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Aug/23

Salt Level For Water Softener With ESPHome

Filed Under Home Automation, IOT at 7th August 2023 0:01 by

overview We got a water softener installed near the water mains coming into the house. It’s a “dumb” softener so that it does not rely on using electricity. This means it will continue to work in a power outage but … Continue reading →

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Jul/23

Unraid

Filed Under Infrastructure, Linux at 3rd July 2023 0:01 by

Overview I have been using Unraid for over 2 years now and it has a great in-between a full solution such as a NAS dedicated hardware and a homelab DIY solution. The idea was to use it as a server … Continue reading →

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Jun/23

Increase Growatt Shine Update Interval

Filed Under Hardware, Infrastructure, IOT at 5th June 2023 0:01 by

A quick, at your own risk tutorial to change the reporting frequency of your Growatt Shine sensor data. This won’t change the data being reported on the Growatt dashboard / ShinePhone app however it will show up things like grott … Continue reading →

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May/23

Home Assistant Continuous Integration Workflow 2023

Filed Under Home Automation, Workflow at 1st May 2023 0:01 by

Overview Previously, I was using TravisCI to perform checks on any changes to Home Assistant files. Since then, TravisCI has introduced caps and pricing plans and on the free tier I ran out of credits very quickly which broke the … Continue reading →

03

Apr/23

Disable FireFox Download Panel Automatically Opening

Filed Under Software at 3rd April 2023 0:01 by

A change was made to FireFox where if you download a file, the download box opens and steals focus from the website. To disable this, go to about:config and search for browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel and set it to false by double clicking … Continue reading →

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Mar/23

Central Heating Graph With Home Assistant

Filed Under Blog, Home Automation at 6th March 2023 0:01 by

Overview I have created a graph to show temperature for each room in the house broken down to level/floor they are on so I can see how well heated each room is. I don’t have any smart thermostatic radiator valves … Continue reading →

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Feb/23

Separate Networks By Password With Aruba (PPSK/MPSK)

Filed Under Networking at 6th February 2023 0:01 by

Overview I was looking for devices that supported Private PreShared Keys (PPSK) which allow a single access point to be broadcasted and depending on the preshared key used i.e password for the WiFi then it will assign various privileges. At … Continue reading →

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Jan/23

Home Assistant Dashboard On A Raspberry Pi

Filed Under Home Automation, IOT at 7th January 2023 12:30 by

Overview I wanted to create a display of a web page on a Raspberry Pi with no desktop or browser looking controls. This is called a kiosk mode. The main driver for this is to replace the MagicMirror to show … Continue reading →