Category: Home Assistant

In my journey with Home Assistant, ensuring timely notifications has been crucial (to be informed of low battery in sensors or disconnected ZigBee devices). Initially, I opted for […]

After configuring the Home Assistant integration (please find the guidance with the link), I noticed the option to switch the recuperator mode between: Balance: allowing two-way air flows. […]

Home Assistant itself is generally stable; however, certain integrations may occasionally freeze. In such instances, it becomes necessary to reload them. Fortunately, Home Assistant offers a solution to […]

Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating the table of contents I had a preinstalled recuperator in my home, so I began thinking about integrating it […]

As a parent I want to limit entertainment and game time for my kid. Fortunately, AdGuard has presets to block a bunch of services like: Minecraft Roblox Mail.ru […]

Home Assistant provides useful standard integration “Generic Thermostat” to create a virtual thermostat using some temperature sensor and switch for turning ON/OFF a heater. You can find documentation […]

Home Assistant provides useful standard integration “Generic Thermostat” to create a virtual thermostat using some temperature sensor and switch for turning ON/OFF a heater. You can find documentation […]

Introduction It’s very useful to make the actual state visible with icon changing depending on it.  During my research on how to make cards with state-dependent icons, I […]

Introduction By default you can see on your dashboard only that some of ZigBee devices lost connection with Home Assistant. It’s useless because you can have no idea […]

Introduction I purchased IKEA devices for making Ambilight in my small living room: Two lamps TRADFRI LED 806 Remote styrbar  The goal is to switch on/off and change […]

Introduction I used Xiaomi Gateway 3 for my Smart Home with Home Assistant integration last three years. You can find guidance on how to integrate it with Zegbee2MQTT […]

Introduction Purpose to use telegram Home Assistant provides a lot of options for notifications. The most attractive of push notifications in HA mobile applications. But this approach requires […]

why ubuntu preferable then HA OS Ubuntu is a very popular OS with reach functionality and enough long story to trust in security and stability of it. Install […]

Zigbee2mqtt configuration HA can’t work with Zigbee2MQTT directly. So, you have to install MQTT broker first.  Go back to “Settings” -> “Add-ons”, click “ADD-ON STORE” and click on […]

why zigbee2mqtt is needed A lot of add-ons were developed for different gateways. But, they mostly work with a manufactured provided cloud solution with the following limitations: Your […]