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Starting a DIY Smart Home - Ep#2 | Home Assistant Install and Setup

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So you want to create a Smart Home? Are you unsure what to do and what to get?  Join us on this series when we tackle a new home and evolve it into an automated home.  This episode we are installing and setting up Home Assistant on the Raspberry Pi 4, getting everything ready to install our light switches and automations. Parts List Raspberry Pi 4 https://amzn.to/2sNZjCg Power Supply - https://amzn.to/2TO4Ofn 64gb Micro SD Card - https://amzn.to/2Rh4aFF Fliirc Case - https://amzn.to/2QuUDKR APC Battery Backup - https://amzn.to/2utcY21 Others Martin Jerry Dimmer - https://amzn.to/2Thgun0 Martin Jerry Switch - https://amzn.to/2qowzv3 Lohas 4 pack - https://amzn.to/2Z4qiWd Hassio Install Guide - https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/ MQTT Addon Sample Config (Post 105.x) logins:   - username: diymqtt     password: mqttdiy anonymous: false customize:   active: false   folder: mosquitto certfile: fullchain.pem keyfi...

Starting a DIY Smart Home - Ep#1 | Initial Walkthrough

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So you want to create a Smart Home? Are you unsure what to do and what to get?  Join us on this series when we tackle a new home and evolve it into an automated home.    -=-=-Parts List-=-=- Raspberry Pi 4 https://amzn.to/2sNZjCg Power Supply - https://amzn.to/2TO4Ofn 64gb Micro SD Card - https://amzn.to/2Rh4aFF Fliirc Case - https://amzn.to/2QuUDKR   APC Battery Backup - https://amzn.to/2utcY21 Others-- Martin Jerry Dimmer - https://amzn.to/2Thgun0 Martin Jerry Switch - https://amzn.to/2qowzv3 Lohas 4 pack - https://amzn.to/2Z4qiWd Hassio Install Guide - https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/ Products We Use/Recommend Amazon US -  https://amzn.to/2YZNDeO Amazon UK -  https://amzn.to/2TnG2R4 Amazon CA -  https://amzn.to/2HchPZe Come chat with us! Discord -  https://discord.gg/bNtTF2v Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/digiblurDIY Links to products provided through the Amazon Aff...

Amcrest Video Doorbell | Local Storage | RTSP Integration with Blue Iris and Home Assistant

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Amcrest AD110 Doorbell integration with Blue Iris and Home Assistant.  I enjoyed this camera and bought myself a 2nd one due to the local control and integration features.  You can also utilize Micro SD card storage as well as Cloud Storage. Amcrest AD110 Video Doorbell - https://amzn.to/2usgiKT Doorbell Transformer (only if needed) - https://amzn.to/2seBWSg Coupon Code - DIGIBLUR Amcrest Installation Video - https://youtu.be/RWxDH6Ap4FQ Update#2: New Pull Request on HomeAssistant to add the correct motion sensor for the PIR! Hope to see it merged soon!  https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/30932 UPDATE: It's been found by myself and other users after the video launch that the HA Motion Detection binary is from the video itself and is very sensitive.  In my initial testing it was fine during the day while making the video.  If you find yours too sensitive I'd use a NVR based binary sensor such as Blue Iris to trigger it in the meant...

WiFi Scene Controller with MQTT

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Skip to the nonsense and just buy the thing here on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/2S9MFpX In my weirdo tech geek cruising of FCC certifications I stumbled upon an interesting 8 button scene controller by TopGreener .  It fits in a standard decora face plate, flexible to fit in whatever gang size box you choose with standard face plates. The ESP8266 based Tuya module in the internal pictures caught my attention.  I searched the stores for it but alas it wasn't for sell yet. Then the Jedi mind wipe of the holiday season happened, fast forward to January and a viewer, Buckyfan reminded me about this switch and had one in hand!  I found the switch on Amazon and ordered mine immediately.   So what is this thing and what can I do with it?  It is designed to replace an existing light switch in your home and then add 7 other buttons with single and double tap actions.  Of course following our motto of "Get your shhhzzz... out of the cloud!" we flashed...