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Updated:September 28, 2023 By steve

Home Assistant Templating for Beginners -Part 1

Templating is a powerful feature in home assistant that allows you to control information coming into or going out of

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Updated:September 28, 2023 By steve

DIY Home Security Systems Basics

Home security used to mean a dog, a fence and a gate. But today it usually means motion sensors,alarms and

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Updated:September 23, 2023 By steve

Smart Home Automations With Home Assistant

The home assistant dashboard lets you see the status of your devices and to manually control them. But how do

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Updated:September 28, 2023 By steve

Common Home Networking Protocols and Their Uses

Have you ever wondered how your TV shows up on your home network? or how you can cast a video

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Updated:June 25, 2023 By steve

Control Zigbee Devices Using Zigbee2MQTT with Home Assistant

Zigbee2mqtt acts as a gateway between a zigbee network and an MQTT network. You can manage/view your Zigbee devices from

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Updated:May 5, 2023 By steve

Home Assistant-Entities,Devices ,Platforms and Integrations

All of the entities and services available in Home Assistant are provided by integrations. Integrations can process and trigger events,

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Updated:May 2, 2023 By steve

Hubitat vs Home Assistant Quick Guide

I’m currently not a user of Hubitat, but I am currently exploring and using home assistant. However I watched a

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Updated:May 1, 2023 By steve

Control and Monitor HTTP Devices in Home Assistant

Many of the smart home devices currently in use operate using http as the control protocol. The device usually provides

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Updated:April 19, 2023 By steve

Home Assistant Configuration.yaml File Basics

If you are like me and find yaml files difficult to read then this tutorial we hopefully be of use.

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Updated:April 19, 2023 By steve

Adding a MQTT Sensor To Home Assistant

In the previous tutorial we looked at adding a MQTT switch device. In this tutorial we will look at adding

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