Category: Smart Home
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What’s new in the TekOnline 8-Zone HVAC Controller V3?
Control up to eight 24VAC HVAC dampers with ESPHome and Home Assistant. TekOnline V3 adds individual timed damper positioning, current monitoring and advanced UART expansion.
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Can You Reuse Your ZoneMaster ZoneSwitch V2 Dampers With a 24VAC Smart Zone Controller?
Replacing a Polyaire ZoneMaster ZoneSwitch V2 with a smart zone controller. Standard 24VAC OPEN / COMMON / CLOSE dampers can often be retained. Wiring and pinout must be…
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Send Customers Straight to Your Product Reviews
A deep link opens a product page at the review section. Add #reviews to the product URL to build the link.
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Shelly Locked Out ESPHome — Why Your Smart Home Can’t Stay Uniform
Shelly Gen3 and Gen4 relays cannot run ESPHome. Gen1 and Gen2 models are gone from stores. Here is what you lose and what to buy instead.
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HVAC Zone Controller Compatibility Matrix: TekOnline vs Advantage Air, Polyaire & More
The TekOnline ZoneControl range works with most 24VAC ducted HVAC systems. This matrix compares the 4-Zone Wall Controller and 8-Zone Roof-Space Controller against three common Australian systems: Polyaire…
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Custom Zone Labels for the 4-Zone Wall Controller
Print custom zone labels for the 4-Zone Wall Controller. The front faceplate now fits a Clipsal 2000 Series clip-on surround. Free SVG template for Inkscape. Step-by-step guide.
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When Your Shelly Overheats: Temperature-Driven Control for Hot Water
This is a follow-up to our earlier article on Solar Hot Water Diversion with Home Assistant and Shelly: A Debugging Story. The Setup We published our solar hot…
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Home Assistant: Use Delay Instead of Timers for Simple Automations
The Problem: Overcomplicating a Simple Automation You want to turn something on, leave it running for a few hours, then turn it off. Easy, right? Many Home Assistant…
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ESPHome 8-Zone HVAC Controller Firmware v2026-05-17: Relay Inversion and OTA Updates
A firmware update is available for the ESPHome 8-Zone HVAC Controller V2 that adds two features requested by the community. What’s new in v2026-05-17 1. Relay Inversion Per…
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Solar Hot Water Diversion with Home Assistant and Shelly: A Debugging Story
We set up a Home Assistant automation to divert excess solar power to a hot water system using a Shelly Pro 1PM relay. The concept was simple: when…