Category: Homeassistant

  • Project plan

    Project plan

    As described in my post New-build home I want to make a smart home out of a not so smart home. Here’s my project plan. Prerequisites I have some prerequisites I like to keep in mind: Devices This is the list of devices I’d like to control and/or use to make the house a smart-home.…

  • Utility meter: Water

    Utility meter: Water

    We have a water meter that’s by no means smart. We get a letter once a year to update the meter reading in a portal and our monthly fee is calculated. Water is cheap here, so not really a good reason to measure water usage except for sustainability reasons and, off course, fun. Tinker or…

  • Energy monitoring Nibe F1255

    Energy monitoring Nibe F1255

    In my search to interface with the Nibe heat pump I found out that our Nibe isn’t equipped with a standard interface for local control. The newer S series are. What I want to achieve is be able to monitor and control the heat pump from Home Assistant to be able to set the temperature…

  • Moving HomeAssistant config from docker

    Moving HomeAssistant config from docker

    Let me start with a confession. Many months ago I was too impatient to start with HA and I have been lacking my security responsibilities since. Time for change and since I couldn’t find a comprehensive guide, let me write another incomprehensive guide. But hopefully it will be the piece of the puzzle you’re missing.…