How to make a configurable time and day scheduler in Home-Assistant with Node-Red
Have you ever wanted to make a scheduler for something in your Home-Assistant interface? I wanted to make one for my robot vacuum, so I found a way to do…
Monitoring the Cat Litter Box in Home-Assistant
We have quite recently acquired a cat, and because of that we have also acquired a litter box.The box is dumb, just expensive plastic and no electronics. So I decided…
Fitbit multi-user scoreboard in Home-Assistant
Fitbit has been integrated into Home-Assistant as an official integration since 2016, but it has despite many requests always just had the option to add only one single user. For…
Using IOT Link to control and monitor Windows 10/11 computers from Home-Assistant
Want to monitor Windows computers in your Home-Assistant setup? Maybe even control them to some degree? Then IOT Link is probably the easiest and fastest way to do it. It…
How to make Home-Assistant groups dynamic and user-manageable through Lovelace
Groups of entities are great if the same state change should be applied to multiple entities.But what if the list of entities in the group should change according to different…
How to set up Zigbee2MQTT on a Raspberry Pi and integrate it with Home-Assistant
If you are reading this you are probably considering running Zigbee2MQTT as a Zigbee gateway/bridge for Home-Assistant.I did the same, and documented al the steps in this guide. So, why…
How to monitor the status of web servers in Home-Assistant
If you are reading this article you might have some services with built-in webservers running, Home-Assistant is an example of one. In fact, many services use a web-based interface.These services…
How to set up ZWavejs2MQTT on a Raspberry Pi and integrate it with Home-Assistant
If you are reading this you are probably considering running ZWavejs2MQTT as a Z-Wave gateway/bridge for Home-Assistant.I did the same, and documented al the steps in this guide.This tutorial applies…
System monitoring with Glances in Home-Assistant
I have looked for a way to monitor my servers in Home-Assistant, and I come across this monitoring-system called "Glances". It is a cross-platform system that is possible to install…