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Lars If you have a door / window sensor, you may have noticed that Home Assistant does not magically know if the sensor is on a door, garage door, window, or…
Smart home
Home Assistant Energy + Tibber
Home Assistant recently announced a new energy feature. Now it is even easier to monitor what uses electricity in your home, and in that way be able to control energy…
Getting started
How do you get started with Home Assistant? Fortunately, it is not really that difficult.Home Assistant can be run on anything from an old laptop, NUC, Raspberry Pi, or for…
Develco Smart Plug mini
To be able to control kettles, ice cubes, coffee makers, etc., it is easiest to install a small smart plug between the unit and the socket.When you do this, you…
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…
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…
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…
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…