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BTHome Monitor V2 out now
I’ve been working on some improvements to BTHome Monitor over the past week and am pleased to announce V2 is now available. This version adds: Currently in test for the next minor release is a refactored webhook component – in addition to generic webhooks, this supports sending sensor telemetry directly to the A Better Routeplanner (ABRP)…
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Managing Shelly relay schedules remotely from Home Assistant
When I was first getting started with Home Assistant in 2018 or so, part of my job was assisting with the facilities management. The building relied heavily on Siemens APOGEE controllers for HVAC control, which controlled VSD fans, relays and actuators for hot/cold water circuits. Coming from a SysAdmin background, I was surprised to learn…
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Create a dev copy of your WordPress site with WordOps
WordOps is a popular framework to setup and manage WordPress infrastructure, forked from EasyEngine in 2018 when EasyEngine v4 changed their architecture to use Docker containers. This is a quick guide to setting up a development copy of your live WordPress site which can be useful if you’re working on a redesign or testing new…
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Configuring Atlassian Cloud Single Sign On for ADFS 3.0
Atlassian don’t officially support AD FS with Confluence Cloud – but it is working well now I’ve sorted out the issues I was having passing user’s email address through as the nameId claim. Hopefully these instructions can save you some trial and error. Enable SAML on Atlassian Cloud First off – enable SAML on your…
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Aeotec Micro Smart Switch & Home Assistant
Several weeks ago my long awaited Z-Wave module for the Pine64 arrived. I managed to get open-zwave installed on Debian on the Pi, found it was on /dev/ttyS2, but this week ran into trouble setting up my first Z-Wave device, the Aeotec Micro Switch. Tailing the OZW_Log.txt I could see it get added to the…
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Flight review: Air NZ Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City NZ269
First up had to check we were on the right flight, SGN sounded suspiciously like Singapore, before I clicked – we’re going to Saigon. The plane: Boeing 767-300. Two seats on the sides, three across the middle. Interior looks 90s but all clean and tidy. The seat: About row 30, middle, isle. A colleague had…
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Enhancing Qlik Sense tables with Emojis
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BLF lights not working after switching Asterisk to version 11
Found a strange issue after switching to Asterisk v11, the BLF buttons on our Panasonic SIP phones stopped working. Eventually thought it was worth trying setting the ‘presence server address’ which previously hadn’t been set (and in Endpoint Manager is set to blank) to the PBX and the lights immediately started working. Much simpler solution…
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New UFB ISP option for Greymouth business customers
Today ISP DTS announced availability of their UFB services in Greymouth, providing a compelling option for businesses considering a UFB upgrade. Being a business only ISP you can expect a higher level of service and support than the small business plans offered by other providers (Spark, Snap/2degrees). Their pricing comes in very competitively at $119/month…
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Factory reset Panasonic KX-UT12x