How to create binary sensors for RF and BLE sensors and Open MQTT Gateway in Home Assistant
This article shows how to integrate Open MQTT Gateway to Home Assistant using custom binary sensors that respond to MQTT payloads....
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RF 433 MHz and BLE with OpenMQTTGateway and ESP8266 – Cheap Home Automation on a budget
Adding an RF gateway to your Home Assistant setup makes your setup incredibly versatile because it opens up a multitude of low-cost automation opportunities. This project enables you to interface your Home Assistant setup with...
Best 433Mhz Motion sensors for Home Automation IOT RF 433MHz Review
My recommendations for the best RF motion sensors on 433 or 315MHz frequency. These devices are very decent quality and only cost $15AUD. They feature battery and micro-USB charging, a motion indicator light and emit...
Best 433Mhz Wall Touch Panels for Home Automation RF 433MHz Review
In this post I want to make some recommendations for affordable RF wall switch panels you can integrate into your home automation system....
Guide: How to set up cheap and effective motion sensors for Home Assistant
I have written in the past about my RF-based sensor setup, the gateway services, and custom HA components that support them. This post consolodates all these resources and fills in the gaps for an end...
Home Automation IOT Best RF 433MHz Hardware Review
RF devices such as motion sensors or door sensors are much cheaper than their Wifi equivalent. This post combines a few reviews I have posted in the past to help you find the best hardware...
A complete Guide to Motion Lighting in Smart Homes – Introducing AppDaemon
I have previously proposed a motion lighting implementation and discussed some of the problems Home Assistant's YAML based configuration creates for people who are used to the flexibility of fully fledged, battle-tested, object-oriented programming languages....
Setting up basic motion activated Lighting with Home Assistant automation
This post explains how to set up motion activated lighting that stays on for as long as there is activity in a room....
Setting up motion sensors as binary sensors in Home Assistant
This post explains how to set up motion activated lighting that stays on for as long as there is activity in a room....
Dockerising the RF to MQTT gateway
Let's create a MQTT to RF gateway image and use it to control cheap RF devices in our home automation set up!...
