android Android 12 Developer Preview 1 A developer preview of the new Android 12 is available, I installed it on my Pixel 3 XL, and it works fine, a lot of good news on social media Ron Klinkien 23 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
aws Hosting a Ghost blog on AWS I decided to switch to only using Home Assistant OS for running servers, I have an Intel NUC (development) and Home Assistant Blue (production), they run Home Assistant and do Ron Klinkien 23 Feb 2021 • 5 min read
home-assistant Home Assistant OS on a Intel NUC My D.I.Y. i3 board running Ubuntu 18 and Docker with Supervised HA for a long became unsupported, and in unhealthy state according to Hass.io, so I was Ron Klinkien 23 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
knx Control Home Assistant devices with KNX group addresses Had to look up some posts before I got it working, so this is a note to myself. First you need to allow the KNX Group Addresses you want to Ron Klinkien 17 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
knx JUNG KNX multi station Art. No. 23066REGHEI bought a few of these modules some time ago, they were used for a short period in holiday homes and replaced by another non KNX solution. Recently Ron Klinkien 8 Jan 2021 • 3 min read
knx Gira Home Server 4 on Fujitsu S720 IMPORTANT NOTE: This setup is pure for testing/HSL development/knowledge gathering only, don't use this in production environment or for replacement of the Home Server hardware. I'm not responsable Ron Klinkien 8 Jan 2021 • 2 min read
mfa GitHub MFA on Ubuntu CLI Install and compile the Gnome Keyring development $ sudo apt-get install libgnome-keyring-dev $ sudo make --directory=/usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/gnome-keyring $ git config --global credential.helper /usr/share/doc/git/ Ron Klinkien 8 Nov 2020 • 1 min read
knx KNX with a power-line IP backbone Like I wrote here I wanted to see if I could connect my Shed with KNX via power-line since I have no means of getting the KNX data bus there, Ron Klinkien 8 Nov 2020 • 3 min read
knx Online KNX Resources Forums Belgian KNX Forum German KNX Forum Dutch Tweakers KNX Topics Personal KNX Blogs Smartest Home (German) Zilverlindeblog (Dutch) Official Sites KNX Website MyKNX Website Commercial Sites KNXtoday Website Manufacturer Ron Klinkien 4 Nov 2020 • 1 min read
knx Updating an GIRA 2167 00 IP Router I bought a second hand IP router to replace my IP interface, I'm trying to setup a IP backbone so I can extend my KNX network to the Shed via Ron Klinkien 27 Oct 2020 • 2 min read
knx My KNX RF experiences so far I have some sections in my house where it's impossible to get the green lifeline aka the KNX Cable to reach. So I started to investigate the possibility of using Ron Klinkien 22 Oct 2020 • 4 min read
arduino KISSLora Sensors Steps to get it going: Install Arduino IDE Install SparkFun AVR drivers Install The Things Network and SoftPWM libraries Define device on TTN Console Get Id's Some handy links: Github Ron Klinkien 20 Oct 2020 • 1 min read
home-assistant Home Assistant Database Maintenance Some commands to investigate and cleanup my Home Assistant database. I'm using MariaDB in docker, open a docker cli on homeassistant docker image (using Portainer for example) bash-5.0# mysql Ron Klinkien 18 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
knx Configuring Beagle Bone Black Cape KNX 1-Wire on Debian 10 Setup image and install tools for building your a KNX IP interface for ETS5 and 1-wire support. Install Debian 10Download and flash below image to a 2GB micro-SD card. https: Ron Klinkien 26 Sep 2020 • 5 min read
knx SIEMENS 5WG1 260-1AB01 Binary Inputs I needed binary inputs which could handle 230 Volt and simply have the option to send On, Off or Toggle to a Group Address using standard light switches with rocker- Ron Klinkien 22 Sep 2020 • 2 min read
knx KNX Basic Training A month ago I came across an online E-learning Basic Course KNX from GlobalVizion, which was discounted because of the COVID pandemic. I bought it and finished it a few Ron Klinkien 22 Sep 2020 • 1 min read
knx Invert Window Sensor state for ABB EnOcean Gateway I use a ABB EnOcean EG/A32.2.1 EnOcean to KNX Gateway, a wonderful device, but I ran into an issue where a Eltako FTKE door window sensor (F6-10-00) Ron Klinkien 22 Sep 2020 • 1 min read
knx 'All On/Off' only switch Off for KNX Central Group Address I had an issue where i have an All On/Off Central group address in KNX but I didn't want to be able to do a Switch On All for Ron Klinkien 22 Sep 2020 • 1 min read