Category: Smart Home
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The Perils of Solar Battery Rebates and Why Homeowners Feel Like They’re Being Taken for a Ride
Australians love a rebate. On paper, it sounds simple: the government offers a generous discount, households get cheaper batteries, and everyone wins. In reality, rebates can create a…
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How To Re-Flash the TekOnline 7-Zone HVAC Controller From Home Assistant
Historical TekOnline seven-zone firmware reflashing guide. Confirm your board revision before using the instructions or choosing current V1, V2 or V3 firmware.
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ESPHome 7-Zone HVAC Controller – Smart 24VAC Zone Control for Home Assistant
Explore the original TekOnline seven-zone ESPHome controller project and its local Home Assistant integration, with links to the current eight-zone V3.
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How We Built a 7-Zone HVAC Controller with ESPHome
Read the development story behind TekOnline’s original seven-zone ESPHome HVAC controller and find the current eight-zone product and setup resources.
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From USB Cable To Home Assistant: Getting Our ESP32 HVAC Board Online (And the New Workflow)
On March 5, 2026, we brought a fresh ESP32 HVAC board online and documented a cleaner workflow for future installs. This post is the practical version of what happened:…
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How I Fixed “Improv Wi-Fi Serial Not Detected” When Adding a New ESPHome Device in Home Assistant
If you’re flashing an ESP32 or ESP8266 with ESPHome and get this message: An error occurred. Improv Wi-Fi Serial not detected …it usually happens right after the firmware…
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📂 How to Mount a Network Share (SMB/NFS) in Home Assistant OS
Here’s the correct syntax for each field. 🔹 1. Name This is just a label for Home Assistant.It also becomes the folder name under /media or /backup. 👉…
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Taking Control of Notifications with Home Assistant
I was getting a bit tired of getting non-stop notifications when I was mowing the front lawn. So I decided to create a toggle in Home Assistant that…
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Home assistant key configuration for image notifications
I put this together for those that are chasing a working config to get their camera to take a snapshot, and forward that snapshot through as a rich…
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[Solved] Adding SPM01-D2TW to home assistant. (Wifi version)
There seemed to many articles online for adding the ZigBee version, but not the WIFI one, so here it it! Prerequisites: Home assistant, with HACS (there are plenty…