Questions tagged [home-automation]
For questions about how to automate one's home with the Raspberry Pi. Home Automation allows control of lights, security systems, and other home appliances.
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Fooling a capacitative touch sensor
I have a dehumidifier (Pro Breeze 1L) which works with a capacitative touch sensor. When the machine is plugged in, the two buttons (on/off, light) flash on, but it will not be on until the button is ...
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How to boot Raspberry 3b from SSD?
I have Raspberry Pi 3b v1.2 Smartbuy Splash 128GB SBSSD-128GT-MX902-25S3 SATA to USB 2.0 cable I would like to boot Home Assistant OS (img) from SSD. The same system boots well from SD card. I have ...
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How to debug InfluxDB with Home Assistant suddenly hogging the CPU?
Some weeks ago InfluxDB (running with Home Assistant) started utilizing 35-ish % of the RPi4 CPU(s) (normal usage is 2-3 %). When I restarted InfluxDB (within inside Home Assistant) it dropped to ...
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Part of script wont run when named main.py or boot.py
I am using a RaspiPico W RP 2040 with micropython and Im trying to autorun this script when Pico is powered. I plan on powering the pico with an external power brick. The script is a multithreading ...
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Advice on how to get started with building a home safety system using a Raspberry pi 4 [closed]
As a part of The IOT course, we have to build a system which monitors the house and notifies the client in case of any danger, for example: gas leak, house intrusion ... . Having these monitoring ...
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Raspberry Pi not visible on Windows Explorer
I use a Raspberry Pi 3B+ for Home Assistant. It ran well for a few weeks, but suddenly it didn't work anymore. Now I can not even access the Raspberry Pi anymore through Windows Explorer. Does anybody ...
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Homekit notification using homebridge
I'm using homebridge on my raspberry pi 3b to add smart home products to my home app. But how can I create a homekit notification using homekit? I want to start a notification at 15 o'clock every day.
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What is the best method to sniff bluetooth on a Raspberry Pi?
Just bluetooth sniffing, what software does that, has to work on a Raspberry Pi
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Powering automated watering project
I am making my mother an automated watering system for her garden with my Raspberry Pi. I would like the system to be able to detect soil moisture, as well as predict temperature and humidity to ...
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Isolated webserver using wifi on pi zero
I have a pi zero with WiFi which I have written some simple GPIO stuff on it. I want to operate it from my mobile phone, isolated from home network. For that I want to have a php webserver that can ...
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NodeMCU and Raspberry pi 4 home automation query
I am a newbie in Raspberry pi. I recently learned to handle Websockets in nodeMCU ESP8266-12E. I wanted to know if this scenario is possible. Assume that in a house there are two floors and each floor ...
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How should I interface a solenoid to a RPi GPIO input?
I want to use a Raspberry Pi 4 to turn my existing dumb doorbell into a smart one that can trigger alerts and other home automations. The doorbell is a simple chime, consisting of an electromagnet in ...
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Dimming Lights without PWM. Possible?
I'm using a Raspberry Pi to dim a light, using python to get 0%....50%...100% and various % brightnesses in between. Taking a PWM approach in the code means a flickering light, which won't work for ...
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Using IFTTT, Integromat, or equivalent to notify when Pi goes offline
I have a GFI outlet that gets tripped randomly, resulting in a big pool of water in my basement when the condensate pump stops running. I would like to plug a Raspberry Pi in the other outlet, and get ...
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Best way to detect a small portable device in the range of 5-6 meters [closed]
I have a couple of things automated in my room (fan, lights etc) using a server running on Rapsberry Pi 2 and relays. Now I would like to implement a system to automatically detect when I am in the ...
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