Category Archives: Technical

Working On Smarthome

Posted on September 23, 2021 by larry

Kitchen is coming along nicely, by end of day tomorrow, we should be able to cook inside. Slowly working on smarthome aspect of things. Still experimenting but costs have escalated, but not too bad for a remodel. Clocking in at … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting Home Stuff

Posted on September 22, 2021 by larry

Spent a nice chunk of the day troubleshooting stuff. First off was the install of the new Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 4. Had to revisit building one of my cluster nodes. To be fair that was more a … Continue reading →

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Deciding Direction of Home Automation

Posted on September 21, 2021 by larry

I am stuck deciding what system to use for my home automation. Currently I have Home Assistant on a VM to mess with. Thinking of going to either a thin client or a Raspberry Pi. May do the Pi with … Continue reading →

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Supporting Multiprotocols Home Assistant

Posted on September 20, 2021 by larry

With revamping my home network, I needed to decide what protocols to use. Kind of settled on Lutron Caleta which has its proprietary connections, but is compatible. Will also use newer secure tech in zigbee and zwave. Leaning more towards … Continue reading →

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Lutron Caseta

Posted on September 19, 2021 by larry

Finally got it installed, it is pretty cool. I think I am gonna go with these for the house. But they are pricey. I got the pico remote working. I got the android app working Looks like caseta is well … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 4 Sold Out

Posted on September 18, 2021 by larry

I wanted to get my smart home network set up, unfortunately there are no new Raspberry Pi 4’s for sale. It is crazy and unfortunate. So will be messing with an older Pi 3. Hope it works, will keep an … Continue reading →

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Going Zigbee, Revisiting Homeassistant

Posted on September 15, 2021 by larry

House is about to get more interesting, going to see if I can get zigbee stuff on my home network. Hoping to use a device like this. Got my Lutron Caseta devices in and a few Ikea Tradfri devices in … Continue reading →

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Smarthome Project Resumes

Posted on September 14, 2021 by larry

Today made some big decisions on the smart home. The biggest one was to go for Lutron Caseta for the main lights in the kitchen. It costs more, but I feel like the reliability was really important and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Active Saturday

Posted on September 11, 2021 by larry

Did a lot today, got my new kickstarter box up, got the new HD Flex Quadro DVR up. Eye doctor for new glasses. Old friend for new side gig Took wife for shopping at Costco and a local supermarket. A … Continue reading →

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More Wire Organizing

Posted on September 9, 2021 by larry

Misc day Cleaning up my server rack, hoping to make things clean. Fun day, watched my sun run Cross Country, but chilled out here at a park afterwards. Kitchen got its first cabinets, not moving fast enough, but it is … Continue reading →

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