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Local Control of Samsung Appliances

Local Control of Samsung Appliances

SmartThings recently announced that they will start charging to use their API to connect to devices starting around October 2026. For a smart home user such as myself, I would fall under the non-commercial, individual developer plan of $4.99 per month. I have no issues at all with

Node-RED vs Home Assistant Automations

Node-RED vs Home Assistant Automations

It's time to move from Node-RED to native Home Assistant automations. I show you step-by-step how to move one of my more complex automations.

Custom Voice Control Sentences in Home Assistant

assist pipeline

Custom Voice Control Sentences in Home Assistant

Create your OWN sentences for LOCAL VOICE CONTROL in Home Assistant with Node-RED or basic YAML configurations.

Hands-Free Control with Wake Words

Home Assistant Voice

Hands-Free Control with Wake Words

Home Assistant continues to make great strides in local voice control for their platform. That latest installment "Year of the Voice Chapter 4" has some nice surprises, the most exciting of which is the ability to use a wake word. 💡The video for this blog can be found

More Voice More Voice More Voice (Local Control)

Home Assistant Voice

More Voice More Voice More Voice (Local Control)

I recently made a video and blog post about controlling Home Assistant entities via a VOIP phone that I have on my desk. This was in answer to being able to use a standard analog telephone with an analog telephone adapter. I wanted to see if the VOIP phone would

Conversations and Service Call Data in Home Assistant

Conversations and Service Call Data in Home Assistant

Make your IoT work for you. Conversations and Sentence Triggers with Automations in Home Assistant.

Using Your VOIP Phone to Control Your House

Using Your VOIP Phone to Control Your House

Home Assistant has been working on local voice control and adding functionality to extend that to more than just the typical smart speakers. They do this through integrations and what they call "assist pipelines". 💡Watch my related video here. Assist pipelines include speech-to-text and text-to-

Using Home Assistant Local Calendar to Schedule Stuff!

Using Home Assistant Local Calendar to Schedule Stuff!

Home Assistant added a local calendar to their list of integrations in December of 2022. In January, they made some updates that make it even more useful. Calendars don't usually get much love since they are so utilitarian. However, this calendar allows you to automate things easily so

EMQX Is the Perfect MQTT Broker to View Your Traffic

EMQX Is the Perfect MQTT Broker to View Your Traffic

In Home Assistant, I have been using the core available Eclipse MQTT Mosquitto Broker for a long time and it has been working flawlessly. The problem with that broker is that in order to view traffic and troubleshoot issues, I have to go to external software OR use different screens