Our garage door opener is a Somfy Dexxo Pro that is communicating via RTS. This means there is no return information from the motor on whether the garage door is open or closed. In Home Assistant the Garage Door Device…
Category: Home Lab
We have an Itron Water Meter with an Everblu Cyble optical reader. The water company is regularly (every 2-3 months) passing in the street with their car, and a computer sends a radio signal to every meter (using a unique…
My production Proxmox-server is never really running on idle. Frigate Video Surveillance and Home Assistant is pretty much keeping the server at around 8-10% CPU usage. 24 hours average power consumption has been around 50-54 Watts. A few factors that…
This post was written in Obsidian. A draft was posted to this site with the Obsidian Community Plugin for WordPress. It’s even possible to insert pictures…
For the last couple of months I have been looking for a markdown-compliant note-taking application that would suit my needs: Client application on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS and Android (with “Send To”-integration). Synchronised on all devices, self-hosted and free.
I have put a Bluetooth Light Energy (BLE) Beacon on my trash can, and use the signal strength to determine if the distance between my Bluetooth unit and the beacon has changed. I have tried various solutions to read the…
With a little bit of planning when setting up the various sensors to be used in energy consumption tracking in Home Assistant, the Energy Dashboard can be a great tool. Depending on where you live and what sensors you have…
At home I rarely walk around with my phone in the hand. In order to get information from Home Assistant I have a wall mounted tablet in the bathroom, and a Google Nest Home in the corridor that I pass…
Just discovered a nice App for those that have a Proxmox Server in their Home Lab. It’s fast, useful and reliable. Made by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH. Even has a Shell/Console. Perfect for when you’re on the road without a…
For “Off-Site” backup I have a Proxmox Backup Server in my garden house / tool shed.
This server is powered off when not in use (controlled by Home Assistant), which again gives a continuous stream of error messages in the log about the missing datastore