Time to record some of my exploits, so I can remember what I did and possibly help someone else along the way.
I'm still working my way around Grav plugins to get everything working as I want it. It seems that many plugins are no longer maintained, and have issues working.
The Comments plugin still doesn't work for me, even after lots of searching for clues to the puzzle, and much tweaking.
And plugins that use old javascript that modern browsers now reject is a pain.
Posted on 6th Mar 2024
Modbus isn't most Home Assistant users first thought when connecting to devices. Most probably think wireless, but modbus has it's merits. Reliability and power over the cabling are two good reasons to use it. Coupled with a low cost or DIY modbus tcpip to RS485 gateway to avoid the often unreli...
Posted on 2nd Nov 2023
Today's effort managed to crash my Devuan desktop's sata interfaces while trying to hot plug a drive. The putty sessions to another host stayed intact, but everything else kind of froze, but not quite lockup. A bit inconvenient while trying to resurrect the web and email platform, after the FreeBS...
Posted on 1st Nov 2022
I run Home Assistant as a container on a Raspberry Pi 3B with Devuan Linux. It has two networks, fully isolating most attached devices from the internet. Current integrations include Irrigation, Tasmota, Xiaomi Miot, Synology and MQTT. MQTT for Beken and an older tasmota smart switch - electri...