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    How To Install SnipeIT In Docker

    by Danny April 12, 2021
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    April 12, 2021
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    How To Run VMware Workstation Virtual Machine in the Background

    by Danny April 6, 2021
    by Danny April 6, 2021

    In this guide, I will show you how to run your Vmware Workstation VM in the background and automatically after startup, using either a batch file or Windows Task Scheduler. This means…

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    How To Automatically Connect USB Drives to VMware Workstation On Power On

    by Danny April 6, 2021
    by Danny April 6, 2021

    After spending a few hours migrating Home Assistant from a raspberry pi to VMware Workstation, and passing the my Nortek GoControl USB dongle successfully from my Windows 10 PC to the VM,…

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    How To Migrate Home Assistant from Raspberry Pi to VMware Workstation

    by Danny April 5, 2021
    by Danny April 5, 2021

    In this guide, I will show you how to migrate Home Assistant from a raspberry pi to VMWare Workstation 16 Player. By the end of the guide, you will be able to…

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    How To Install Keymaster to Manage Z-Wave Lock Pins in Home Assistant

    by Danny April 1, 2021
    by Danny April 1, 2021

    In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install Keymaster, which is an addon for Home Assistant that lets you add new door programming codes to your z-wave locks. Whenever…

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    How To Pair Ikea Tradfri Motion Sensor to Home Assistant

    by Danny March 31, 2021
    by Danny March 31, 2021

    In this guide, I will show you how to add an Ikea TRADFRI Wireless Motion sensor to Home Assistant in 2021. This device uses the Zigbee prototcol, not zwave, so you will…

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    How To Deploy Conreq in Docker (Ombi Alternative)

    by Danny March 30, 2021
    by Danny March 30, 2021

    A few months ago on Reddit I came across another promising “content request & discovery” platform for my Plex users: Conreq. Conreq is similar to Ombi, Petio, and Overseerr. It’s an application…

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    How to Setup HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant

    by Danny March 30, 2021
    by Danny March 30, 2021

    In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant. HASS Workstation Service is an application that lets you use use Home Assistant to control…

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    How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant

    by Danny March 25, 2021
    by Danny March 25, 2021

    In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to integrate your OpenSprinker smart sprinkler system into Home Assistant. By the end of this guide, you will be able to turn…

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    How to Install OpenSprinkler into Existing Sprinkler System

    by Danny March 24, 2021
    by Danny March 24, 2021

    One of the most recent smarthome projects I’ve worked on was making my sprinkler system “smart”. After doing some research, I stumbled across an open source project called OpenSprinkler. OpenSprinkler is web-based…

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