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May, 2023

Using the Decluttering Card

Principle of Decluttering Card

We all use the same configuration block several times in our lovelace configuration and we don't want to change the same things in a hundred places in our configuration every time we want to change something.

This card allows you to reuse the same configuration multiple times in your lovelace configuration to avoid repetitions and supports default variables and values. Read More

Timing the start of a switch

[and optionally, be able to restart its switch in zigbee]

Background and objective

I have a high-performance Synology 2600 Router but it takes a few minutes to be fully operational on my local network.

In the event of a general power outage (caused or suffered) when all the equipment is turned on at the same time, the equipment that is on the POE switch also starts at the same time as the router that is not able to assign their IP address to them (since it has not completed its initialisation), this can sometimes be problematic.

So I looked for a way to slow down the switch by a few minutes.

I did not want to use ‘home automation intelligence’ such as a controlled socket or other, I wanted a stand-alone system that shifts the power on the switch over time. Read More

Relaunch your box by SMS

Objective

When it is the Box that has crashed, it is impossible to access the local network from outside and only an electric boost can solve the problem.

This relaunch must be made by GSM via a call or SMS command, independent of the internet.

In the previous tutorial, I used Chinese equipment that did not last long. Read More

Automate Hall Light

On this article, I will automate with a presence detector the lights of the hall.

To be very honest, I have been looking for several weeks for a Zigbee Presence Detector, which I wanted to power in 220v (to benefit from the relay function and not have to manage the batteries). I couldn’t find him. It was by talking to David about Easydomotic that he gave me the combination of the Nodon coupled with a Presence Detector / Congratulations!! Magnificent, I have placed a direct order of the pack it has provided for this purpose.

Of course, as I have to do, I say: if you are not a certified electrician, certified with a thousand very expensive papers and authorisations from independent and very expensive bodies, Do not touch electricity, it is dangerous.

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