Revisiting cloud backup of CCTV
Last year I described how I send CCTV footage from Zoneminder to OneDrive. I’m now using Frigate, so I had to make some changes…
Notifications with Frigate
If you use Frigate for motion detection, you’ll want notifications…
Goodbye Zoneminder, hello Frigate
I’ve been a long time user of Zoneminder but not any more…
Getting started with Home Assistant automations
Home Assistant gives you a handy way of controlling your smart devices from a single interface, but the real power comes from adding automations…
Setting up Redhat to run Home Assistant
Today I’m going to look at installing Redhat on an intel NUC and then setting up a virtual machine to run Home Assistant…
Which OS?
The first step in my home server rebuild was to choose and install a base OS on which I could then run multiple virtual machines…
Paul Hibbert vs Home Assistant
Paul Hibbert recently released a Youtube video entitled “I tried Home Assistant AGAIN and it’s STILL NOT WORTH IT”… so who is he and is he right?
Setting Hue defaults – part II
In my last post I described how I set my lights to change colour automatically according to the time of day. It’s not quite perfect, and I’ve had to make some tweaks…