Home Automation Using Helpers to Abstract Complex Logic in Home Assistant I have a handful of helpers in my Home Assistant setup that track the basic state of a few things. For example, we have a simple "guest mode"
Home Automation UniFi Doorbell Chime Sounds with Amazon Alexa and Home Assistant When I first got my UniFi G4 Doorbell, I originally set up Home Assistant to announce, "There is someone at the door," using Amazon Alexa. More recently, I
Home Automation Implementing a Bin Day Reminder Automation We have a wall-mounted dashboard for Home Assistant in our Kitchen, which displays what bin day it is via a coloured Mushroom UI icon. Where we live, like most other
Home Automation Adding Working Location to my Home Automations I have several home automations that run based on the day of the week. For example, there is no point opening the curtains or turning on the heating in my
Home Automation Smart CCTV Alerts using Object Detection with Frigate NVR and Coral AI In the winter months, I get spammed with false CCTV motion alerts. With the winter months being darker, headlights from passing traffic often cast shadows and silhouettes that cause the
Home Automation Webcam State Detection and Elgato Key Light Automation with Home Assistant During the COVID pandemic, I invested in improving my working-from-home setup with a better webcam and an Elgato Key Light. I usually control the Key Light using my Stream Deck
AppDaemon Fixing AppDaemon after upgrading to v0.15.x This week, I discovered that an automatic upgrade to v0.15 of AppDaemon did not go as planned. When I went to bed on Wednesday, I found the screen on
