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A Linux kernel developer plays with Home Assistant: case studies
The first article in this series provided an overview of Home Assistant, its community, and its [...]
As it happens, the monitoring system does not readily give up its information to the confused people who think they own it, but somebody out there on the net figured out a way using a network port intended for installation-time diagnostics, and documented it thoroughly. After a few hours of nervous work inside the main service panel for the house and more time spent tweaking the names of all the sensors, the monitor was up and reporting into Home Assistant as designed. My house is also devoid of motion sensors, remote-control light bulbs, video doorbells, automatic blinds, Internet-connected cookware, app-driven pet feeders, "smart speakers", and other sorts of IoT stuff, all of which can be connected to Home Assistant if it is present.
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