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Home Assistant - Raspberry PI installation
One of the preferred installation variants of Home Assistant, besides the use of Docker, is the Home Assistant operating system: HAOS and a Raspberry Pi (RPi). Using a Raspberry Pi as a smart home control center is simple, cheap to purchase, and power efficient to operate. ... continue reading
DuckDNS: Home Assistant - free of charge remote access
There are various options for configuring Home Assistant in your own network for Internet access. Alternatives to the Home Assistant Cloud: 7.5$ / month or a VPN service, a free DNS entry and port forwarding are available. Who as installation variant HAOS you can use can use DuckDNS. For all those who want to use Home Assistant Core in a Docker container I recommend Traefik as a reverse proxy. Apart from the Home Assistant Cloud, DuckDNS is probably the simplest and most cost-effective way to al... ... continue reading
Display / output Home Assistant data as a table - Reporting
Charts are great, but a simple table view of historical data would be desirable for certain evaluations. Unfortunately, Home Assistant has very little to offer out of the box. ... continue reading
HA - SQLite Insights: Database Layout / Example Queries
To be able to compile better SQL queries, I took a closer look at the Home-Assistant database schema. Initially mainly to correct certain historical data, later to improve the energy forecast of my PV system, which enables more efficient control of the heating. Details on the queries for the PV forecast will follow in a separate article.. ... continue reading
PrusaSlicer in version 2.9.2 published
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
Android: use any printer via WLAN
CUPS makes it easy to add and manage printers via a web browser. If the printer is enabled, printing is also possible from Android devices. Even an HP Laserjet 4050 that is over 20 years old can be used conveniently from a cell phone. This requires either a small mini-server or another device on which either a Linux distribution is used or Docker containers can be operated. ... continue reading
3 variants: SQLite database access - Home Assistant
There are several ways to access the SQLite database of Home Assistant directly. The easiest way is to use SQLite Web. ... continue reading
Docker - Mini server as PVR receiver for DVB-T/S/C
For a long time, I used a PVR:hard disk receiver, specifically a Dreambox DM7020HD with 2 DVB-C tuners, to supplement my TV. Originally for recording certain programs, later to be able to watch live TV purely via WLAN without a network or coax cable with a FireTV stick and to consume the recorded programs as a stream. Unfortunately, the Dreambox gave up the ghost after more than 10 years and simply wouldn't boot up. While looking for a replacement, I realized that new devices for classic TV rece... ... continue reading
Home Assistant: Range selection for mobile devices
Echarts is currently testing a function to select a specific range of charts on mobile devices ... continue reading
History & energy dashboard: last hour, week, 30 days
In December 2024, I submitted a pull request on GitHub to add additional time spans to Home-Assistant's history and energy dashboard. The time spans are expected to be part of the 2025.3 release. ... continue reading
Home Assistant Release 2025.2 - Construction site: Charts
Switch to a new graph library Echarts ... continue reading
Home Assistant heating control revised.
After around 20 years, I was able to use Home Assistant and an ESP32 to take control of my heat pump and control it. Combined with the performance data of the PV system, Home Assistant is able to use the PV surplus as directly as possible for heating and thus increase self-consumption: ... continue reading
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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.
