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Has anyone built their own smart sprinkler controller for home assistant? I know you can purchase smart controllers that are drop in replacements but building one appeals to me. I'd really like to incorporate something into ESPHome on my home assistant setup. Has anyone done this?

Greetings fellow empty nesters and retirees! I want to finally migrate to setting up Home assistant. It's something I have been wanting to do for quite awhile. I have quite a few KASA switches and a few plugs. I also have a Nest thermostat, Chamberlain garage door openers, etc. I've been...

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I am tinkering with a new cellular modem/router to deploy for my home network. I want to update the firmware but when I run the updater program I get the two included system error messages. I'm running windows 11 but I get the same two errors on my Win 10 machine. I looked in both the System...

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Looking at "Blue Iris status" one of my cameras shows a way higher bitrate number. These are brand new 4K T cameras with exactly the same settings in both the web based GUI as well as in Blue Iris. What's also odd is when I have "direct to wire" selected in advanced web server settings this...

Received my PTZ camera from Andys Amazon store. It came with a wall mount bracket but I need to install it on the bottom side of my enclosed soffits. I have a lathe, milling machine, and a powder coat gun so I went to work. I changed the white to stone black. This should work out well.

I'm building up a new security camera system upgrading from my old Lorex consumer grade system. I have so far ordered three of the 4K T's with the built in LED's for each of my three entry doors on the house. I also purchased a 16 port Netgear PoE+ switch. I'm planning on a total of eight...

I made a post back in January about updating my NVR but after doing some research here I have decided I want to upgrade my entire system. Currently I have an older 2K Lorex system that I installed over six years ago. It's been fine but I get alot of artifacts I guess you would call it? Goes...

Greetings! I already have an older Lorex 8 camera setup. It has worked extremely well with only having to replace one camera that failed in the six years it's been in service. This system has been really fun to have over the years. We have an abundance of wildlife, so that in itself has been...