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Automating your garage door with MIMOlite
One of the most exciting parts about the current home automation scene is the ability to create and configure your own devices.  I recently bought a MIMOlite module to turn my “dumb” garage door into ...
Aug 23, 2016
Getting started with Z-Wave
My earlier post went over how to configure the Raspberry Pi for a minimum viable instance of Home Assistant. Since then I’ve gotten a few questions about my specific Z-Wave configuration, so I figured I ...
Setting up nginx and SSL for Home Assistant
As part of my home automation kick, I had decided to set up a “login” for my Home Assistant over SSL/TLS, so I could have a secure, reliable connection to my server at all times. ...
Setting Up the Raspberry Pi 3 for Home Assistant
With the recent news that Nest’s Revolv was going to shut down its services, I was happy to have chosen open-source for my home automation stack. I’ve been seeing posts crop up on Twitter and ...