Tag: Smart Home
Breaking down my Home Assistant Volume Control
This is part one of two posts and videos on how I am controlling the volume of various Home Assistants throughout the day. In the ... Read More
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!
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
Cortana, Meet Alexa!
So this one gets filed under the I’m not really sure I need this file. But that is because I have about 10 Echo devices ... Read More
Prevent explicit content with Alexa Parental Controls
Have you ever had Alexa play some inappropriate music throughout the house while the family was over? Fear not! Amazon has released Explicit Filter mode! ... Read More

