With recent changes in Zigbee2MQTT, many users of the TS0044 4-button scene switch have found that their existing automations and blueprints have stopped working. This article explains the changes and provides guidance on how to migrate your automations to the new system. What is TS0044 button I described in detail
homeassistant
For years, I was content with my old Zigbee thermostats. They worked well, but after 3.5 years, about half of them required additional zip ties to keep the fragile battery covers from falling off. Plus, with their two-battery setup and inconsistent contacts, they drained power way too fast. Why
ai
"Hey, what if we made superintelligent AI without needing a data center the size of a small country?" * Probably someone at DeepSeek during a coffee break So there I was, reading about the latest AI models that need enough GPU power to light up Las Vegas, when DeepSeek
openvpn
Let me tell you a tale of network migration, troubleshooting, and the surprising revelation that sometimes the simplest solutions hide behind misleading names. The Setup Picture this: I was migrating from a battle-tested NetBSD router running PF and OpenVPN to a shiny new OPNsense installation. The network layout was fairly
cisco
I've just installed a new SIEM based on Graylog 6.0 to collect all my logs from my home network. Both my APs and TrueNAS send logs over UDP just fine. After adding my switch - Cisco Catalyst 3750-X - I noticed that the logs were being collected
Alexa
It was something that drove me crazy for a very long time. A long time ago, when there was no Amazon in Poland and Amazon was giving away free stuff like e-books or games, you had to have a US address to get it. Even if it was completely digital.
homeassistant
UPDATE: How to regain control of this switch (and others) after update to Zigbee2Mqtt 2.0 The problem I had was that over the years I had changed a lot of things to smart things in such a way that they could not be controlled directly. These include wall lights
homeassistant
I recently have bought this little knob below. 13.28€ 10% de réduction|Zigbee Commutateur de bouton intelligent sans fil pour la maison intelligente, contrôleur de bouton de commutation à distance, fonctionne avec Zigéquation Gateway, Smart Life Andrea | AliExpressAchetez malin, vivez mieux! Aliexpress.comaliexpress.com It comes with battery already
homeassistant
Spring is here, so of course I had to do some tidying up and tending to my lawn. After mowing, scarifying, aerating, reseeding where holes had appeared and fertilising, the only thing left to do was to keep the lawn well watered. The grass I sowed was Wimbledon. The optimum
ghost
This is cross-post from my blog in polish devoted to NetBSD I run several blogs. All under NetBSD as the OS, and Ghost CMS. This type of stack is not officially supported, but since we have nodejs in pkgsrc along with npm and yarn, why shouldn't it work
matomo
I self host matomo server instead of Google Analytics. Suddenly some time ago I lost ability to log in, because my 2FA codes stopped working. In my great wisdom I also didn't save any recovery codes.. So here it is how to recover from this situation, and what
java
This is a rewrite in English of my very first post here, as I think it will be helpful to others looking for how to get the old idrac 6 Java console (tested on DELL R410 and R710) to work nowadays. In fact, I needed to get access to broken