Tag: Home Assistant

Without further ado, let’s go straight to the picture! Today I will teach you how to create a floor plan dashboard in Home Assistant, allowing your smart home to control "what you see is what you get", and also allow other family members who are not familiar with Home Assistant to enjoy the ultimate lazy life of a smart home. Concept Description The concept of floor plan is actually very simple stacking of layers. The bottom picture shows the light-off state, the top picture shows the light-on state, and then the control buttons are placed on the top layer. now...

When it comes to smart home, it is inevitable to mention Homekit, the smart home ecosystem developed by Apple. However, although Homekit is powerful, its shortcomings are also obvious. If you want to use Homekit as the core of your smart home but feel that the device is too expensive, or your favorite device is If you happen to not support Homekit, then HomeKit Bridge is your antidote! let's go! What is "HomeKit Bridge"? HomeKit Br...

The previous article taught you how to perform automation settings in Home Assistant through a simple example. Today, I will use the automation setting "notify when the washing machine is finished" to introduce how to use the Blueprint function to quickly complete the automation settings. , so you no longer have to worry about how to set the trigger, condition, and action! (If you’re lazy, you’ll be even more lazy! 🤣) At the same time, it can be paired with Google Assistant to achieve the effect of voice reminder...

After reading this article, you may be considering joining Home Assistant or have just joined Home Assistant. At the same time, you are worried about the automation settings of Home Assistant because you are not familiar with them. Today, I will introduce to you how to set up automation in Home Assistant to help you. Let your home move by itself (free your hands! 🙌). Today, we will use "automatically turning on the air conditioner when someone comes home" as an example to teach you how to operate the automatic setting function of Home Assistant. I hope it will be helpful to you! if you: ...

There are many smart home devices on the market, but not all of them are suitable for me. If you are new to smart home, you may not know where to choose because of the dazzling array of smart home devices. This article will introduce you to Dankeju. Which smart home devices are connected to Home Assistant? I hope it will help you choose the device. I think lighting control is one of the two most important things to deal with when getting started with a smart home (the other is curtains). There are many ways to control lights. You can refer to the full analysis of smart home lighting control solutions. There is always one that suits you! ...

When you are planning a smart home, you must have been worried about how to choose a smart device brand. So many brands have launched Zigbee devices, how do you choose? Does it bother you that each brand has to set it up through its own APP? Today we will introduce how to access almost all Zigbee devices through Zigbee2MQTT in Home Assistant, so that you can completely get rid of the constraints of brand apps! If you have an Aqara, Tuya or other brand Zigbee device and want to connect...

Sure enough, the day has come. Frankly speaking, I have always been a little resistant to writing "tutorials" on the installation steps of Home Assistant in the past, because my own installation process also involved browsing various tutorials on the Internet, and pieced together to install Home Assistant. It's actually quite stressful for me to do "teaching", and I'm afraid that my fragmentary knowledge will mislead others. So why do I still see this article now? I want to shout out Jane and Sanya, two netizens. Because of their comments and encouragement, I mustered up the courage...

In Smart Home EP 1, there are three major milestones of smart home mentioned. The last milestone is "Automation". So what is the difference between "automation" and "situational" control? Why is "automation" the ultimate goal of smart homes? Let’s first understand what “Scene” is. Scene is a method of linking multiple devices. It is called “scene” in some places. Different settings can be set to meet different family needs...

If you are just starting to build a smart home, you will definitely encounter this problem soon: "gateway". What is a gateway (Hub)? What does it have to do with the central system? Why do some devices require a gateway and some don't? Today I will use a picture to help you understand the relationship between devices, gateways, and central systems! Pictured above! What are the respective roles of devices, gateways, and central systems in smart home architecture? There are many devices on the market with composite roles. First, understand the roles of the device, gateway, and central system respectively so as not to buy them foolishly: Device role: Hands/Feet...

Starting with the end in mind, let me first introduce our current smart home (Smart Home) configuration so that everyone can have a concept and imagination. In the future, I will introduce step by step how I got to where I am now.