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Chamberlain myQ Alternative

November 14, 2023

On October 25th, Chamberlain released a statement about revoking 3rd party access to their myQ products. The called the access “unauthorized” but in reality the access was from customers who wish to use their purchased smart home product on their platform of choice such as Home Assistant.

Automations

Create a Home Assistant Automation to Notify When the Laundry is Finished

August 28, 2023

If you have your washing machine plugged into a heavy duty appliance smart plug or you have energy monitors connected to your breaker panel, you may wish to receive notifications when your laundry is finished.

Automations

Create a Home Assistant Automation to Control a Bathroom Fan When Humidity is High and Auto-Shutoff Timer

March 22, 2023 (Updated: May 6, 2023)

Automating a bathroom fan based on humidity levels is a common task you may want to do with your smart home devices.

Software

Use MariaDB instead of SQLite Database in Home Assistant

July 12, 2022

By default, Home Assistant uses a SQLite database to store all its historical data. However, you can use other databases such as MariaDB which perform better for larger datasets even though MariaDB is is heavier on hardware resources than SQLite.

Software

How to Set Up Nginx Proxy Manager in Home Assistant

May 31, 2022 (Updated: June 2, 2022)

If you wish to have secure connections to Home Assistant, a reverse proxy may be used. The proxy can reside on the same system (as demonstrated in this guide) or on another system as I have demonstrated in a previous guide.