Sometimes the simplest way to understand the cause-and-effect nature of automation is to start with the effect. Scenes are ...

Single mode is the default setting in Home Assistant. This is intended to stop automations from repeatedly running when the sensors that trigger the automations keep changing.

Home automation, mainly using Crestron, has been at the core of my audio-video system in my last three houses. While not the most fruitful of advertising category (when comparing to audiophile and ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.