Bram's blog

My Home Assistant project

by Bram | May 20, 2018 | Blog, Homeautomation, Linux

How does my Home Assistant app looks like? First of all when I started everything was in my configuration.yaml file. As I moved on i decided to split up the configuration to have a better overview and cleaner config when debugging. This is why i started using the:...

How To Home Assistant as Home Automation on Raspberry Pi

by Bram | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog, Homeautomation, Linux, 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...

XenServer 6.2 VM’s not starting after Kernel update SOLVED!

by Bram | Jan 24, 2018 | Linux, Security, XenServer

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...

How To fix Windows 10 (Fall Update 2017) not able to connect to SMB share with Guest account

by Bram | Oct 25, 2017 | Microsoft

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...

HowTo SiriControl with Raspberry Pi 3

by Bram | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, Homeautomation, Homebridge, Homekit, Linux, Raspberry Pi

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...

Oomph! arrived

by Bram | Dec 27, 2016 | Blog

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...

HowTo: Raspberry Pi 3 UniFi Controller AC-AP PRO

by Bram | Dec 23, 2016 | Blog, Linux, Raspberry Pi

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...

Enable Let’s Encrypt on DirectAdmin 1.50.1

by Bram | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog, DirectAdmin, Linux, Website

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...

Unboxing Bottle Opener X (BOx)

by Bram | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Homeautomation, Mobile

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...

IFTTT vs Stringify

by Bram | Aug 20, 2016 | Apple, Blog, Homeautomation, Mobile

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....