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 a web server and a control API. Commands are issued using the GET and or POST...
View ArticleHubitat 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 video on Hubitat and how it compared to home assistant and thought it would be...
View ArticleHome 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, offer services, and maintain states. Integrations consist of the...
View ArticleControl 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 home assistant via MQTT. For this to work you will need to have installed and...
View ArticleCommon 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 from your phone onto your TV? The answer to these questions involves networking protocols that are very...
View ArticleSmart 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 you automatically control devices? The answer is via automations. An automation consists of...
View ArticleDIY 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 cameras. Almost every home implements some elements of home security. Common are: Doorbell...
View ArticleHome 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 home assistant. It is used for: Formatting outgoing messages in, for example, the...
View ArticlePractical Guide to Using and Managing Zigbee Devices
To use Zigbee devices on your home network or the Internet you will need a Zigbee Gateway. This Gateway usually acts as a Zigbee coordinator and also a Zigbee to TCP/IP gateway. Commercial gateways...
View ArticleFind Tasmota Devices- Node-Red Flow
When you install a Tasmota device on a network it is usually automatically assigned an IP address by a DHCP server. In order to configure the device you will need to connect to it using a web browser...
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