In this guide, I’m going to show you a quick and easy way to install SnipeIT in Docker in 2021, then this simple step by step guide is for you. SnipeIT, for…
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Danny
Hey there! I'm Danny, owner and writer of Smart Home Pursuits. I've worked as an IT Manager for 8 years and enjoy using my knowledge to make my smart home "smarter".
How To Run VMware Workstation Virtual Machine in the Background
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…
How To Automatically Connect USB Drives to VMware Workstation On Power On
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,…
How To Migrate Home Assistant from Raspberry Pi to VMware Workstation
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…
How To Install Keymaster to Manage Z-Wave Lock Pins in Home Assistant
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…
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…
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…
How to Setup HASS Workstation Service in Home Assistant
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…
How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant
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…
How to Install OpenSprinkler into Existing Sprinkler System
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…