In today’s connected world, having quick and reliable access to video footage is critical, especially when it comes to maintaining security. Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices have become indispensable for managing surveillance video, as they offer large storage capacities and enhance data management across networks. These devices are designed to operate 24/7, supporting multiple camera…
So you’ve got your SmartThings Hub installed in your home and now you’re looking for adding control of your garage and garage door. A SmartThings-compatible garage door opener allows you to monitor, control, and automate your garage door remotely through an app or voice commands when integrated with your SmartThings hub. Choosing a SmartThings-compatible garage…
Picture 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. Things are finally just working. As you set things up, you instruct your family on what each switch or button. You: “This switch toggles the ceiling…
Last 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 to update this card as well. Here’s what I came up with. Prerequisites First, you need to grab the coordinates of each room and put those…
A 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 switched to Mushroom. Changes I’m now using the Octoprint MQTT integration to expose even more entities. (Still using the default Octoprint integration – but only to Resume…
In 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 order for the dongle to show up in Home Assistant, there’s a prerequisite step you’ll need to follow. But, if you don’t run yours in a…
In 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 sometimes just check Amazon for products to add to my smart home. Sometimes it’s to see what other products are available that might perform better than…
Follow 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 is a great way to quickly see at a glance (on one of your Fire tablets running Fully-Kiosk and Wallpanel) if one of your trees are…
In 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 creates an input_select with all of your created presets, I don’t really want to display ALL of my presets on my Christmas dashboard. For example, anyone…
In 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 this, but it makes sense to integrate so you can control your LED strips from HA as well as see exactly what effect is running –…