A geofence is a virtual perimeter for a real-world geographic area – Wiki It involves using a location aware device
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Home Automation Timer with Node-Red
One of the most common requirements in home automation is to schedule an event at a particular time. For example
Continue readingUsing Zigbee2MQTT- A Beginners Guide
Zigbee2MQTT is a nodejs Gateway application that connects Zigbee networks to MQTT networks. It is run from the command line
Continue readingControlling the Tasmota SonOff Switch with HTTP and Node-Red
Tasmota devices can be controlled by both HTTP and MQTT. If you don’t have an MQTT broker or don’t want
Continue readingUsing HTTP To Control Smart Home Devices
HTTP is currently probably the most widely used control protocol on home networks. To troubleshoot control problems, and to develop
Continue readingSmart Homes and MQTT
Because the HTTP protocol is most common protocol on the Internet it has become the main protocol for controlling first
Continue readingHow to Install Mosquitto on The Raspberry Pi
Mosquitto is a very lightweight broker and a Raspberry Pi can easily cope with MQTT traffic on clients on a
Continue readingSmart Home Thermostats and How They Work
Smart home thermostats are probably one of the most common smart home devices. In this tutorial we will look at
Continue readingIntroducing the Smart Home Simulator
If you are looking at: Getting Familiar with Smart Home APis Learning how to control smart home devices Developing dashboards
Continue readingMonitoring Your Internet Connection With Node-Red
How reliable is your internet connection? Do you often experience drop outs? In this node-red project we will create a
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