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Update: Home Assistant Blueprint - Advanced Motion Detection
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Update: Home Assistant Blueprint - Advanced Motion Detection

Optimize Home Assistant blueprints with dual sensors, switches, and automation logic. Helpers simplify conditions, boost reusability, and avoid clutter. Real-world 'Mode' helper controls lighting, climate, security. For HA enthusiasts seeking clean, scalable setups.
01 Jun 2025 2 min read
Home Assistant Blueprint - Advanced Motion Detection
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Home Assistant Blueprint - Advanced Motion Detection

In this post, I'll guide you through creating a Home Assistant blueprint for a motion-activated light automation. This blueprint is designed to activate lights when motion is detected, with optional settings for brightness and color, and conditions based on time of day and/or an entity state. Tools
23 Oct 2024 2 min read
Using NGINX and DynuDNS Addons in Home Assistant
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Using NGINX and DynuDNS Addons in Home Assistant

I have been using DynuDNS for some time, for the purpose of routing my external IP to a purchased domain name - with the added bonus of creating an SSL certificate for free via the Let's Encrypt feature built in. My goal was to have a publicly accessible
26 Jan 2024 2 min read
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