Recent content by Justin Blackburn

Thanks for the pictures. I was surprised to see that their wasn’t a junction box between the pole mount and the camera. I have a 49225 that I want to mount to my pole but looking at the parts, I think I need a junction box to enclose all the connections. Maybe I don’t after all. Are your...

I would like a picture of your final mount when you’re done please. I got a 4” diameter steel pole 21’8” long and am trying to come up with what would be the best looking mount.

That says May. It’s April currently. So a month away. Not saying it won’t arrive earlier but I think you say dates and missed it was the wrong month.

You could always convert!

5442 has a built in mic as well

We use Corning cam lock ends. The terminating kit is about 2 grand. The connectors are about 16 dollars a pop. The tester is about 10 grand. We don’t splice, we just put ends or repull fiber if needed. I think the equipment to splice is crazy high, but it is all pretty expensive.

If you don’t see the history or logbook changing for the binary sensor, that would explain why the automation isn’t triggering. Why that isn’t working is the question.

You have to set a password in configuration under the add on. You may also have to set SSL to false depending on your setup. edit: it’s actually credential secret. Line 2 set a password after that.

If your already somewhat familiar with it, integrate it and use it.

You use the call service node in node red to turn things on and off. You use current state to fetch if something is off or on or some other property you are looking for. You can use things like event state or inject nodes to kick of or trigger automations. You use debug to see what properties...

Blueprints and built in automations have came a long way from when I first started. They have really put a lot of work into simplifying automations over the last year. Like I said, I prefer nodered as well, but I just know I struggled for a while. Rather than struggling trying to learn both...

I also use nodered but wouldn’t recommend it to someone just starting to dabble in home assistant. Play around a few week and figure some stuff out, then if you want another steep learning curve, install nodered. Once you figure out states and debug node, anything is possible. Nodered is worth...

Tenda brand are so much bang for your buck. I use a couple and they have been reliable for me as well.

Toggle show state off just to the right a bit from where live was and idle will go away. You can also toggle off the name.