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Low battery detection and notification
With Home Assistant version 2020.12 came Blueprints.Blueprints is an automation that is pre-made and can be shared with other people. All you need to do when using a Blueprint is…
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Namron 4 channel switch
Namron has an 8-button smart switch that comes in both Z-Wave and ZigBee edition. By integrating this switch into the smart house, you can program the buttons to perform various…
Posted inAutomation Integration Smart home
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…
Posted inAutomation Smart home Z-wave
Who unlocked the door?
When the smart home has a smart door lock, there are many useful (and useless) automations you can set up. It can be good to know when the children come…
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Automate car functions
Automating the car may sound drastic, but the point is to be able to take advantage of the car's capabilities into your smart home.Most new cars have an app that…
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Stop wasting money
One of the goals of a smarter home should be to save money and the environment.One of the areas we have looked at was then to make sure that the…
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Humidity in the bathroom
Why should we turn on / off the hot fan manually when you can get a smart home to do this automatically? In order to automate ventilation in one room…
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Auto clean up
If you have set up solutions in the smart home that fill the disk / SD card with data, then you may want to create an automation that deletes such…