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Preview Home Assistant: integrated dashboards

Home Assistant: integrated dashboards

created: 2024-12-06 from Bernhard

Integrated dashboards make it quick and easy to get started with Home Assistant. Immutable dashboards, such as "Logbook" and "History", offer a universal presentation of entities over time. Special dashboards such as "Map", "Media", "To-Do Lists" and the "Energy Dashboard" are designed for specific application purposes. ... continue reading

Preview Client Steering | Usteer: high latency and timeouts

Client Steering | Usteer: high latency and timeouts

created: 2024-11-26 from Bernhard

A fast and stable WLAN is indispensable these days. Many users want to optimize their networks to achieve the best performance. One approach is to use a client steering daemon on OpenWrt. This is intended to make network communication more efficient and make better use of access points. But how effective are these adjustments really? This article describes the challenges and observations made when configuring such a setup and whether the results justify the effort. ... continue reading

Preview New: Home Assistant history: forward and back buttons

New: Home Assistant history: forward and back buttons

changed: 2024-11-21 from Bernhard (Initial Release: 2024-09-16)

Back and forward buttons in Home Assistant: My pull request in Github was accepted and has been secretly and quietly migrated to the Home Assistant release 2024.12. ... continue reading

Preview New: HA automation: step details (traces)

New: HA automation: step details (traces)

changed: 2024-11-21 from Bernhard (Initial Release: 2024-09-15)

My code change has been accepted: In the current Home Assistant version, additional information about the step details is now displayed in the automation traces. ... continue reading

HA history: missing status history

HA history: missing status history

created: 2024-11-19 from Bernhard

There are some little things about Home Assistant that I can't quite understand. One of these little things is the display of the history diagram when clicking on the details of certain entities. If the entities have neither a numeric nor a binary value, the history shows the changes in color in such a narrow bar that not all values can be read. ... continue reading

Preview Operate WireGuard VPN server in Docker

Operate WireGuard VPN server in Docker

created: 2024-11-06 from Bernhard

WireGuard is an efficient way to enable VPN connections in a Docker container. Docker Basics ... continue reading

Home Assistant SQL - Integration - Queries

Home Assistant SQL - Integration - Queries

created: 2024-11-06 from Bernhard

In addition to the option of creating template sensors, data can also be read directly from the database via SQL integration. This means, for example, that statistical data can also be queried retrospectively without having to create a corresponding sensor beforehand. ... continue reading

Preview Uninterrupted WiFi: Roaming (Fast Transition)

Uninterrupted WiFi: Roaming (Fast Transition)

changed: 2024-10-01 from Bernhard (Initial Release: 2022-11-01)

The marketing term "mesh WiFi" often refers to the desire for a WiFi that simply works everywhere in the house. But what actually is a mesh WiFi? And what is really needed for WiFi to work everywhere and even when switching from one receiving station to another? My setup consists of two access points, which as a unit provide a single WiFi SSID. As access points I use devices from different manufacturers and OpenWrt as firmware. The access points provide uninterrupted reception when I move from o... ... continue reading

Statistics diagram: missing date / time selection

Statistics diagram: missing date / time selection

created: 2024-09-16 from Bernhard

Datum- und Zeit von Statistikdiagramm-Karten (statistics-graph-card) per Auswahl ändern. ... continue reading

Preview Home Assistant history: missing scroll-zoom function

Home Assistant history: missing scroll-zoom function

created: 2024-09-15 from Bernhard

The integrated Home Assistant history does not yet have a scroll and zoom function for the history. ... continue reading

Preview free slicer comparison: PrusaSlicer vs Cura vs Slic3r

Cura in version 5.9.0 published  

changed: 2024-08-04 from Bernhard (Initial Release: 2022-05-06)

I have used 2 different slicers extensively so far: Cura and PrusaSlicer. Both slicers are free, both deliver usable results with the manufacturer's default settings, both have their strengths and hardly any weaknesses. ... continue reading

Preview Virtual desktop in Docker + Internet browser access

Virtual desktop in Docker + Internet browser access

created: 2024-06-18 from Bernhard

Now I really no longer need a VPN tunnel to my own home network: A desktop infrastructure (CDI) allows me to access a virtual Linux workspace in my own network directly from a browser: Provided via a container. ... continue reading

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Smart Home

Preview Smart Home

Retrofitting your existing home with smart home functions is now easier than ever. However, due to the large number of standards and available software components, choosing a suitable system is not so easy. If you are still looking for suitable software for home automation, you should take a look at Home Assistant.


Home Server

Preview Home Server

A dedicated home server can be used as the basis for your own private cloud or smart home.


Network

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Understanding, analyzing or expanding your own network: Basics for the home network.


Windows

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Linux

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Boot

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3D Printer

Preview 3D Printer

Field reports about Prusa i3 based FDM printers


PV

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