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Location tracking with OwnTracks HTTP Mode and Home Assistant

Home Assistant Juan - December 21, 2018

OwnTracks is a popular app for location tracking in Home Assistant. Allowing to create some cool automation depending on the location of a device....

How to set up the Picture Elements card in Home Assistant – Lovelace

Home Assistant Juan - December 4, 2018

The Picture Elements card in Home assistant is one of the most flexible cards available for the Lovelace UI. Allowing to add icons, text,...

How to set up Lovelace on Home Assistant

Home Assistant Juan - October 22, 2018

Lovelace is a new great addition to Home Assistant. Allowing to customize the look and usability of the user interface. On this article, I’m...

How-To use the IDE add-on for Home Assistant

Home Assistant Juan - September 10, 2018

Home Assistant has a few ways to access and edit the configuration files, but there is one particular way that makes it a lot...

How to set up themes in Home Assistant

Home Assistant Juan - August 13, 2018

The Home Assistant community is always sharing some great things for Home Assistant. Today I want to do my part and show you guys...

Home Assistant – Beginner’s guide Based on HassOS

Home Assistant Juan - July 25, 2018

The Developers of Home Assistant have released a new updated version for Hass.io which is now based on their own operating system called HassOS...

How to set up remote access in Home Assistant – Hass.io

Home Assistant Juan - June 21, 2018

Last week we installed Hass.io in a Raspberry Pi 3, we set up two ways to access the Home Assistant configuration files, and we...

Home Assistant Part 1: Hass.io Installation

Home Assistant Juan - June 13, 2018

A few months back, I show you how to install Home Assistant using the Hassbian installation, which was a simple method to set it...

How to install Home Assistant in a few simple steps

Home Assistant Juan - February 26, 2018

A simple method to set up Home Assistant in a Raspberry Pi is by using Hassbian which is a Raspberry Pi image that has...

How to update Home Assistant in a few simple steps

Home Assistant Juan - November 26, 2017

One of the great things about Home Assistant is that it gets updated frequently. The developers are actively releasing new updates every couple of...

Home Assistant – How to set up remote access

Home Assistant Juan - November 17, 2017

In the previous article, we set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3 using the All-In-One Installer. We also set up Samba so...

Beginner’s guide to Home Assistant – Installation

Home Assistant Juan - November 4, 2017

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform. It allows to track and control different types of smart home devices and online services. You...