Reliable UI Protect Doorbell Chimes
I was having reliability issues with the doorbell chimes I built when triggered via Home Assistant, so I found a better way to accomplish the goal.
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Building IoT AQ Sensors / Doorbell Chimes for Ubiquiti UI Protect in Home Assistant with ESPHome
In the previous video I mentioned that I built a variety of ESP32 media speakers in Home Assistant via ESPHome to use as doorbell chimes for Unifi Protect. This video walks through the different devices, including how I ended up putting Air Quality (AQ) sensors in most of the designs. Links to STL/Code below. Index Intro: 00:03 Home Assistant Protect […]
Read moreUse Ubiquiti AI Theta Speaker As A Doorbell Chime
It annoys me that Ubiquiti doesn’t allow me to use the speaker in the AI Theta speakers. This video outlines one way to fix that oversight.
Read moreEnable Multiple Servers/Sites Behind One Public IP With A Reverse Proxy
Most home Internet users only have one public IP address. That is very limiting if you want to expose multiple services/servers/sites to the Internet. A reverse proxy solves that problem. In this tutorial, we will walk through how to install and configure NGINX as a reverse proxy as well as some additional steps to enhance the security of the hosting […]
Read moreFixing a strange Nextcloud CRON Not Running Issue
I’ve been having a weird issue with one of my Nextcloud instances where it indicates that CRON isn’t running, or more specifically “Something seems wrong.” But when I look at the CRON log, it looks like all is good, but it actually wasn’t because Nextcloud wasn’t surfacing an error, just failing silently. Which every IT person knows, is the worst […]
Read moreMake an ISO from a DVD/CD on Windows 11
Making an ISO on a Windows 11 (and maybe Windows 10, can’t remember when I figured this out) is a lot harder than it needs to be. So I figured out a way to do it using defensible tools i.e. no random third-party apps without source code disclosure.
Read moreUpdate Firmware on Carlink CPC200-CP2A Wireless Apple CarPlay / Android Auto Dongle
I really want to love the Carlink CPC200-CP2A. As a multi-mobile OS family having a single dongle that supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is amazing. Unfortunately, I’ve been having a couple issues with the device, and I haven’t been able to work them out with Carlink support. They suggested that I update the firmware, but there’s a MASSIVE […]
Read moreHome Assistant + Unifi + Sun Power Solar Energy Integration
The massive amount of user provided integrations to various 3rd party providers available to Home Assistant is one of the best things about the platform. This is a quick walkthrough of how I used hass-sunpower (https://github.com/krbaker/hass-sunpower) via HACs to pull electricity consumption & production values into Home Assistant so I could see it in the Energy dashboard.
Read moreViofo A129 Pro Duo Ford Mustang Mach-E Dashcam Install
This video briefly outlines how I installed a dashcam in my car. There are some bits that are specific to my car, and the hardwire kit that I used, but for the most part it should work in mostly the same way on any car, with any kit. Update: I mentioned that it was a bit of a faff to […]
Read moreUnblock Client – New Unifi UI (6.1+)
I’ve been meaning to make this quick how-to for quite a while, and finally got around to it. Quick demo of how to block/unblock clients with the new Unifi user interface.
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