Jamie Jones

Jamie Jones Blog

2nd December 2023

Updated Sensor YAML for 2023/24: Adding National Grid’s DFS Dates to Home Assistant

National Grid have brought back the DFS scheme for the winter of 2023-24 and have made some changes to both how the scheme works and the data that is exposed via the API. Most...

Home Assistant / Home Automation

21st December 2022

Adding National Grid’s DFS Dates to Home Assistant

The National Grid has devised an extensive toolkit to avoid electricity blackouts in the UK during this winter. As part of this, they’ve created a scheme called the Demand Flexibility Service, or DFS for...

Ubiquiti

22nd November 2022

Customise the Ring Sound on a G4 Doorbell

Ubiquiti don’t offer the option to customise the ring sound that a visitor hears when they push the button on the G4 doorbell. Other competitor video doorbells available on the market allow you to...

Home Assistant / Home Automation / Ubiquiti

2nd November 2021

Controlling Ubiquiti U6-LR WiFi Access Point LED Colour in Home Assistant

Some of the newer access points from Ubiquiti feature an RGB status LED, normally used to indicate whether the access point is functioning correctly. Out of the box, Ubiquiti allow you to set a...

Networking

15th April 2021

Accessing a DrayTek Vigor 130 Modem in Bridge Mode on a Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDMP)

The DrayTek Vigor 130 is a very popular ADSL / VDSL2 modem as it can be set to act in bridge mode. When connected to a router, the router itself is responsible for making...

Home Automation

9th March 2021

Updating to a Smarter Light Switch

I’ve got to the stage where my Gen 1 LightWaveRF light switches just don’t cut it any more. Not having any feedback from the light switch itself has meant that creating automations around them...