Installing Home Assistant OS (HASSio) in ESXi
Home Assistant offers a number of options when it comes to using their home automation software. You can either install it as a standalone package (Home Assistant Core) on an existing system, or if...
Author: Jamie
Wireless Doorbell – Part 1
My new house currently has no doorbell and, whilst I could just buy a normal dumb wireless doorbell or install a wired doorbell, the temptation of making my own flexible system is too great....
Getting Picons Working in TVHeadend and Kodi
What are Picons? Picons are channel logos which are linked to one or more TV channels using a service reference or a simplified version of the channel name. Kodi is able to display these...
Creating an SSH Key Pair for the openHAB exec Binding
The exec binding in openHAB is a brilliant way of controlling and running scripts on other computers, however it is unable to send a username and password to log in to the remote computer....
Presence Detection using Bluetooth and WiFi
Home automation often relies on the ability to detect whether someone is present within the house. This information can then be used to perform different action as appropriate. Most people have a mobile phone...
