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RF 433 MHz and BLE with OpenMQTTGateway and ESP8266 – Cheap Home Automation on a budget

Daniel MasonDecember 18, 2020March 30, 2023

by Daniel MasonDecember 18, 2020March 30, 202302396

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...

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Best 433Mhz Motion sensors for Home Automation IOT RF 433MHz Review

Daniel MasonApril 27, 2020June 27, 2023

by Daniel MasonApril 27, 2020June 27, 202301221

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...

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Best 433Mhz Wall Touch Panels for Home Automation RF 433MHz Review

Daniel MasonMarch 5, 2020March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonMarch 5, 2020March 5, 202301491

In this post I want to make some recommendations for affordable RF wall switch panels you can integrate into your home automation system....

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Guide: How to set up cheap and effective motion sensors for Home Assistant

Daniel MasonDecember 24, 2019March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonDecember 24, 2019March 5, 202301109

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...

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Home Automation IOT Best RF 433MHz Hardware Review

Daniel MasonJanuary 19, 2019June 27, 2023

by Daniel MasonJanuary 19, 2019June 27, 202301511

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

Daniel MasonMay 17, 2018March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonMay 17, 2018March 5, 202302298

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....

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Setting up basic motion activated Lighting with Home Assistant automation

Daniel MasonMarch 20, 2018March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonMarch 20, 2018March 5, 202302231

This post explains how to set up motion activated lighting that stays on for as long as there is activity in a room....

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Setting up motion sensors as binary sensors in Home Assistant

Daniel MasonMarch 19, 2018March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonMarch 19, 2018March 5, 202302832

This post explains how to set up motion activated lighting that stays on for as long as there is activity in a room....

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Dockerising the RF to MQTT gateway

Daniel MasonMarch 10, 2018March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonMarch 10, 2018March 5, 202301864

Let's create a MQTT to RF gateway image and use it to control cheap RF devices in our home automation set up!...

Home Assistant Integrations

Custom Binary Sensors

Daniel MasonFebruary 6, 2018March 5, 2023

by Daniel MasonFebruary 6, 2018March 5, 202302030

Using the binary sensor component, we can define virtual sensors in our Home Assistant configuration that allow us to track states derived from related input data....

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RF 433 MHz and BLE with OpenMQTTGateway and ESP8266 – Cheap Home Automation on a budget

Best 433Mhz Motion sensors for Home Automation IOT RF 433MHz Review

Best 433Mhz Wall Touch Panels for Home Automation RF 433MHz Review

Guide: How to set up cheap and effective motion sensors for Home Assistant

Home Automation IOT Best RF 433MHz Hardware Review

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Setting up basic motion activated Lighting with Home Assistant automation

Setting up motion sensors as binary sensors in Home Assistant

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