National Grid have brought back the DFS scheme back again for the winter of 2024-25, albeit this time with significant reductions in the terms of financial compensation for those participating. Once again there appears...
Home Assistant / Home Automation
by Jamie · Published 2nd December 2023 · Last modified 6th December 2024
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
by Jamie · Published 21st December 2022 · Last modified 2nd December 2023
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 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
by Jamie · Published 2nd November 2021 · Last modified 22nd November 2022
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...
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...
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Home Assistant / Home Automation
Adding National Grid’s DFS Dates to Home Assistant
21st December 2022
Home Assistant / Home Automation
Adding National Grid’s DFS Dates to Home Assistant
21st December 2022
