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Frigate NVR

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

The goal with a Network Video Recorder (NVR) is to free yourself from cloud subscriptions for security cameras. You can (and probably should) run a standalone NVR, but in this guide we'll setup Frigate NVR as a Home Assistant Add-On. Equipment To run an NVR ...

Wyze Cameras Review

Physical Things Electronics

I've used several different Wyze cameras over the years (Cam V3, Cam OG, and Floodlight), and while each camera may work slightly differently, overall they all have the same issues. This page covers my most common issues with Wyze cameras and why I recommend c...

ESP Device Flashing Issues

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

If you are having difficulties flashing your ESP based device following any of the many online tutorials (I used this one), try these common solutions. ESP Device Not Entering Flash Mode First, don't expect any lights to come on when your device enters flash...

Tapo C720 Floodlight Review - Also known as Tapo TC55

Physical Things Electronics

About The Tapo C720 (The Tapo TC55 is the exact same thing) is a combination floodlight and Tapo security camera. It is designed for mounting to an electrical box or replacing an existing floodlight. Connection requires connecting bare wires and it does not p...

Tesla Fleet Setup

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

Instructions for setting up the Tesla Fleet integration in Home Assistant. This is an advanced setup process (for now). Sign in with your Tesla Account credentials and create a new app. Give it a unique name to ensure no one else has used the same name: ...

The Most Dangerous Game

Public Works Compendium Adventure

The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell Originally posted in Collier’s on January 19, 1924 Also available in paperback OFF there to the right—somewhere—is a large island,” said Whitney. “It’s rather a mystery——” “What island is it?” Rainsford asked. ...

Nextcloud

Hosted Applications

Nextcloud is installed as an Add-On in Home Assistant. The Data dir is linked to a TerraMaster NAS folder named nextcloud using Samba/SMB. Running OCC Commands: Not yet setup Configure debugging: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/operating-system/d...

Jellyseer

Hosted Applications

Installed on server: Media PC, port 5055 using Docker URL: http://192.168.100.100:5055, http://jaggedjax.chickenkiller.com:5055/ Jellyseer install docs: https://docs.jellyseerr.dev/getting-started/docker?docker-methods=docker-cli Location: /opt/jellyseerr ...

Jellyfin

Hosted Applications

Logs: /var/log/jellyfin Plugin dir: /var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/ Other/Config dir: /etc/jellyfin/

Tdarr

Hosted Applications

Automatic video transcoding to H.265 - A more modern and space efficient format Tdarr server Running as a Home Assistant addon: https://home.freakycowbot.com/hassio/addon/db21ed7f_tdarr/info UI: http://homeassistant.local:8265 Tdarr nodes Home Assista...

Mounting Network shares with fstab

Debian: Ubuntu, Pop!_OS

Auto Mounting a Network SMB or CIFS Drive As always, backup your working fstab first:sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak The following is a way to automatically mount a network share without the risk of it blocking you computer from booting. This is useful for...

RustDesk

Hosted Applications

Installed on server: Media PC as a service. Ports forwarded in router per RustDesk install directions. ID Server: jaggedjax.chickenkiller.com Public Key: fKM0a7UF+m6HZkxNuqVbkaaPzGKY8RAGjjVUmwsGoPc= Client Setup You can access your install scripts for ...

ControlD

Hosted Applications

Hosted on: Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra IP: 192.168.1.1 The ControlD application is installed on this router to manage DNS. Install SSH into router Docs: https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204909374-Connecting-to-UniFi-with-Debug-Tools-SSH Run ...

Server Investigations

General Linux Tips

Low Disk Space Running out of disk space can cause all sorts of havoc. Get list of directories & files that are taking up the most space. This checks from the current dir, but replace the * with a specific dir to check it specifically. du -hsx * | sort -rh ...

Percona Tools

MySQL

Percona Tools can help perform schema updates on a busy DB without needing to take it offline. You will need enough performance overhead to perform the migration and keep up with normal traffic at the same time. WARNING: Altering a busy DB table with lots of ...

Tapo Mini Smart Wi-Fi Plug Warning

Physical Things Electronics

This is not a full review of the Tapo Wifi plugs, this page is a warning about a potentially dangerous yet common failure mode for Tapo wifi plugs that all owners need to be aware of. The Problem Reports online show that many models of Tapo Wifi plug have ...

Frigate NVR

Virtual & SaaS Products

This page lists my unorganized thoughts on Frigate NVR which I plan to turn into a full review eventually. Thoughts Configuration is complicated and error prone. Configuration in the UI is generally great, but more advanced config that's required in th...

Lady Catterton's Automated Cat Alert System

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

Lady Catterton isn't allowed outside, but she doesn't let that stop her from keeping a close eye on the neighborhood cats that pass by. Here's how she does it completely locally. Lady Catterton runs Home Assistant OS on a spare HP Mini PC. You can read about ...