In this guide, I’m going to show you how to arm or disarm you Home Assistant alarm system on a schedule, directly from Lovelace. This is great, because if you ever want to change the time it arms or disarms, you don’t have to edit your Automations. This also means you don’t have to manually…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to create a “Birthday Reminder” card in Home Assistant in 2021. If you’re anything like me, remembering birthdays is something I’m not very good at it (other than wife and kids). Getting alerts the day of a birthday is great, but it’s not great when you…
In this guide, I will show you how to detect any missing or unavailable entities in Home Assistant. This is great for detecting if any of your motion sensors go offline or stop responding. You can also use this as a way to cleanup or delete any unused entities that you may have forgotten about….
Are 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 whether or not a device is online, comes online, or a website goes down. You can also use this as a presence detection or device tracker…
In 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, change sources, navigate up, down, left right, or even create smart TV “shortcuts” to apps you use all the time, such as Plex or Netflix. To…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily track your favorite stocks from within Home Assistant. Whether you are wanting to track GME, AMC, BB, or any of the other meme stocks that are exploding in popularity lately, this is a great way to do right from within Home Assistant….
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to add your favorite sports team’ schedules to your Google Calendar. Once added, you will then be able to see the upcoming schedule of your team directly within Home Assistant! This will allow you automate the perfect game day around your house. This could allow you…
Over the past few years, I’ve been intrigued by cryptocurrencies. I find the ups, downs, and various forums or news articles very interesting. I’ve even bought, sold, and held several coins myself. To find the prices, I typically would open the Coinbase app, authenticate with 2FA, and then switch to the correct tab to view…
In this guide, I’m going to show you how to create your own chore or task tracker within Home Assistant, using only default Home Assistant features – no third-party products or additional addons/integrations are needed. You can optionally assign a point value to each chore, allowing your kids to earn “points” for completing their tasks….
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to integrate your OpenSprinker smart sprinkler system into Home Assistant. By the end of this guide, you will be able to turn on individual stations, run your “Run Once” programs, check last run time, and much more – all from your Lovelace dashboard. For reference,…
