As smart homes become more prevalent, the need for connectivity options that support the various smart home devices has increased. There are several connectivity protocols available today, including Wi-Fi, Zigbee, …
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How to activate developer mode on Android TV and USB Debugging
Activating developer mode on Android TV is sometimes necessary to debug an app or to integrate with systems like Home Assistant. So how to do it? It’s pretty straight forward! …
How to Install HACS – Home assistant community store
HACS (Home Assistant community store) is an add-on for HA, allowing you to add community-created add-ons with a click of a button, browse for more add-ons and keep it updated. …
Digital clock on Home Assistant
So you want to have a nice digital clock on your system! It’s only logical.Easiest way to do it is with HACS + digital-clock custom card. Let’s get to it: …
Install Home Assistant on a Linux machine – Debian 11
Installing HA supervised on Debian 11 is an officially supported method by HA.Why would you do that you ask?– Install on any machine that supports linux, making you flexible about …
Setting up DuckDNS on your Home Assistant and reach it outside you local network without a static IP
By using DuckDNS, you can reach you Home Assistant instance from outside your network – instead of using http://homeassistant.local:8123 you can use http://yoursubdomain.duckdns.org:8123 from anywhere.Using a static IP costs more, …
Home Assistant helpers – toggle several entities as a button
You can create a button to toggle several entities in Home Assistant. A toggle helper is really useful as it is an entity that can be toggled from automations and …
How to split a hard drive (Make a partition) using Windows Disk management tool
Dividing disk space is known as disk partitioning. For partitioning purpose, we divide one physical hard drive into separate volumes. Generally, hard disk drives come from factory with only one …
Shelly.cloud smart products and their applications – comparison table
Shelly are one of the fastest growing IoT brands in the world with devices, providing solutions for home and buildings smart automation. Their products works on wifi, using shelly app …