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
Home Automation Surviving a Power Cut - Home Automation Resilience I have been growing my home automation setup over the past two and a half years, and the setup has evolved to the point where I can keep an eye
Home Automation Migrating Home Assistant from a Raspberry Pi to an NUC This week the Raspberry Pi that I have been running Home Assistant on for the last two and a half years died! However, I've successfully managed to migrate
Home Automation Curtain and Blind Automations using SwithBot Curtain and Aqara Shade Driver I often have ideas for home automation projects, but realising those ideas is another thing. One of the ideas I've had for a while is automating the curtains
Home Automation Integrating the SwitchBot Hub Mini with Home Assistant - A Cautionary Tale I got a SwitchBot Bot and a SwitchBot Hub Mini for Christmas! And it's finally time to put these new toys to use! The SwitchBot Hub Mini is
Home Automation Reliable iOS Presence Detection with ESPresense v3 Enroll Flow and IRK I've been using ESPresense for a good few months to trigger automations in my Home Assistant setup. Unfortunately, I've started noticing issues where some automations that
Home Automation UniFi G4 Video Doorbell with Home Assistant I've wanted to upgrade our basic plug-in doorbell to a smart video doorbell ever since I started playing with home automation. Finally, I've gotten around to
