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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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How To Setup Octoprint Notifications with OctoApp Plugin

by Danny June 25, 2022
by Danny June 25, 2022

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup Octoprint notifications. Rather than constantly checking your printers’ status, what layer it’s on, what temperature your bed or…

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How to Connect Cura to Octoprint (2022)

by Danny June 25, 2022
by Danny June 25, 2022

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to configure Cura with Octoprint. This will add a “Print to Octoprint” button directly inside Cura. This is an awesome timesaving feature…

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How to add a Xiaomi Mi Scale to Home Assistant

by Danny June 12, 2022
by Danny June 12, 2022

READING TIME: 13 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to add a smart scale to Home Assistant to using an ESP32 board flashed with ESPHOME. The Xiaomi Mi Scale 2 was…

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Configure Bond Bridge integration in Home Assistant to Control Ceiling Fans

by Danny June 6, 2022
by Danny June 6, 2022

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to configure & integrate the Bond Bridge integration into Home Assistant. Once integrated, you can control your ceiling fan lights, turn the…

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How To Make A “Dumb” Ceiling Fan Smart with Bond Bridge

by Danny June 6, 2022
by Danny June 6, 2022

READING TIME: 13 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to turn your regular ceiling fan into a wifi-controlled “smart” ceiling fan. To do this, you’ll need to purchase a ceiling fan…

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Super Clean Robot Vacuum+Mop Card for Home Assistant

by Danny May 31, 2022
by Danny May 31, 2022

READING TIME: 10 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you everything you need to do to create a Vacuum Control Card in Home Assistant to view or control your robot vacuum and mop.…

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Convert Text to Speech using Home Assistant & Download Recordings

by Danny May 8, 2022
by Danny May 8, 2022

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to convert text-to-speech using Home Assistant. We all know that you can send a custom message using a Home Assistant automation. But,…

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How To Create Steam Card in Home Assistant

by Danny April 29, 2022
by Danny April 29, 2022

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to setup a Home Assistant card using the Steam integration. This will let you view things such as the online status, the…

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Create Recurring Tasks in Home Assistant

by Danny April 11, 2022
by Danny April 11, 2022

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to create recurring tasks in Home Assistant. For example, if you are looking to keep track of things such as: HVAC filter…

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Send Teams Notification when A User Logs in through RDP

by Danny March 29, 2022
by Danny March 29, 2022

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a simple Powershell script that sends a Microsoft Teams notification whenever someone logs into a computer or server. There…

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