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...
Author: Jamie
Installing Home Assistant OS (HASSio) in ESXi
UPDATE: As of February 2021, Home Assistant now provides an official OVA file on their site, available from the alternative installation options page. This makes the installation process in ESXi trivial: Click the “Create...
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....
