If you are one of the many owners of a FritzBox, you can set up another telephone extension on your computer with a few tricks. That means you will be informed about calls [...].
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Category: SmartHome
The SmartHome category contains all articles that deal in any way with the configuration and operation of various SmartHome systems.
HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz wireless wall button
Another practical find during my forays through the electronic product world is the 433Mhz wireless wall switch. It can be easily integrated into NodeRed or any other SmartHome system using the RF Bridge. How [...]
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HowTo: Magic Mirror – set up autostart
The installed MagicMirror software does not start automatically "out-of-the-box" after the RaspberryPi has booted up. It is therefore practical to set up an autostart for the MagicMirror software. How to do this is described in the following article. [...]
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HowTo: Node Red / Magic Mirror – Display data from Node Red on the mirror
For a long time I have been looking for a way how I can display the data I collect with NodeRed from my SmartHome comfortably on the MagicMirror. Thanks to the many plugins [...]
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HowTo: Magic Mirror – Install 3rd party modules
As already mentioned in the article MagicMirror - Installation of the required software, the basic functionality of the MagicMirror software can be extended by various plugins. Where you can find these plugins and how you can use them [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Display W-Lan networks in the area
I must admit that I haven't found a real use for this feature yet, but I'm sure someone will get some use out of it someday. In this article, [...]
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Build your own OpenSource SmartHome
I must admit I have not yet found the perfect solution to list all SmartHome-relevant articles clearly. Until then, to bring at least some overview into the available SmartHome articles comes [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Configure Sonoff 433Mhz RF-Bridge and teach sockets
After you have flashed the Sonoff RF Bridge with the Tasmota firmware - as described in the article Flashing Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge with Tasmota Firmware - it is now time to [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Display server uptime in the dashboard
In addition to the data from your SmartHome, you can also display data about the server on which NodeRed is running. How to view the uptime (i.e. the running time) of your Raspberry Pi in the dashboard [...]
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HowTo: Node Red / FritzBox – presence detection with the FritzBox
An important event that your SmartHome should be able to react to is the presence status of the residents. For example, you can turn off lamps when you are absent or turn on radiators when you are present.
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HowTo: Node Red – Display Raspberry Pi's system data on the dashboard
Besides the exciting data that a SmartHome generates, you should also care a little about the status of the heart of the SmartHome. Do you have your NodeRed installation on a RaspberrypPi(or other [...]
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HowTo: Node Red / FritzBox – Show call notification
If you have a FritzBox in your home in addition to a RaspberryPi with NodeRed, the following article could be of interest to you. This explains how you […]
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HowTo: Node Red – Show internet connection information in the dashboard
The following article explains how you can display information about your Internet connection. The current Internet IP address is retrieved every hour and a speed test is carried out, which shows you the download [...]
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HowTo: Node Red / Tasmota – Build a Facebook(*) Icon Lamp
After I recently found a way to forward notifications from my cell phone to my SmartHome, I have now thought about a few ways to use this in a "meaningful" way [...].
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HowTo: Node Red / Tasmota – Build an Instagram(*) Icon Lamp
In the article NodeRed/Tasmota - Building a Facebook Icon Lamp I described why I think a Facebook lamp is a useful thing if you want to reliably inform yourself about Facebook notifications. Unfortunately/God [...]
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HowTo: NodeRed / Tasmota – Build a WhatsApp(*) icon lamp
In the articles “NodeRed/Tasmota – Building a Facebook Icon Lamp” and “NodeRed/Tasmota – Building an Instagram Icon Lamp” I described why these lamps can be quite useful if you want to keep up with [… ]
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HowTo: Build your own retro SmartHome display via analogue displays
Recently, while cleaning out the basement, I found an old control panel with old analog displays. This gave me the idea that you have to be able to use these displays somehow [...].
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HowTo: Tasmota – Build a SmartHome firefly lamp yourself
The other day I found the canning jar pictured below on the shelves of a large Swedish furniture store. Preserving jars are not an invention from Sweden. I would almost argue that they are somewhere in every [...]
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HowTo: Raspberry Pi – Install speech output with eSpeak
You can also use the RaspberryPi with the “espeak” package to read texts – and even entire files – to you. How it works and what you should pay attention to [...]
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HowTo: Sonoff – Flash 433Mhz RF Bridge with Tasmota Firmware
The Sonoff 433Mhz RF-Bridge is an inexpensive way to control devices that communicate with each other via the radio frequency 433Mhz. In principle it is - as the name suggests - a [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota – WS2812 light chain to build yourself
From the construction of the world map lamp I still had a few plastic lamp housings over. These lay long lonely on the shelf around, until I came to the idea of a small RGB light chain with [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota – Flash Sonoff S26 socket with Tasmota firmware
When looking for inexpensive WLAN sockets to control normal consumers, sooner or later you stumble across the "Sonoff S26". This is one of (if not the) cheapest WLAN socket outlet that I have [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Encrypt connection
In the article NodeRed - User login setup it was already pointed out that it is very important to secure the access to your NodeRed configuration interface. Especially when you access your [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Set up user login
After the first installation of NodeRed you can(/should) normally access the configuration interface of NodeRed without major obstacles. This is convenient because you can start directly with the configuration. [...]
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HowTo: Tasmota - "Lampy" build the lamp yourself
Lamps that can be integrated into your own SmartHome system currently come with steep prices. Some smart lamps cost 100 euros and more. In my opinion, these [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Installing Node Red on the Raspberry Pi
NodeRed is in my opinion one of the most intuitive graphical programming tools in the SmartHome/IoT area. In NodeRed, program sequences are not (only) executed with program code, but for the most part with function blocks (nodes) that are combined with each other and [...]...
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HowTo: Node Red – Reboot, Shutdown and Boot Remote Raspberry Pi
This article describes how you can execute commands from NodeRed on a remote Linux system and thus be able to reboot another system [...].
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HowTo: Node Red – Install new nodes
The great thing about NodeRed, apart from the simple programming, is that there are all kinds of plugins (called "nodes" in NodeRed) with which the range of functions of NodeRed can be extended. A list of the [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Execute Action at ServerStart
Depending on how you configure your Node-Red installation, it can be handy that it tells you when Node-Red is restarted. For example, you will be notified about crashes and [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz window contact
In the article about the 433Mhz mini pushbutton, I had already reported on my forays through the wonders of the electronic product world. In the process, not only the 433Mhz wireless wall switch, 433Mhz mini push button [...]
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