Z-wave

Testing Your Smart Fire Safety System in Home Assistant (Part 3)

Building a smart fire safety system in Home Assistant is only half the job. The real value comes when you can trust it. And trust does not come from configuration…

Lars 18/09/2026

Automation Home Automation Z-wave

Smart Night Security with Z-Wave JS UI and Home Assistant

Home Assistant continues to be one of the best platforms for building advanced smart home automations without depending on cloud services. One area where Home Assistant truly shines is security…

Lars 25/06/2026

Integration Smart home Z-wave

Build Your European Smart Home: A Beginner’s Guide to Z-Wave, Zigbee & MQTT in Home Assistant

Welcome to your smart home journey! If you’re in Europe and have chosen Home Assistant as your brain, you’ve made a fantastic, privacy-focused decision. But where do you start? The…

Lars 21/03/2026

Smart home WiFi Z-wave

Navigating Smart Home Connectivity: A Comprehensive Comparison of Wireless Protocols

In the ever-evolving landscape of smart home technology, the choice of wireless protocol becomes a pivotal decision, influencing the seamless connectivity and interoperability of devices. Let's delve into the intricacies…

Lars 11/01/2024

Automation Z-wave Zigbee

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…

Lars 17/07/2021

Automation 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…

Lars 10/07/2021

Smart home 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…

Lars 14/05/2021

Automation Smart home Z-wave

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 integrations of devices and services. At the same time, it is based on open source, which makes the solution very flexible.

Lars 13/05/2021