Tag: Smart Home

Getting started with Home Assistant is not difficult at all. No coding or complicated plug-ins are required. Complete smart home Dashboard settings in the simplest way!

If you do not have a professional background in water and electricity, and want to handle smart homes by yourself, the first and easiest place to get stuck is how to make a smart switch. Today I will use my own experience to share with you how to use the zero fire switch setting in Home Assistant. It doesn’t matter if you don’t use Home Assistant as a smart home hub system to determine the multi-cut synchronization method. The previously installed parts are basically the same. Only the dual-cut synchronization part can be set in the respective systems.

Whether you want to get into a smart home or want to improve the smart home system at home, today’s article covers everything from how to start building a smart home to how to improve your existing smart home, all shared with you without any secret! Let’s get started! 2 Important Principles for Building a Smart Home When many people think about smart homes, they quickly start to worry about which system to choose, how to handle network connections, which devices to buy, and what scenarios and automation to implement. Based on my use of smart homes, The family has 2 years of experience. Before making all preparations, clearly understand the 2 principles, which will help the whole...

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...

Lighting control is the most basic and core application in smart homes, and there are various solutions for lighting control, such as: smart switches, smart light bulbs, smart relays...etc., today this article will focus on various Analyze the plans, whether it is a new house, an old house or a rental house, you can find a plan that suits you! Smart switch: the best choice for new decoration. As the name suggests, it replaces ordinary traditional switches with smart switches. If it is a new decoration or you want an ultimate solution, then choose this! Advantages Compatible with traditional usage habits: no matter...

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...