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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...

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 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...

How to set up Samba file sharing on a Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Juan - October 1, 2017

On the previous post, we installed a new Raspberry Pi 3, we enabled SSH connection and set up wireless connectivity. Today, we're going to...

Getting started with the Raspberry Pi 3

Raspberry Pi Juan - September 9, 2017

The Raspberry Pi came out back in 2012, and since then it has proven itself to be a very useful device. For example, you...