Continuous monitoring of photovoltaic (PV) systems is essential for optimizing consumption and improving overall energy efficiency. This article outlines the integration of Fronius inverters into Home Assistant, including sensor configuration and solutions to common challenges, such as integrating BYD battery systems. Step 1: Enable Modbus TCP on Fronius Fronius inverters Read more…
Integrate Alexa with your self-hosted Home Assistant instance using AWS Lambda and a custom Alexa skill. This step-by-step guide covers setup, account linking, and testing for controlling your smart home devices via voice commands.
The Vienna Smart Meter Integration enables seamless integration of your Vienna Smart Meter into the Home Assistant setup. It allows monitoring and tracking of your electricity consumption data directly from the Home Assistant energy dashboard.
Unlock the full potential of Home Assistant by seamlessly integrating custom data from a Restful API. This post describes all the required steps to configure a REST sensor, retrieve data, and display it on your dashboard. Configure the REST Sensor / API in configuration.yaml To define a sensor that fetch Read more…
The Catfeeder was created with the aim of providing cat care in a simple way. It is powered by an ESP8266, 3D-printed components, a NEMA17 stepper motor with A4988 Driver Module, as well as a 12V power supply.
Additionally, the cat feeder is simple to integrate into well-known home automation systems like Home Assistant, enabling you to feed your cat with an embedded HTTP request.
Unlock advanced automation in Home Assistant by utilizing RESTful API calls to control external devices and services.
In this post, I describe how to set up your own Home Assistant with hassio.Before getting started you have to find an appropriate Hardware Environment to deploy hassio. I would recommend adding a RaspberryPi 4 or any Linux Server to your local infrastructure. As a precondition to this description, you Read more…