Automation – Sean's Technical Ramblings

A year in Home Assistant

What a difference a year makes. Last weekend I attended the online Home Assistant conference, and it was incredible to see the support and listen to some amazing speakers talk about their home assistant setups.

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AppDaemon and when to use it

seanb2 months ago1 in Home Automation

I’ve mentioned AppDaemon in passing and used it for my ZoneMinder camera automations, but what is it and why would you use it?

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Staying in the know

seanb2 months ago0 in Mobile

Notifications are an important part of any home automation setup. There’s no point in having sensors and cameras monitoring your home while you’re out if there’s no way of being alerted when something happens…

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The Home Assistant Android app

seanb3 months ago0 in Mobile

There is an official Home Assistant app for Android, and I’ve been trying it out…

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If this… then what?

seanb3 months ago0 in Random Musings

IFTTT – If This Then That – has angered users by switching to a subscription model, but they’re not the first to go down that route and I’m sure they won’t be the last…

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What watts?

seanb8 months ago0 in Home Automation

I’m so bored in lockdown that I’ve been using a smart plug to measure power draw from various devices…

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Stormy weather

seanb10 months ago0 in Home Automation

The recent storms gave me an idea for a new automation…

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Zoneminder object detection

seanb1 year ago0 in Home Automation

It’s hard to eliminate false positives in motion detecting security cameras without also missing genuine events. Some expensive security cameras offer a solution – object detection…

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Rebuilding my home server

seanb1 year ago0 in Home Automation

Have you ever had the urge to reinstall a machine from scratch? Maybe you’ve found a better way to do something and feel a clean install would be a good idea?

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A quick Sonos automation

seanb2 years ago6 in Home Automation

Now that I’ve got multiple Sonos speakers, I want to make the most of them by looking at some simple automations…

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