Bram's Blog
Another technical blog with how-to's and other tech related posts...
How To Home Assistant as Home Automation on Raspberry Pi
I came accross Home Assistant a few days ago and it looks like a nice Home Automation system, so... Lets try! At this point i'm running several apps like Hue, IFTTT, Stringefy to make my home smarter and respond on actions or triggers. As i now came accross Home...
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XenServer 6.2 VM’s not starting after Kernel update SOLVED!
VM's die after updating to latest kernel on XenServer Update 29 january 2018 It seems Red Hat has released a new kernel that should fix this issue. The kernel version is: kernel-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6.x86_64 I did quickly deploy an old CentOS version (6.4) on my...
read moreHow To fix Windows 10 (Fall Update 2017) not able to connect to SMB share with Guest account
I recently updated my Windows 10 workstation with the Fall update and after the update all seems to work fine. Except when I wanted to play some music on my system that is located on my NAS (freenas). It complained it couldnt find the file. After checking Windows...
read moreHowTo SiriControl with Raspberry Pi 3
We can use Siri for a lot of things on our Apple device, but you can also use Siri to control IoT things that dont have support for HomeKit! This can be done by using SiriControl! SiriControl is a Python script that runs on your Raspberry and polls your Gmail account...
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Oomph! arrived
For Christmass i did receive an Oomph, a what?! An Oomp! As i'm a lot on the road for work and i really enjoy a cup of good coffee the Oomph is a great device! From one of my customers I received an Oomph and I did hear of it on Kickstarter. After receiving and...
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HowTo: Raspberry Pi 3 UniFi Controller AC-AP PRO
As I was using a Miraki AP (MR12) and the license was about to end I started looking for a new AP. The Web GUI for Meraki is really nice, but the MR12 is slow and already 3 years old. Also the licenses are pretty expensive so I decided it is time to upgrade. When...
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Enable Let’s Encrypt on DirectAdmin 1.50.1
As there is a change within the law we need to have make sure all Personal Data send through a website is securely send. Now as I'm running several DirectAdmin Servers we have the option to use Let's Encrypt. A great addon / feature to DirectAdmin to generate and...
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Unboxing Bottle Opener X (BOx)
As a fan of kickstarter projects and beers I came accross the BOx (Bottle Opener X). This is, as told by the developers, the world's first smart bottle opener. As a tech guy this sounds interesting so I decided to back this project. Finally! 15 november 2016, the day...
read moreIFTTT vs Stringify
As i have equipped my home with some Hue lights, a NetAtmo and a few Raspberry Pi's I came accross IFTTT like a year ago. This made it really easy to connect stuff and do things based on some IF statement. Like IF it starts to rain change my Hue light bulb to blue....
read moreSharePoint 2013 setup fails because of .NET Framework issue
While installing a new SharePoint 2013 system on a Windows Server 2012R2 I encountered an error while starting the Setup for the first time. The installation of the Prerequisites went fine and after several reboots i was ready to start the SharePoint 2013 installation...
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