When Home Assistant's OpenThread Border Router Kept Disconnecting
My OTBR kept losing its Ethernet Thread RCP during Matter commissioning. Here is how I ruled out the network, tested versions, and stabilised one setup.
Topic
Home Assistant
Integrations, dashboards and automations built and run in a real household.
How I Centralized Notifications Across 28 Home Assistant Automations
After several months with one central Home Assistant notification script, I can route 28 automations by presence, room occupancy, priority, and night mode without teaching every automation about my phones and speakers.
How I Made My VELUX KLF-200 Recover Itself in Home Assistant
After three KLF-200 connection failures, I turned my manual recovery routine into a bounded Home Assistant automation.
How I Moved My Samsung Washer from SmartThings to LocalThings in Home Assistant
I moved one Samsung washer-dryer's Home Assistant monitoring from SmartThings to LocalThings. Here are the commands, entity changes, template, and automation I used—and why I kept the SmartThings app.