How to upgrade Python venv to 3.8.6 If you are running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with Python and manually installed it, you prob are running it in a Virtual Environment (venv) like me. Now with the release of HomeAssistant 0.116.0, there is a notification that...
Since 2019 I started to do some "simracing". As a F1 fan i'm mostly racing on F1 2020, and last year the 2019 version. I have bought a setup with a custom wooden frame with a playseat mounted on it. It came with a Thrustmaster T300 setup but I changed it with a...
Prepare your RPI 3 First you have to tell the RPI firmware to boot from USB, this feature is disabled and has to be enabled once per raspberry pi. You can do this from SSH by running the following command: echo program_usb_boot_mode=1 | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt...
Since LetsEncrypt doesnt support renewal of port 443 you can use the DNS-Challenge if you are not allowed or able to use Port 80. The renew function is not working, however if you own the DNS zone and can edit it is pretty easy to create a new certificate and use a...
Aangezien ik helaas veel problemen had met mijn KPN Experia Box v10a heb ik besloten om een MikroTik RB4011 aan te schaffen en de Experia Box de deur uit te doen. Het heeft me helaas wel wat tijd gekost dit goed aan de praat te krijgen, voor het Routed IPTV stuk...
How to upgrade Python venv from 3.5 to 3.7.3 If you are running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with Python and manually installed it, you prob are running it in a Virtual Environment (venv) like me. Now with the release of HomeAssistant 0.94, there is a notification...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...