I’ve been using UptimeRobot for a while now but they have recently removed features ‘we’ paid for and are asking extra for it 🤦🏻♀️ UPDATE: seems I was not the only one complaining haha, the […]
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We will explore the way to add a switchbot to homekit using home assistantthis does not require a SwitchBot Hub (Mini), it uses direct bluetooth communication On this page Adding the SwitchBot to home assistant […]
I have a couple of RPI’s running all over the European continent with Home Assistant but most recently I had a couple of devices that became non-responsive.Normally I use POE switches to power cycle the […]
I have a raspberry with Home Assistant Tracking energy usage using the Aeotec Home Energy METER Gen5 (ZWave) and a WiFi Shelly 3EM (2 separate locations).I was in need to track the consumed energy in […]
I was looking for a way to convert a home assistant integration entity of Wh to kWh (which is really just dividing by 1000) In theory, I should be using the “Integration – Riemann sum […]
I’m very pleased with UptimeRobot [affiliate link] and their heartbeat monitoring.It’s an URL you need to call/visit every x minutes/hours/days, whatever you want, and if its not hit within x time, outside of the grace period, it […]
I’ve used no cases, fan cooled cases for my raspberries, but they run hot, and fans break down. Most recently I had a fan of a PI break 2000Km away from me, so that was […]
Most Linux systems give you the current temperature of the CPU when you read the file. /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp You will get a single line of text with the temperature as an Integer. So you have to divide […]
There are detailed instructions on how to get “root” ssh access to the Home Assistant Operating System but it involves plugging in a USB Drive and importing the SSH keys from that one. On this […]
Some settings/buttons were shuffled around in a UI overhaul You can find the reboot host under: Settings > System > Hardware > Reboot Host
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