Robert Andresen

Get PHP Intellisens to work in Visual Studio Code, on Windows 10

Robert Andresen april 11, 2020 Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Step 1: Download PHP Download PHP from here: https://www.php.net/downloads.php, click on Windows downloads. I just downloaded the .zip file at the top: VC15 x64 Non Thread Safe (2020-Mar-17 16:16:15)Zip [24.78MB]sha256: 1a1a90e07dfcc3b5b0f1847c2de58c7bf5386e5dd4616d680fe8bee27a24985e Extract .zip file I extracted it to C:/data/php-7.4.4-nts-Win32-vc15-x64 Step 2: Add environment path I found this article with some nice images: https://www.forevolve.com/en/articles/2016/10/27/how-to-add-your-php-runtime-directory-to-your-windows-10-path-environment-variable/ Basically you have to: Go to System …

Housegard Note – Smokealarm (it works, kinda)

Robert Andresen mars 29, 2020 Internet of things, Reviews Leave a Comment

I recently bought two Housegard Note smokealarms, with the hub. They kinda works, but it’s not «Apple». Before I get to the Housegard, I will say something about my testing and choices so far. In the last five years, I have tested four Fibaro smoke detectors. When I first bought them, there wasn’t a lot of choices – it was …

Xiaomi Roborock weird noises

Robert Andresen mars 24, 2020 Blog, Internet of things, Tutorials Leave a Comment

My Roborock started to make some weird noises. Sounded like the start of a broken fan/motor. I googled a bit, and found that I was not the first one. I found a similar problem from another person that uploaded a video on YouTube. I contacted Xiaomi support and got this response 40 minutes later: You could try methods below.1. Empty …

Mqtt-docker for Home Assistant

Robert Andresen mars 24, 2020 Home Assistant, Internet of things, Tutorials Leave a Comment

In this post, I created a simple PHP-to-MQTT integration for Telldus Tellstick. I used CloudMQTT as a broker, but after upgrading HA to 0.107 it stopped working for some reason. When I started to troubleshoot this, I started wondering why I have used a third-party broker. Maybe it was before I started with docker… So i just fired up an …

Video surveillance for your home and why I choose UniFi

Robert Andresen januar 2, 2020 Blog, Internet of things, PC and apps, Reviews Leave a Comment

I have been using cameras at home since late 90’s, mostly for fun. When we bought a house in 2011, the usage changed. I started with a camera to check if the garage door was open or closed, then a weather-camera, then a camera in the stable to check on the horses and so on.

1 1/2 year with Xiaomi Mi Roborock 2 (S5)

Robert Andresen desember 22, 2019 Internet of things, Reviews Leave a Comment

Time goes fast. It’s almost 1 1/2 year since (07.08.2018 to be exact) we bought the Xiaomi Roborock vacuum cleaner, and it’s one of my best investment ever made!

Disk on Home Assistant almost full

Robert Andresen juli 23, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a Comment

For a long time, the disk on Home Assistant box has been slowly filling up. I found that is was the MySQL DB docker container that took up all the space. My setup My Home Assistant runs in docker on an old Dell 7010 with Ubuntu 18.04. Data is recorded in another MySQL docker container. The HA container is running …

Apple TV keeps turning on my TV

Robert Andresen juli 5, 2019 Home Assistant, Internet of things Leave a Comment

I recently got a new 4K Apple TV. I replaced this with my old Apple TV 4 in the living-room. Suddenly I could not turn off my TV anymore. When I turned off the TV and/or put the Apple TV to sleep, it took 2-3 seconds and it turned itself on again. I googled and started debugging. All the steps …

Add letsencrypt to Home Assistant with own domain-name

Robert Andresen juni 11, 2019 Home Assistant, Tutorials Leave a Comment

Follow Source: https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntubionic-other Source: https://serverfault.com/questions/750902/how-to-use-lets-encrypt-dns-challenge-validation Before pressing enter, I added the TXT record in my DNS. After adding it, I waited a couple of minutes before pressing enter. Add to Home Assistant For now, I copied the certificates from /etc/letsencrypt/live/… to a SSL folder under my Home Assistant config. Renew It looks like the domain-registrar has to support a script …

Z-wave garagedoor opener with Qubino Flush 1D Relay and Home Assistant

Robert Andresen mars 15, 2019 Home Assistant, Internet of things, Tutorials Leave a Comment

It’s now 4 years since I first connected a RX-Multi to control my garagedoors from Telldus. Since then I have slowly moved towards Home Assistant and Z-wave.

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