Tag: Home Assistant

Routine Tasks; Adding Tesla PowerWall sensors to my Home Assistant!

Routine Tasks; Adding Tesla PowerWall sensors to my Home Assistant!

<img width="1800" height="900" title="Tesla_wall" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Tesla_wall" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wcg3ScYX3oE/W_Sfp-HCuOI/AAAAAAADu1s/EgGiCqR2Ta8AEv-9uytdxgGFUJzQU2UFwCHMYCw/Tesla_wall%255B4%255D_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" border="0" /> More routine maintenance of my Smart Home.  This ... Read More

Routine Tasks; Upgrading Home Assistant to Latest Beta!

Routine Tasks; Upgrading Home Assistant to Latest Beta!

Once you are running in Docker, upgrading Home Assistant (or rolling back for that matter) is really just a few clicks away.  The release cycle ... Read More

Port Forwarding on the ARRIS TG1682 Modem Router

Port Forwarding on the ARRIS TG1682 Modem Router

After finding out the Sagemcom F@st 5260 didn’t support Local NAT Loopback, I was forced to change my Modem/Router combination again.  For those that don’t ... Read More

Easy Smart Home Gadgets I use for my Holiday Lighting setup!

Easy Smart Home Gadgets I use for my Holiday Lighting setup!

Happy Halloween!  This post is about the smart home gadgets I’ve added to my Holiday decoration tool set.  Paired with Home Assistant for ultimate smarts ... Read More

Lights, Camera, Automation! Hue light setup Part 2.

Lights, Camera, Automation! Hue light setup Part 2.

Last Thursday, we replaced the crappy fluorescent light with a Hue Smart light (https://amzn.to/2yoa25l) and today we will continue the journey and add it into ... Read More