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Category: Smart Home Ideas

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…

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Published February 28, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Smart Home Ideas, Smart Lighting

The Ultimate Home Assistant DIY Thermostat Guide For Single Or Multiple Zone Heating

Why spends hundreds on a smart thermostat when Home Assistant has the power to control all of the necessary hardware and it’s absolutely free?! I agree that the Google Nest…

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Published February 23, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Sensors, Smart Home Ideas, Tasmota, Windows

How To Make A Dumb Switch Smart (This ONE Thing Makes It Possible!)

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…

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Published February 20, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Smart Home Ideas, Smart Lighting, Windows

How To Automatically Dim The Lights Using Home Assistant When Watching A Movie

It’s finally the weekend and you are ready for the big night in. Pizza, popcorn and a great movie are a superb way to relax, particularly when it is cold…

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Published February 19, 2020
Categorized as Home Assistant, Linux, Mac, Smart Home Ideas, Windows

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…

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Published February 15, 2020
Categorized as LEDs, Smart Home Ideas

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…

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Published February 12, 2020
Categorized as LEDs, Smart Home Ideas

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