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Automate Ring Security Alarm

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 No Comments

As a homeowner, if you are tired of checking the Ring app repeatedly to make sure your home is armed for away when you are not home, armed for home when you are home, and lastly trying to rush to the keypad because the alarm is about to go off if you don’t disarm it […]

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Alexa, warm up the milk

May 6, 2022July 22, 2022 1 Comment

When I became a father, I had to warm up the milk for my daughter every couple of hours. The most popular milk warmer on the market doesn’t come with a timer, so I had to plug the bottle warmer in, start a timer on my phone and unplug the warmer when timer is up. […]

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Smart Garage Cover

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 1 Comment

When I bought my new home, I was very excited to finally be able to automate my garage cover. It always annoyed me when I had to push a button to open and close the garage cover, so I considered purchasing the Tesla Automatic Garage Opener for $325. But I simply couldn’t justify the cost […]

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Syncing Ring Alarm and Alexa Guard

April 4, 2022April 7, 2022 1 Comment

I use the Ring security system for my home and I love the ease of use and the subscription price. I have a number of door/window sensors, motion detectors, doorbell cam, and indoor and outdoor cams, which provide me with peace of mind in terms of security. However, they don’t make glass break sensors, which […]

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Home Assistant Dashboard – 3D Home

March 3, 2022May 24, 2022 No Comments

There is a reason why I saved this view for the last. This is the home page for the kiosk browser I have set up on a wall-mounted tablet display in my home. I designed this view a long time ago when I lived in a 2 Bedroom apartment, but I haven’t felt the need […]

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Home Assistant View - TV
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Home Assistant Dashboard – Media Center

February 21, 2022May 6, 2022 No Comments

Another one of my favorite views from the Home Assistant dashboard – Media Center. One view to cover all media players in the house. Some virtual sensors track TV hours, individual streaming apps usage, plex users, etc. Integrations Apple TV 4K Android TV Spotify Sonos Echo devices as Alexa media players Plex Media Server Meural […]

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Home Assistant Dashboard – Area

February 19, 2022May 6, 2022 No Comments

The area view on my home assistant dashboard gives me quick access to each room or area of the house. The cards on this dashboard have metrics from several different integrations: RTSP Camera Streams from Eufy cameras Ring Alarm, Doorbell, Cameras and various Z-Wave sensors (Door/Window Sensor, Smoke/CO detector, Motion Sensor) TP-link Kasa smart switches […]

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Home Assistant View - Nursery
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Home Assistant Dashboard – Nursery

February 11, 2022May 24, 2022 1 Comment

A whole view dedicated to my daughter and her Nursery. Amazon Alexa Eufy camera Zigbee buttons, temperature, humidity, and motion sensor Tile tracker Attached to the diaper bag or baby stroller Automations Temperature Alert Alert when the temperature in the Nursery is not optimal only if it’s occupied Baby is awake Alert Alert when baby […]

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Home Assistant View - Family
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Home Assistant Dashboard – Family

February 9, 2022May 6, 2022 No Comments

Introducing one of my Home Assistant dashboard views – Family. I am starting a new series of “Show and Tell” for some of the views I have created for my Home Assistant dashboard. I had to start with the family view because this is probably the first one I created when I started using HA. […]

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Home Automation – Then & Now

February 7, 2022March 12, 2022 No Comments

The state of home automation has come a long way from when I started my home automation journey. This is what I had to do just a few years ago to simply control the lights in my house use an android app called Automate from Llamalab, which listens for “ok google” catchphrase Automate invokes relevant […]

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