READING TIME: 5 MINUTESPicture this. You’ve just spent the last few weeks working on your smart home setup. Whether that be Home Assistant, SmartThings, Hubitat, or any wifi-controlled devices you may own.…
Danny
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".
Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant
READING TIME: 22 MINUTESLast year I created a really cool compact vacuum and mop card. It used a lot of custom:button-card, but since I’ve switched my dashboards over to Mushroom, I wanted…
Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESA few months ago I posted my compact 3D printer card. You guys seemed to really like it so I decided to post my updated version now that I’ve since…
How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023
READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add your z-wave USB stick to Home Assistant in 2023. I run Home Assistant in VMWare Player, so in…
Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant
READING TIME: 7 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to add a Third Reality 3-button remote to Home Assistant using ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation). I don’t know about you, but I…
READING TIME: 4 MINUTESFollow this guide if you’d like to create a Home Assistant ‘Christmas tree’ card that “lights up” when the smart plug connected to your tree gets turned on. This…
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create simple Mushroom card buttons that play a preset you’ve created in WLED. Although the official WLED integration automatically…
READING TIME: 3 MINUTESIn this short guide, I’m going to show you how to add the peek visualizer feature to Home Assistant. You don’t necessarily need WLED integrated into Home Assistant for…
Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets
READING TIME: 11 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to add your Kindle Fire to Home Assistant using Fully-Kiosk browser. I’m then using the Wallpanel integration to set a screensaver slideshow,…
Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to create a a Home Assistant actionable notification that prompts you to perform an action (click yes or no) from a push…