Besides the hardware, the right software for your project is of course just as important. A practical and universally applicable firmware for the forest-and-meadow microcontroller ESP8266 is the Tasmota firmware. With it you can [...]
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Tag: Automation
HowTo: Node Red / FritzBox – Display caller list in the dashboard
In addition to caller ID, you can also display the caller log of the Fritzbox in NodeRed. How to do this is explained in the following article. Prerequisites Helpful articles:To apply this configuration [...]
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HowTo: Node Red / Tasmota – A “dead man switch” or how to use the absence of status messages as an event
I must admit I've never seen them before, but there are supposed to be so-called dead man's switches on trains. These switches with the somewhat macabre name are a whole sensible invention. [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge
In the two articles Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge with Tasmota Firmware flashing and Tasmota - Sonoff 433Mhz RF Bridge configuring and sockets teaching is explained how to configure the Sonoff RF Bridge to the [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Get current weather data from OpenWeatherMap
You don't always have the possibility to measure environmental data such as the outside temperature directly. Nevertheless, sometimes it is practical. For example, you can make sure that the radiators inside [...]
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HowTo: Node Red - Send Email on Events
E-mails are (I believe) one of the oldest means of communication on the Internet. In the smart home sector, however, they do not play a major role. Push services - such as [...] - are often preferred for fast and direct data exchange.
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HowTo: Node Red – Display IP Cam Images in Dashboard
If you have installed an IP camera in your network - or elsewhere - you can also display the camera image in the dashboard of NodeRed. How this works [...]
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HowTo: Node Red - Set up a "welcome boost" for the heating when a new person is present
Non-tech-savvy flatmates in particular are usually skeptical about this whole SmartHome thing. People are constantly asking questions like "But why do you need that?" or "And it's so important that [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Control devices with Apple HomeKit and read sensors
You can swear about Apple devices or idolize them, but what Apple has done very well is to integrate SmartHome components into their operating systems. Thus, iOs inherently brings a [...]
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HowTo: Node Red – Integrate 433Mhz SOS button
In the article about the 433Mhz mini-button I had already reported on my forays through the wonders of the electronic product world. In the process, I also noticed a 433Mhz SOS button, which probably [...]
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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 – 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 – 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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