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Setup Your Own LED Strips // WLED Hardware // Part 1

November 10, 2022 Ryan Projects, Videos

Kit Containing all of the Hardware Wiring Diagram

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3 Powerful Smart Plug Automations // SwitchBot Plug Mini

October 9, 2022 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Projects, Videos

Power Consumption Setup Sensor Code Example Power Sensor Example Refresh When On Automation Charging Station Automation To quickly import this[…]

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Track Your Packages in Home Assistant // Mail & Package Integration

September 14, 2022 Ryan Home Assistant, Projects, Videos

Today we’re going to look at how to track packages and mail in Home Assistant. This quick and easy project[…]

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Dual Lens Outdoor Security Camera // ReoLink Duo PoE

August 4, 2022 Ryan Videos

Camera Clips Coming Soon ReoLink Home Assistant Integration https://github.com/fwestenberg/reolink_dev

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2022 Prime Day Deals

July 7, 2022 Ryan Deals

My collection of 2022 Prime Day Deals both on and off Amazon.com Deals AqaraFlexiSpotSwitchBotWyze Aqara Aqara M2 Hub Amazon –[…]

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My Top 5 Favorite Simple Automations

June 19, 2022 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Projects, Uncategorized, Videos

Number 5: Open Window / Disable HVAC Blueprint: Window Open Climate Off Number 4: Closet / Pantry Light Blueprint: Door[…]

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Personal Weather Station Data in Home Assistant // LaCrosse View

May 30, 2022 Ryan Home Assistant, Projects, Videos

Testing and Getting List of Devices Full Code Home Assistant Shell Command

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Busy Light Part 2 // Introduction to ESPHome

February 18, 2022 Ryan Electronics, Guide, Home Assistant, Videos

Video Links ESPHome Flasher Releases – https://tshouse.link/esphomeflashESPHome Light Component – https://tshouse.link/esplight|MuteSync – https://mutesync.com Busy/Status Light ESPHome Code – ESP32 Example[…]

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Build Your Own Teams & Zoom Busy Light // Part 1

February 9, 2022 Ryan Electronics, Home Assistant, Projects

Kit with all products needed Links to all source material Original Post from HackaDay user Jon – https://tshouse.link/wifibusy Links to[…]

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Do-It-Yourself Ambient Light for your TV! // Ambilight on the Cheap

December 17, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Projects, Videos

Links Here are the main links from the video: Ambilight Kit: Wiring Diagram

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Controlling Home Assistant with a StreamDeck

November 19, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Videos

On this week’s (late) video we take a look at how to control your home assistant with an Elgato Stream[…]

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Home Assistant Energy Dashboard // Add Emporia Monitor, Dash Setup & Hacks

October 7, 2021 Ryan Energy, Guide, Videos

Apex Charts Examples Whole House Energy Breakdown Single Room Energy Breakdown

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Monitor your Utility Meters // MeterMon and RTL-SDR

October 4, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Projects

Blacklist DVB Drivers Create new configuration file 2. Paste in the following code 3. Save the file by pressing CTRL-X[…]

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Track Objects Inside Your House with BLE // ESPresense & Home Assistant

September 21, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant

Direct Links in Video ESPresense Home Page – https://espresense.com/ ESPresense Project Page – https://github.com/ESPresense/ESPresense/ Install Page – https://espresense.com/install Web Terminal[…]

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The Best Nest / Home Assistant Integration via HomeBridge // Better than the “Official”

September 6, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Videos

Code to Add HomeBridge Container via Portainer Links and Resources Forum Post – Setting Up HomeBridge on Home Assistant OS:[…]

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Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) // Quick & Easy Setup in 2021

July 25, 2021 Ryan Guide, Home Assistant, Videos

Favorite HACS Components In my video, I mentioned that I have a number of favorite HACS integrations and Lovelace UI[…]

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Severe Weather Alerts & Radar Right In Home Assistant

July 11, 2021 Ryan Guide, Videos

Quick Update: I fixed the limit in the code for the weather description. A YouTube user pointed out I forgot[…]

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Cryptocurrency | How To Track Your Crypto (and Stocks) in Home Assistant

June 21, 2021 Ryan Guide, Videos

In today’s video, I go over how to track your cryptocurrency or stock portfolio in Home Assistant. I kept getting[…]

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APIs Part 2 – Pull Images and Display in Custom Card – HTML & Template Data

May 17, 2021 Ryan Guide, Videos

Today’s video is part 2 of our look at retrieving data from an API and displaying it in Home Assistant.[…]

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New Z-Wave Implementation – Z-wave JS

February 4, 2021 Ryan Videos

UPDATE: If you forgot to grab your Z-wave network key before removing the Z-wave 1.4 integration. Then you can see[…]

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Integrating Roborock Vacuums with Home Assistant

December 16, 2020 Ryan Videos

Here is the code mentioned in the video for the last step: Today’s video is a part 2 to last[…]

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Using Xiaomi Aqara Sensors with Samsung SmartThings

January 3, 2020 Ryan Videos

In today’s episode, I will show you how to pair various Xiaomi Aqara sensors with your Samsung SmartThings hub. Note:[…]

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Is the Wyze V3 Pro Camera Worth Your Money?

December 16, 2022 Ryan Uncategorized

Example Clips Will be up next week!

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Fix THIS before 2022.12 // Your MQTT Sensors Need Attention

December 6, 2022 Ryan Home Assistant, Videos

Example MQTT.yaml

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Retrieve Data from Your Car into Home Assistant // Tasker and Torque for Android

May 2, 2022 Ryan Uncategorized

Tasker Profiles Files Parse – Car to HA MQTT Sensors in Home Assistant (sensors.yaml) Virtual Device Tracker

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