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#homeautomation

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tjhowse

Yesterday I noticed that the pool pump wasn't running. I checked the power consumption logs and found it hasn't been running for a few days. This is very bad! High risk of soup pool.

After fixing the issue with the pump, I set up an automation in #homeassistant : At 09:30 every day, check the power consumption of the pump. Send an alert to my phone if it's less than 1.5kW.

All thanks to #foss!

#hass#homeautomation#homelab
s0 Traingirl Era

Gonna re-post my guide for anyone with a Mitsubishi Electric split-system Air con from the last 10ish years, on how to integrate it with Home Assistant/ESPHome for $20 with one extremely easy, reversible, safe hardware addition!
I've been running it without issue for 9 months now, and others have successfully followed my process.

github.com/echavet/MitsubishiC

Original post here: cathode.church/@s0/11350920957

I've used the integration to do stuff like automatically turn off the aircon an hour after I go to sleep, and put an automation so if we leave the house, it'll turn the aircon off in case we forgot. I also built an automation to run it in fan only mode on low for 15 minutes after being on cooling, to evaporate the moisture inside that otherwise leaves to building up mould.

#tinkering#homeAssistant#homeAutomation
Home Assistant

In September, we're celebrating our 12th Birthday! This year, we're doing something new - we want to share YOUR stories. 👏🏻

Does Home Assistant help you in unexpected ways? Do you know of or have projects that inspire others? Fill out this Form and tell us about it! 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant
forms.gle/V6rWxqsA7rpTSH1E8

Google DocsTell us your Home Assistant story!For the 12th Anniversary of Home Assistant, we'd love to highlight community stories about how Home Assistant helps you and learn about any inspirational projects out there in the wild. 🥰 If selected, your story will be published in this year's anniversary blog post - submitting your story gives us implicit permission to share it publicly. Due to time constraints, we won't be able to notify community members if their submission is selected - let it be a surprise. 😉 This Form will close on August 11th so we can review the submissions. We sincerely appreciate the time you take to submit your story to us. 🙏🏻
Otto Rask

I wonder how many signatures we could get for an EU initiative that would require manufacturers to sell same quality "dumb" counterparts to their regular "smart" offerings of appliances and electronics, at the same or lower price.

Dumb TVs, washing machines, coffee makers, toothbrushes, etc. that would not require apps, wifi, bluetooth, phoning home, ads, etc.

Remove anything extra that is not required for the core use case of the product.

#ConsumerRights#SmartHome#HomeAutomation
Home Assistant

We have another addition to our Works with Home Assistant program to share - Zooz! 🎉

They bring an awesome selection of device types and certified the first Z-Wave devices in the program this year. 👏🏻 Learn more about what devices they certified in the latest blog 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07

Home AssistantZooz joins Works with Home AssistantWith a big selection of Z-Wave devices, which support Long-Range in select regions, opening up a lot of new options for your smart home.
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Paco Hope #resist

OK, so I got some preliminary results. I used this video heatmap tool.

My video was pretty crappy. The camera wasn't well placed. But it's kinda neat for a first attempt.

There's a couple hot areas at the top left and bottom right. The top left is a spillway in the pool that has water constantly moving. And I think the bottom right is just grass/bushes blowing in the wind.

I took the video and compressed it down quite a bit, so it's an hour's worth of motion in 20 seconds. Pretty neat.

It did confirm my suspicions that the robot gets stuck in the corners a lot and doesn't do a lot of longitudinal runs. This is only the first hour out of 3, though, so it's possible it did more later.
#video #swimmingpool #homeautomation

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Paco Hope #resist

Ok. Here's a 10-second sample of what I got. 3 things went wrong.

  1. The gopro has some "automatic" get-the-orientation-wrong sensor. It decided this was a portrait mode video.
  2. It's impossible to see, from the ground, what the video looks like when it's all the way up. So it's not really focused on the pool well. There's a whole chunk of pool excluded.
  3. I only got about an hour, but the poomba battery lasted 3.5 hours. I have power I can tap, so next time I try this I will plug the camera in.

Still, I have enough video to experiment with. I also need to see whether the wide-angle lens is necessary, or whether I can get it with linear focus instead.

I'm curious how much it gets stuck in the corners. Unlike a lot of pools, there isn't a straight line in my pool. It's a curvy, asymmetric shape. Some of the curvature is obviously the fishbowl effect from the lens. But there really aren't any straight lines.

#swimmingpool#homeautomation#video
Kzad_Bhat

well..Mr Networking Teacher Swearing that Belkin is one of the "Good Companies" who look out for their customers...

(Yes I had one of them)

hope you dont have an automation infested home:

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

megacorp screws customers over AGAIN!

Wemo's Smart Light Switch 3-Way
Ars Technica · Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuffBy Scharon Harding
#Arstechnica#HomeAutomation#Smarthome
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