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Home Assistant Templating for Beginners -Part 1
Templating is a powerful feature in home assistant that allows you to control information coming into or going out of home assistant. It is used for: Formatting outgoing messages in, for example, the...
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Practical Guide to Using and Managing Zigbee Devices
To use Zigbee devices on your home network or the Internet you will need a Zigbee Gateway. This Gateway usually acts as a Zigbee coordinator and also a Zigbee to TCP/IP gateway. Commercial gateways...
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Find Tasmota Devices- Node-Red Flow
When you install a Tasmota device on a network it is usually automatically assigned an IP address by a DHCP server. In order to configure the device you will need to connect to it using a web browser...
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Assigning IP Addresses to Smart Home Devices
On home networks there are two ways of assigning IP addresses,they are: Manual Assignment – Static Addresses Dynamic Assignment –DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Manual Assignment – Static...
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How Casting and Google Chromecast Works
Google Chromecast is a streaming dongle that can be plugged into a TV or monitor using an HDMI port and stream audio and video from another device. In the casting diagram below Chromecast functions as...
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Home Automation- A Guide to Timed Events
Having something happen at a particular time is common in home automation. Common examples are Turning lighting on/off. Turning central heating on/off Turning irrigation systems on and off etc There...
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Introduction to IP Cameras and Webcams
IP Cameras and Webcams are widely used in video surveillance, online communication, and content creation. While both devices capture and transmit video, they are built for different purposes and...
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Using The Zigbee to Tasmota Gateway
The Zigbee to Tasmota gateway allows you to control and manage your Zigbee devices using the MQTT protocol Ii is modelled on the Zigbee2MQTT gateway, but it runs on a dedicated gateway device, and...
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How to find the IP Address of A new Network Device.
When you add a new device to an existing network it will generally be configured to get an IP address from a DHCP server. On most home networks this will generally be the home router unless you have...
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An Introduction to Peer to Peer Networking
The peer to peer networking model was the original model used in home networking on Windows, and most home networks still use this model. However many home users don’t take advantage of this model and...
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