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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".

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Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

by Danny March 3, 2023
by Danny March 3, 2023

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.…

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Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

by Danny March 2, 2023
by Danny March 2, 2023

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…

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Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

by Danny March 1, 2023
by Danny March 1, 2023

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…

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How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

by Danny January 13, 2023
by Danny January 13, 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…

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Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

by Danny December 8, 2022
by Danny December 8, 2022

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…

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Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

by Danny November 29, 2022
by Danny November 29, 2022

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…

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How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

by Danny November 29, 2022
by Danny November 29, 2022

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…

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How to Add WLED “Peek” Feature to Home Assistant

by Danny November 29, 2022
by Danny November 29, 2022

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…

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Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

by Danny November 21, 2022
by Danny November 21, 2022

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,…

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Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android

by Danny November 20, 2022
by Danny November 20, 2022

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…

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