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A new take on smart switches? – Evvr In-Wall Relay Switch Lite tested with Home Assistant

There are a lot of smart relays on the market. The In-Wall Relay Switch Lite from Evvr tries something new: it does not only have a small form factor and very good built quality but also a small “Sub-Assembly” that makes it work with any plain old light switch. I Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years11.09.2022 ago
smart light

Make dimmable lights smart again! A test of the Tuya smart dimmer switch with Home Assistant

If you are looking for a simple solution to make your dimmable lights smart the Tuya smart dimmer switch might be the right solution. I tested this Zigbee switch with Home Assistant, ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT. The Tuya smart light switch The Tuya smart light switch (sometimes sold under the Moes Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years22.08.2022 ago
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The Aqara H1 Zigbee switch with open software – a smart home test with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT

Smart lightbulbs are great but they get quite dumb really quickly when you toggle the light switch. The Aqara H1 switch can fix this issue. It works with Zigbee in Home Assistant, either with ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT and has a special decoupled mode for usage with smart lights. The Aqara Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years16.08.2022 ago
Automation

Making your existing doorbell smart by repurposing an Aqara door sensor

How do you add an existing doorbell to your smart home? I did it by connecting it to a modified Aqara door sensor. Now a ring will flash lights, send a message to my phone or do anything else I want it to – with all the power of Home Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years ago
HomeAssistant

How to use Zigbee2MQTT with Home Assistant – A quick start guide

Open source software like Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant are a great alternative to (more or less) closed systems like Philips Hue. It can be tricky to get started though. Here is a quick start guide allowing you to use all the advantages like full offline control and the possibility to Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years19.07.2022 ago
Furniture

Building a giant map of the world for my wall – using simple tools and materials

I wanted a giant map of the world on my wall so built one. Around 2,5m by 2m in size and with smart background LED lights. Here is how its done. The idea It all started with one of those ideas again: how about some nice combination of “art” and Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years23.05.2022 ago
HomeAssistant

Migrating ZHA to the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle plus without annoying data loss

Migrating ZHA to a new coordinator can be easy once you figure out how. I have been running my smart home Zigbee network with Home Assistant, ZHA and a Sonoff Zigbee wifi bridge flashed with Tasmota for a couple of years now. With the release of the new cheap and Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years25.04.2022 ago
HomeAssistant

Using a target selector in a condition with Home Assistant blueprints

Blueprints are a powerful feature of Home Assistant that makes sharing and using automations simpler. Unfortunately using the target selector in a condition is not supported by default. I needed this for an automation of mine and found a way. Blueprints and the target selector Blueprints are one of the Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years20.02.2022 ago
smart light

A hassle free Zigbee LED controller for Home Assistant that just works

I have used a couple of Wifi based hardware controllers for LED of any kind in the past. Now I am looking for a Zigbee LED controller that just works with my ZHA Home Assistant setup – and I found a great solution. The different types of LEDs and LED Read more…

By Oliver, 3 years13.02.2022 ago
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How to make a ceiling lamp smart – adding to your Home Assistant smart light system

With smart light bulbs pretty much any existing ceiling lamp can become a smart ceiling lamp in minutes. Here is how to make a ceiling lamp smart – standalone or as part of a bigger smart light system with Home Assistant and Hue bulbs. Smart light system A single smart Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years ago

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