https://wiki.gardiol.org/ 2026-04-30T02:29:30+00:00 https://wiki.gardiol.org/ https://wiki.gardiol.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-06-04T09:48:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:green&rev=1749030538&do=diff C.1) HA: setup Home Assistant Green Home Assistant Green “The affordable Home Assistant Green is the easiest way you can start using Home Assistant. It's plug-and-play and comes with Home Assistant already installed.” The Home Assistant Green is a nice little device based on an ARM CPU specifically designed by the Home Assistant guys for Home Assistant itself. I only wish i had purchased it before i actually did. text/html 2025-03-13T10:11:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:hacs&rev=1741860661&do=diff D) HACS HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) is a custom integration that provides a UI to manage custom elements in Home Assistant. Basically HACS is where most of the new integrations are accessible. Home Assistant itself includes a lot of intergations, and many more can be added via the plug-in engine, but HACS adds a very wide range of widgets and integrations which are maybe more experimental, but that increases the types of devices you can integrate. text/html 2025-03-13T14:55:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:heating&rev=1741877719&do=diff B) Smart Heating Your home, most probably, has some kind of heating system for those months of the year when the outside temperature is too low to be comfortable. At least, in most of the world, every home has some kind of heating system. Of course, then, why don't we make it smart? text/html 2025-06-04T08:43:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:home_assistant&rev=1749026601&do=diff C) Home Assistant Home Assistant stand for Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Which Home Assistant edition? text/html 2025-06-04T09:52:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:opi3b&rev=1749030740&do=diff C.3) HA: setup an OrangePi 3B OrangePi 3b is an amazing cmoplete board with 2, 4 or 8 Gb of RAM and a nice arm64 CPU. Due to the fact that since 2025 Home Assistant will drop support for the Supervised installation methods, you should prefer an Home Assistant text/html 2025-03-13T10:12:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:pv&rev=1741860727&do=diff E) Energy Tracking Home Assistant has a very nice energy management page, which really shine if you can plug into it sensors from your elecricity, water and gas meters. If you are into DIY hardware and such, there are ways to tap into your gas and water meters as well, but i will not cover (yet) those here. text/html 2025-03-13T09:40:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:start&rev=1741858859&do=diff 2] Home Automation Home Automation Server Home automation is a concept that can be confused with smart-home. They are not the same thing, as home automation is something that has been going on for quite a while, but smart-home refers to a more modern concept. text/html 2025-03-13T10:08:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:switches&rev=1741860487&do=diff A) Switches and lights When it comes to automation of the elecrical system of your home, there are a few types of devices that you can use, and it's better that you clearly understand what you need. Warning: messing with the electrical wiring of your home can be dangerous and you should be text/html 2025-04-17T08:24:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=homeautomation:uefipc&rev=1744878287&do=diff C.2) HA on a standard PC Install Home Assistant Follow the official installation instructions which are well written and comprehensive. I suggest you use an USB stick for the installation, or leverage an existing linux installation on the target machine. As a general note, Home Assistant