
Automatic smart light brightness and color temperature based on the sun
Not too bright, not too dim, not too cool, and not too warm. I use Home Assistant to set my smart light brightness and colour temperature to different values based on the…
Not too bright, not too dim, not too cool, and not too warm. I use Home Assistant to set my smart light brightness and colour temperature to different values based on the…
I ran into this error on Home Assistant Container, on Docker. Failed to start Bluetooth: [org.bluez.Error.NotReady] Resource Not Ready To resolve this, I opened a terminal into my Home Assistant Container, using…
I recently tried to add Bluetooth support to Home Assistant Container using the new Bluetooth integration. It should have been relatively easy, but I ran into an annoying error message. Luckily I…
To install Z-Wave JS with Docker Compose you’ll need to actually use the zwavejs2mqtt application. You can find the official instructions on the Z-Wave JS documentation page, but I’ll briefly describe below…
Frigate uses AI to detect people and other objects in your IP camera streams without sending any of your data or video footage to the cloud. In this video I show you…
This post captures all the links and commands that I show you in my Installing Zigbee2MQTT with Home Assistant video. Recommended Zigbee USB Adaptors Related YouTube Videos: What is Zigbee? What is…
You may have heard the term MQTT come up when people start talking about their Home Automation setups. Usually you hear it alongside things like Zigbee or Z-Wave, and Home Assistant. In…
One of the things people miss most about the Home Assistant Operating System supervisor is how easily it keeps everything up to date. The Supervisor takes care of updating your Home Assistant…
In this YouTube Video, part of my Home Assistant on Docker series, I take a look at how I live without Add-Ons when running Home Assistant Container. I go through the top…
One of the common problems people have when they use Home Assistant Container is getting Home Assistant to recognise USB devices that you have plugged into the host computer, usually things like…