Category: Home Automation
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Connecting a CC2500 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver to an ESP8266
I would like to control my Philips LivingColors 1st generation from Home Assistant. To make this possible I need to be able to communicate with the light. The LivingColors 1st generation uses a CC2500 2.4 GHz RF Transceiver for the communication between the remote control to the light. Some other smart people have already worked…
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Creating a Serial to WiFi bridge
I’m getting more and more requests to implement network control for my Home Assistant BenQ Projector integration. The network control of the BenQ projectors seems to be just a telnet connection running on TCP/IP port 8000 and the same commands as used over the serial connection should work over the network connection. This shouldn’t be…
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Homeduino integration for Home Assistant
I started my home automation hobby about 6 years ago with Pimatic. Since a year I’ve been working with Home Assistant and have now converted all the plugins that I had written for Pimatic to Home Assistant integrations.
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P1 cable fails on new smart meter
Today a new smart meter is installed and unfortunately my homemade P1 cable, needed to communicate with the device does not work on this new meter. I switched from an ISKRA ME382 to an ISKRA AM550.
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Update on the AXA Connect 2.0
I can now operate the AXA Connect 2.0 window openers via serial port and a level converter. I immediately wrote a Python library and a Home Assistant integration. Ultimately I want to control them via an ESP, but that’s something for an other time.
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AXA Remote 2.0
After researching the options for smart window openers I got my hands on one new and three second hand AXA Remote 2.0 window openers for a very good price. They are not smart yet, but others have been able to communicate with the integrated serial bus and connect them to home automation systems, so I…