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 It seems that many plugins are no longer maintained, and have issues working.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.

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...