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How To Install Mail and Packages Integration Home Assistant

by Danny October 13, 2021
by Danny October 13, 2021

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to install and setup the Mail and Packages integration in Home Assistant. This integration will show a snapshot of mail…

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Display SSL Expiry Reminders in Home Assistant

by Danny October 10, 2021
by Danny October 10, 2021

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to display the SSL expiration of any domain in Home Assistant. This setup will create a couple sensors which can…

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Create a “Days Until” Sensor in Home Assistant

by Danny September 27, 2021
by Danny September 27, 2021

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create a Home Assistant “countdown to date” sensor. This sensor can be used in automations or displayed in a…

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How To Add A Season Sensor to Home Assistant

by Danny September 27, 2021
by Danny September 27, 2021

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add a Season sensor to Home Assistant. This sensor will display the current astrological or meteorological season. This is…

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How To Create Animated Backgrounds in Home Assistant

by Danny September 27, 2021
by Danny September 27, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create animated backgrounds in Home Assistant. Most Lovelace dashboards have a default color set by the theme you’ve chosen.…

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How to Use Dual Gauge Card in Home Assistant

by Danny September 13, 2021
by Danny September 13, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESHave you ever wanted to display multiple values in the same gauge card in Home Assistant? With the Dual Gauge card, you can! This is a great way to…

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Add Football Card to Home Assistant

by Danny September 10, 2021
by Danny September 10, 2021

READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add your favorite football team to Home Assistant via Google Calendar. I’ve posted a similar Upcoming Sports Card guide…

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How To Create A Lovelace Restriction Card in Home Assistant

by Danny August 25, 2021
by Danny August 25, 2021

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to add restrictions to Lovelace Cards to Home Assistant. This will prevent unauthorized Home Assistant users from accessing or changing…

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How To Create a Lovelace Battery State Card in Home Assistant

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

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create a simple battery level and battery state card in Home Assistant in 2021. To do this, we are…

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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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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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