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Want to know instantly when a door or window opens — without relying on cloud apps or Wi-Fi? The Sonoff Zigbee Door/Window Sensor connects directly to your Home Assistant Zigbee network for fast, local, and reliable automation. You can use it to turn lights on/off, save energy and keep track of who’s where.
Want to connect Zigbee sensors, lights, and switches to Home Assistant without relying on cloud services? The Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus makes it incredibly simple to build a fast, private, and reliable Zigbee network — all controlled locally from your Home Assistant setup. It is almost as easy as plug and play.
Smart lighting is one of the easiest and best ways to make your home smarter. But with so many different dimmers available, how do you know which one is right for you?
Home Assistant will run on any hardware that meets the following minimum requirements: The easiest way to get up and running with Home Assistant is to run it on a dedicated device such as a Raspberry Pi or a small lower-power computer such as an NUC. NUC A NUC is a small, but powerful computer … Read more
Homey is an easy-to-use smart home system that helps you control various aspects of your home and bring them into a single system. It acts as a central hub, allowing you to not only manage your lights, thermostat, security system but also automate them. Homey integrates with an extremely large array of devices and supports … Read more
Throughout this post, we explain how to write automations and scenes within Home Assistant to control sensors, lights, and other entities in a consistent and reliable way. We cover when to use automations versus scenes, how they work behind the scenes, and how to combine them to create a smarter, more responsive home.
In this post we look at how to take control of your dashboard in Home Assistant, as well as create and manage views and cards.
Prerequisites Before starting, ensure that: Setup Connecting your Shelley Plug to the network 1. Plug in the Shelly Plug UK into a power outlet. 2. Download the Shelly app on your phone (if you don’t already have it). Link to Shelly App Download 3. Tap the + icon to add a new device. 4. Then … Read more
MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a messaging protocol that allows smart home devices to communicate with each other efficiently. It uses a publish–subscribe model, where devices send messages to specific topics, and other devices listen (subscribe) to those topics to receive updates.
In this guide we will explain how a Shelly 1L can be used to provide two way switching
