (which we can automate).We have made it very easy in terms of the automation of the Christmas lights.Outdoors we have used Twinkly string Christmas lights. These are connected to the Home Assistant to be able to turn them on and off. Not…
Automation
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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…
Automation
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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…
Automation
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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,…
Automation
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Smart automation with Namron 4ch switch
If you have a 4-channel Namron switch, it is unnecessary to make 4-8 automation to use all the buttons. In Home Assistant, it actually holds with just one automation. Note – this example uses a Namron Zigbee switch. It is integrated with the use of Zigbee2MQTT. As usual, we need…