Introduction Here’s a simple way to know when to refill your water softener. I’ve seen multiple ways to achieve this, involving for instance an ultrasound distance sensor. However , the narrow space of the tank can cause issues and is not the best and easiest way. This post is about a “very simple setup” : […]
Introduction This post assumes you are already using the great Home Assistant piece of software. For this post I will the Zigbee Home Automation (“ZHA”) built-in integration (you might want to use Zigbee2MQTT but it’s up to you). The Zigbee network is a mesh network. This means you will have a single coordinator acting as […]
Introduction With winter come closed windows and doors, the air quality might be of less quality in such conditions. So I took the opportunity of a visit at IKEA to buy a VINDRIKTNING. This is a PM2,5 device indicating air quality with green/amber/red light. The goal of this post is to make it smart and […]
Introduction This article is a follow-up of my previous (old) French post “Domotiser une ancienne chaudière mazout : Gestion du thermostat“. That previous built used a custom firmware to control relays, measure water temps and show status on a OLED screen. Time has past and Tasmota is a very capable and easy to integrate framework. […]
Introduction Here’s a short article to document the “obvious” steps that might not so obvious. I’ll walk you through the straightforward process of wiring an Android set-top box to your television and modem/router. Don’t worry if you’re not a tech guru – we’ve simplified the steps so that even the least tech-savvy individuals can enjoy […]
Introduction This simple post explains how I setup a “Restore critical plugs powering off” and “Notify about critical plugs restoration” using Home Assistant and Node-RED. While this is hacky (in my case due to Home Assistant – Zigbee device updates : ZHA / ZHA_TOOLKIT OTA), it still fixes some real world issues like plugs turned off […]
A summarized guide in using Node-RED and JavaScript to schedule per room temperature with help of MOES Zigbee valves.
Introduction After having written about monitoring and driving an old fuel furnace, next step was to control a fancy thermodynamic boiler to optimize energy boiler uses. My boiler is a Remeha Azorra 200E, I wanted to be able to monitor its proper functioning: Measure power consumption; Mesure temperatures of air inlet, water tank and water […]
Introduction I quickly put together this article to provide guidance on how I flashed my cheap AliExpress ZigBee Smart plug. These are also known as Tuya TS011F. Consider this as a work in progress article. The purpose is to fix a firmware flaw causing the plugs to turn off when reaching 251 volts. Even if […]
Introduction This is a short post for myself. I had some trouble to find back my good ol’ SSIS tools from 00′. SSIS edit is now an extension of Visual Studio 2019 and no more part of the MSSQL setup. Checklist: MSSQL 2019 Feature : Shared Features > Integration Services Visual Studio 2019 Feature : […]