If you have been using Home Assistant to track any kind of consumption like Water, Gas, Electricity ETC, You have probably set up a few devices in the energy dashboard only to come back in a few days and be told you somehow used 900 kWh last night on a heater. Wait WHAT??? after looking…
Last Thursday, I opened a support ticket labeled with the all-too-familiar subject line:“HELP!! User’s account has been hacked!!! URGENT!” My first thought was, “This is probably just another case of a browser pop-up saying something like, ‘You’ve been hacked!’ or ‘Your computer has 52 viruses! Call Microsoft Support at 555-5555.’” If you work in IT,…
Let me start this article with, I an 100% a new comer to Home Assistant as of 1 week ago. There is so much to learn that most people take for granted. So many posts on the internet just say they found the solution but never show how or their answer is so cryptic or…
UPDATE 1: I was told of an easier way to do this using the UI. Credit to Ildar_Gabdullin on the Home Assistant Forums for providing me this answer. click here for the easier answer Update 2: Another solution was mentioned that you can rename the entity. When you rename the entity it will update the…
Backgroud Story (bla bla bla) So I have taken a head long dive into FreeNAS, and I am loving it! I was able to use some old hardware to do all the things I needed for my home network. Services like Frigate as my NVR (see you later licenses), HomeAssistant for Home Automation, Emby for…
