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Automatically Back Up Home Assistant

Automatically Back Up Home Assistant

It is important to backup Home Assistant. I show you two VERY EASY ways to make backups, both locally and off-site.

Automatic Home Assistant Dashboards

dwains dashboard

Automatic Home Assistant Dashboards

One of the great things about Home Assistant is the many different ways to create dashboards and interfaces that are useful for your specific use cases. In addition to creating these dashboards manually, Dwain Scheeren has created an integration called Dwains Lovelace Dashboard. This is touted as a "fully

Home Assistant June 2022 Release

Home Assistant June 2022 Release

The latest updates and changes in Home Assistant version 2022.6

Weather Integrations and Severe Weather Alerts in Home Assistant

Weather Integrations and Severe Weather Alerts in Home Assistant

Add weather integrations and severe weather alerting to Home Assistant.

The New Zwave JS to MQTT Interface - Full Install

The New Zwave JS to MQTT Interface - Full Install

Since my older video on zwaveJS2mqtt, a lot has changed in the UI so it is time for a video refresh. I'm going to cover installing the Home Assistant zwavejs2mqtt add-on and the Home Assistant integration that allows you to use the add-on. The integration bridges the gap

Make your Dumb Switch Smart

Make your Dumb Switch Smart

I have quite a few smart switches scattered around the house. BUT! I also have a number of dumb switches for various reasons. I've heard of people putting relays in the switch boxes to make them smart and I always thought doing that would take away the ability

Home Assistant 2022.5

Home Assistant Featured

Home Assistant 2022.5

Home Assistant has released their monthly major update for May. The biggest change is in the settings (previously configuration) menus. This is a complete revamp of the original menu system. In addition, there are a lot of automation and script changes. Most notably, these are now available: * If-Then * Calendar Trigger

Build an Amazing Home Assistant Dashboard

Build an Amazing Home Assistant Dashboard

No YAML required! Use mushroom cards and only the UI in Home Assistant to build a great-looking and easy-to-use dashboard for your most important entities. It's time to build a minimalist mobile dashboard for only things I REALLY need to control. Here is the finished dashboard on my

Home Assistant 2022.4 Release. My Favorite New Features!

Home Assistant 2022.4 Release. My Favorite New Features!

Home Assistant continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Each release showcases new features and updates that make Home Assistant amazing. This video highlights many of my favorite new features in Home Assistant version 2022.4. Here is the list. * Groups * Switch as X and Other Helpers * Update Entities * Unit

Top Add-Ons 2022 Edition

Top Add-Ons 2022 Edition

It's time to walk through my most used Home Assistant add-ons and integrations for 2022. Take a look and see what I use to make it all work. My Home Assistant version was 2022.3 at the time of this writing. Here is a list of my add-ons

Backup Home Assistant to Github

Backup Home Assistant to Github

I often have requests to show my Home Assistant code. I used to grab the relevant snippets and send them to GitHub and then post the page link. There is a better way! In this video, I show how to automatically send updated copies of your configuration files to GitHub.

Build Your Own Alarm System

Build Your Own Alarm System

Build your own alarm system with Alarmo and Home Assistant using sensors you already have installed.

Home Assistant and Statistics Collection

Home Assistant and Statistics Collection

Home Assistant collects analytics if you want them to. They use them to strengthen the voice of all users of the platform.