READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add a Kwikset 888 smart door lock to Home Assistant. Once added, you will be able to lock or…
Integrations
Frigate: Enabling Clips and Advanced Object Detection (pt2)
READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, we’ll be taking our Home Assistant Frigate install to the next level with advanced object detection. We will be playing around with Masks and Zones, configuring…
Edit Home Assistant Config Files in a Browser using VSCode
READING TIME: 3 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup and use the Visual Studio Code Community Addon to use VSCode directly from your Home Assistant web interface.…
READING TIME: 3 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to access Home Assistant via SSH. While I’ve personally never had the need for this, there are some instances where remote SSH…
Edit Home Assistant Config Files From Locally Installed Visual Studio Code
READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to access and edit Home Assistant configuration files from Visual Studio Code (installed locally on your computer). To do this,…
How To Install Frigate in Home Assistant for Object Detection (pt1)
READING TIME: 12 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll be showing you how to setup Frigate in Home Assistant. This is the first truly step-by-step Frigate install guide that I’ve found (other than a…
How To Get Home Assistant, Addons, and HACS Update Alerts
READING TIME: 4 MINUTESDo you want get alerts or notifications Home Assistant has an update? What about getting alerts when an HACS integration has an update? In this guide, I’ll show you…
How To Monitor Servers in Home Assistant
READING TIME: 5 MINUTESAre you looking for a simple way to monitor devices on your network using PING (ICMP) from within Home Assistant? Maybe you are looking to create automations based on…
READING TIME: 8 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to control your Roku TV directly from Home Assistant. This setup will allow you to adjust your Roku TV volume,…
READING TIME: 5 MINUTESOne of the very first HACS integrations I setup was Keymaster, which is an integration that allows me to set door pin codes for my Schlage Be469 zwave lock…