On these pages I write a bit about my various electronics/computer projects and other fun stuff. I started writing in Danish on this website, but since I am mostly getting response from non Danish readers, I am going to switch to English for all newer posts. Older posts are not being translated, but use google translate and see if it makes sense. It you want to contact me see the about
As you know the IHC controller is no longer being produced, and if your existing controller dies you are in bad luck if you can not find and buy a used one.
I have been thinking about what to do when this happens. (Notice the “when” not if - all electronics dies at some point!). That is what this post is all about.
(more…)This is a helper sensor for Home assistant that will create a forecast of your power usage for the next 1-3 days based on you previous power usage.
(more…)Dingus.dk has moved to new hosting and said goodbye to wordpress. (You will not be missed!)
(more…)The Home Assistant IHC viewer version 2.0 has had a lot of changes:
IMPORTANT NOTE: this new version does only work with the new IHC integration
(more…)The older wired dimmer 350LR and unidimmer 350/400/1000, are causing problems for a lot of people, so this post will be about what you can do, and cannot do. The new 2 channel LED dimmer RS485 and the wireless dimmers, all work fine with Home Assistant so this is not about them.
(more…)I have been working on new verion of the IHC integration for Home Assistant.
If you want to help test this you can install a “beta” version as a custom component in Home Assistant. You can get it here:
Note. Because the process of getting the pull request for the new version accepted is going so slow, I will not make any change that are not related to the PR until the PR has been accepted.
(more…)I get many questions about if/when some specific feature is comming to the IHC integration for Home Assistant. Must of these are regarding configflow/unique id on entites, and related stuff. (And I will soon have a new version with configflow ready for testing)
So here is my list of stuff I am working on/concidering to do in a priority order:
(more…)After the Home Assistant conference on the 13 dec. 2020, where the Home Assistant blue was announced, I think it is time to make a post about how I run Home Assistant, because I have been using the Odroid N2 for a longer time, and is very pleased about it.
Airthings Wave is a bluetooth device that can monitor temperature, humidity and radon level. The “plus” model can also monitor air pressure, CO2 and VOC (Volatile organic compounds). I have had one of each model for about half a year now, so I think it is time to share my experience and thoughts about it.
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The dukaone S6W is a one room ventilation system with a heat exchanger with up to 95% heat efficiency (running on the lowest speed). The S6W model has build it WiFi and can be controlled from an app on your phone/tablet. I have made an integration for Home Assistant so you can control the dukaone from within HA – read more below
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