You've made it this far, you're almost there. Time to secure your Smart-Home devices. This is really easy with Let's Encrypt . This is a free automated service that provides Free SSL/TLS Certificates. This keeps your traffic safe. Forward Ports 80 and 443 Lets Encrypt Add On Forward Port 8123 to 443 Forward Ports 80 and … Continue reading Encrypt Home Assistant With Let’s Encrypt
Home Assistant is pretty easy to configure for remote access. Using a service, like DuckDNS you can create a personalized URL to connect to your Smart-Home set-up. This will only take a couple of steps. Forward port 8123 Create a domain using DuckDNS. Set a password. Some info before we get started: Your internet service provider … Continue reading Remotely Access Home Assistant – Port Forwarding & DuckDNS
The last step to setting up a starter Smart-Home is voice control. I was given an Echo Dot last year for Christmas. It was the item that stirred my interest in Smart-Home technology. It is also very easy to connect to Home Assistant. If your budget won't cover an Echo Dot, there are other … Continue reading Voice Control With Alexa
Organize By default, Home Assistant will show all of your devices and services in the default view. You can change this from within the groups.yaml file on the server. Open your groups file in Visual Studio Code and you'll find a blank slate to work with. Let's start by grouping up some items. Here is a … Continue reading Organize and Customize Home Assistant
In my apartment, I have control over fifteen devices. Twelve of them are controlled via RF Outlets. I used some dot stickers on the back of my outlets to number them. With that, I paired each outlet with a remote and made a table. I used different remotes for different uses. One for the living … Continue reading Teach Your BroadLink Remote
You will need to connect your BroadLink RM Pro to your WiFi using their app Intelligent Home Center. Find your BroadLink's IP and Mac Address Follow the instructions in the app to connect the device to your WiFi network. Once connected, you'll have to find the device's MAC address and IP address. You can do … Continue reading Connect Your BroadLink Remote
Now that you've got your supplies, you're ready to start building up your Smart-Home.The first step to getting your Smart-Home up and running is to install Home Assistant onto a Micro SD card. This is pretty easy. What you'll need: Raspberry Pi Micro SD card Definitely use a Class 10 card. Lower class cards can … Continue reading Installing Home Assistant
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