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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
