GOAL: Make it easier to identify colors in your Home Assistant theme file. This really helped with fine-tuning theme colors for my HA setup. What does it do? Read a theme file (YAML) and display a list of color variables used + show the actual color. INPUT: OUTPUT: This allows … read more…
Goal Run Python code in Home Assistant. In my case, this code does not have any interaction with HA services or entities. It just needs to do things. Problem Python in HA has a specific set of libraries (for security and stability reasons). And how good that is, it … read more…
Team, After the super easy installation of the nicely priced Home Wizard watermeter (post with instructions & more details) a friend using Homeseer also bought it. Because there’s no native Homeseer integration I decided to create a script that allow Homeseer users to use this watermeter. Requirements Homeseer > 4.0 … read more…
What is the real outside temperature? My sensors reported temperatures ranging from 13.7° to almost 19°?? Temperature sensors in my system: Zigbee – Philips Hue indoor/outdoor motion sensor Bluetooth – XIaomi temp sensor 433 Mhz – Oregon scientific sensors (fantastic devices!) Zigbee – Aquara temp sensor (horrible) Wifi – Shelly … read more…
GOAL Automate the hallway lamp as much as possible Minimizing lamp turned on if not needed Wife doesn’t want it to be turned OFF in the evening (except after 21:00) Schedule cc Countdown Timers – Example Flow Notes You can always overrule rules using wallswitch or app If the … read more…
How do you deal with camera snapshots? Where do you store them, how do you archive them? In short: 1. Take snapshot 2. Store snapshot 3. Copy to archive location Let’s first think about what should trigger the creation of a camera snapshot. Snapshot triggers What triggers … read more…
For years I have been using Homeseer but realized that for me it was time to move on.. Note that I’m not the expert but someone who wants to share his experience hoping that it helps you. This post doesn’t tell you how to do things but helps you to … read more…
After getting back from our summer holiday I figured that I should share some experiences on how my home automation should work during my holiday. What do you have to do when you’re going on a holiday or away for more than a couple of days? Lights IP camera (recordings) … read more…
Homeseer can send emails but you cannot send emails to Homeseer. Using Jon00‘s Email plugin you can do this. Jon00’s plugin support forum: board.homeseer.com Functionality: Using email to trigger events and switch devices, integrated web-mail interface, announcements, etc. I use this script for a couple of things of which the Geo-fence GPS … read more…
It would be great if you could help me think about the following: Something that I would love to automate: every piece of paper in my house [stextbox id=”alert” caption=”Update!”] My Fujitsu S1500 scanner has arrived. More information can be found on the Project page. [/stextbox] Goal Scan every … read more…
