Guess what…? EVVR might have solved your smart switch dilemma! When thinking about lighting within your smarthome, lamps have traditionally been easy to work with… just add a smart bulb! However the lights in our homes that have a wall switch can me a little more troublesome. We cannot just use a smart bulb like… Continue reading EVVR Smart Relay Review: How To Make Your Switches Smart
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How To Make A Dumb Switch Smart in Home Assistant
What if I told you that you can control not only all of your smart lights but all of your smart devices with your existing dumb light switch without needing to rewire anything? Too good to be true? Home Assistant is the fantastic platform that makes it possible. New to Home Assistant? Start here. In… Continue reading How To Make A Dumb Switch Smart in Home Assistant
Can You Make Dumb Lamps Smart? (This Method Will SURPRISE You!)
Most websites will just tell you to put a smart bulb in an existing fixture… but what if there is another way? What if your favorite lamp doesn’t take a traditional bulb? In the first part of this article we looked at the inner workings of a lamp that utilises LED strip and covered some… Continue reading Can You Make Dumb Lamps Smart? (This Method Will SURPRISE You!)
Making Dumb Lights Smart (and NOT By The Way You Think…)
Most websites will just tell you to put a smart bulb in an existing fixture… but what if there is another way? What if your favorite lamp doesn’t take a traditional bulb? In this post I show the process of converting a lamp to a smart lamp without using a smart bulb. This method is… Continue reading Making Dumb Lights Smart (and NOT By The Way You Think…)
What Is Tasmota? An Introduction To A Cloud-Free Smart Home
So you heard all of the hype about Tasmota in the smart home community? You want to get in on the action but don’t quite know where to start? Well you are in luck, because you have landed in the right place! Tasmota is a very clever little bit of software that runs on smart… Continue reading What Is Tasmota? An Introduction To A Cloud-Free Smart Home
How To Simulate A Sunrise With Home Assistant
It is possible to simulate a sunrise in Home Assistant using a simple script and smart bulb. We can trigger this script at any time so that a beautiful sunrise effect can be enjoyed at any time, even if it is still dark outside. In this tutorial we will create a simple script to simulate… Continue reading How To Simulate A Sunrise With Home Assistant
Flashing Tasmota: 7 Great Methods (And ONE Exclusive Bonus!)
So you want to know how to flash Tasmota quickly and easily? Introducing the only post you will ever need! In this article you will find 6 great ways to flash Tasmota, plus one additional and exclusive tool for Mac users! (Don’t worry Windows users, this tool is available for you too!) Whether you are… Continue reading Flashing Tasmota: 7 Great Methods (And ONE Exclusive Bonus!)
How To Integrate Devices In Home Assistant Using Ping
Home Assistant offers a binary sensor integration that allows a ping to be sent to any device on your network. This provides us with a really great way to monitor the presence of a particular device on our network. The most obvious way we could use this integration is to sense if a person is… Continue reading How To Integrate Devices In Home Assistant Using Ping
Home Assistant Automation Tutorial For Dummies
If you a new to Home Assistant it can be quite difficult to overcome the initial learning curve, however once you get to grips with the basics it is really quite simple, whilst being a very powerful tool. The Home Assistant developers have been making it progressively easier and more user friendly, however at the… Continue reading Home Assistant Automation Tutorial For Dummies
How To Create A Template In Tasmota: The Dummies Guide
It is possible to create a custom template for Tasmota for a device that does not exist in the template repository by simply taking a systematic approach to finding the correct GPIO functions. In this tutorial we will learn about Tasmota templates and how they are structured. We will also go through the process of… Continue reading How To Create A Template In Tasmota: The Dummies Guide
