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How To Add Sengled Zigbee RGB Bulb To Home Assistant

by Danny September 7, 2021
by Danny September 7, 2021

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add a Sengled RGB zigbee smart light bulb to Home Assistant. The pairing process for these bulbs is super…

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Add MagicHome LED Controller to Home Assistant

by Danny September 7, 2021
by Danny September 7, 2021

READING TIME: 3 MINUTESIn this guide, I will show you how to add a MagicHome LED controller to Home Assistant using the FLUX integration. Once added, you’ll be able to turn the…

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Energy Dashboard with data from Smart Meter Texas

by Danny September 6, 2021
by Danny September 6, 2021

READING TIME: 7 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup your Home Energy dashboard, using data pulled in from my Smart Meter Texas energy provider. Not all energy…

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Splitting Up Configuration.yaml in Home Assistant

by Danny September 6, 2021
by Danny September 6, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to split up your configuration.yaml file. This will allow you cleanup and organize all of the packages, binary sensors, automations,…

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Create Garage Door Status Notifications in Home Assistant

by Danny September 1, 2021
by Danny September 1, 2021

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create status notifications to let you know when your garage door is opening, opened, closing, or closed. For reference,…

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iFrame Panels: Add Any App to Home Assistant

by Danny August 31, 2021
by Danny August 31, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add some of your internal-facing servers as sidebar items in Home Assistant. This will allow you to manage and…

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A Better Site To Find MDI Icons for Home Assistant

by Danny August 30, 2021
by Danny August 30, 2021

READING TIME: 2 MINUTESIf you use Home Assistant, then chances are that you are familiar with MDI, or materialdesignicons.com. I’ve always had a lot of issues with the MDI website. Speed being…

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How To Backup Home Assistant Locally using Samba Share Addon

by Danny August 30, 2021
by Danny August 30, 2021

READING TIME: 10 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to backup Home Assistant to a file share or mapped network drive using the Samba Backup addon. Specifically, I’m going…

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How To Update Peanut Plug Firmware OTA Using Home Assistant

by Danny August 24, 2021
by Danny August 24, 2021

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to update the Peanut Plug firmware over the air (OTA) directly through Home Assistant. Without this upgrade, you won’t be…

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How To Setup Garbage Collection Reminder

by Danny August 23, 2021
by Danny August 23, 2021

READING TIME: 10 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to setup a garbage, trash, or recycling reminder in Home Assistant. To do this, we are installing a HACS integration called Garbage…

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