As earlier mentioned I’m a big fan of local solutions, part because of security and knowing where your data is stored and part being ownership. Too many times a cloud solution leads to sudden risk of privacy, data or even your devices. Last seen with Sonos excluding old devices. Therefore I went for a local […]
We have automated the lights to turn off when watching movies. This works good most of the time, but then we are going through the picture folder on Kodi (with some short movies) it triggers the light off and on again, resulting in flickering of the lights. The solution is to set a condition for […]
We have a TEK10 home which can sometimes get to warm due to the sun. Still we want to use the sun as a part of the heating of the house in wintertime. The solution we chose was screens for the windows. It also keeps the mosquitoes out when opening the windows and less reflections […]
Something I truly miss from Android is its possibilities with Tasker. IOS with its restrictions to the underlaying OS and components make it more secure, but less available (ref. Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). IOS has a less powerful tool similar to Tasker; Shortcuts. With that tool I have made some simple automations pausing or muting media […]
We have a Flexit balanced ventilation system. Unfortunately it doesn’t have any smartness, so it stays on the same ventilation level if it’s hot or humid. Fortunately it’s possible to control the system through relays and with the help of ESP (ESPHome) and Aqara Humidity sensors. Since humidity is changing from day to day I […]