Building an OpenTherm Weather Compensator for Honeywell evohome
We fitted Honeywell evohome in our last house and it remains one of our favourite smart home heating systems. Now Automated Home reader Kevin Smart…
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DIY Smart Home Hack Uses IFTTT API to Trigger MQTT Home Assistant Action
SmartThings + Raspberry Pi & Homebridge = Siri HomeKit Controlled Smart Home
Review: Transcend JetDrive 725 Upgrades Our Retina MacBook SSD to 960GB
Video: Getting Started with the Plex Media Server
Video: New Loxone Home Automation Tutorials
New Years Resolution: Backup Your Gmail & Files
Indigo: Home Automation on the Mac – Part 3 – IP Garage Door Control
The Plex Media Server and the Mac mini DIY Fusion Drive
Video: CommandFusion Tutorial Designs GUI’s for iOS and Android Home Automation
CommandFusion are well known for their iViewer mobile home automation app. They’ve recently posted some useful links in our forums for a couple of video tutorials…
Wiring Guide
UPDATE – follow our new Smart Home build here – Automated Home 2.0 Welcome to the Automated Home Wiring Guide. This guide documents the installation…
Important Stuff – Securing Your Digital Lifestyle
If you weren’t following the horror story of Wired journalist Mat Honan’s personal hacking over the weekend, then do yourself a favour and read his…
New Loxone IR Extension Module Plus Free Online Video Tutorials
Loxone have launched a new IR Extension device that sits in the consumer unit, like its Miniserver, which talks to up to 8 infra-red modules,…
Home Hacks: Arduino Mail Waiting Alert
We love a good hardware hack and here’s a great one from Automated Home reader Martin Howell. A Velleman IR kit plus a makeup mirror…
Hands On: Upgrading Our MacBook to SSD PLUS a 1TB Hard Drive
In a quest to make our MacBook last out until next years rumoured major redesign (carbon fibre anyone?) we decided to do the trendy thing…
My Automated Home: Nigel Giddings – Installing Broadband in a Rural Location
In this months ‘My Automated Home’ feature, Nigel Giddings shows us his ingenious set-up that grabs a 3G signal from one corner of his rural…
xAP Tutorial – Setting Up the Open Home Automation Protocol
xAP is an open Home Automation Protocol, created by Automated Home readers almost a decade ago. It allows many disparate systems to talk to each…
DIY Windows Home Server Build – JukeBox MkII
It’s hard to believe, but its four and a half years since we built our first proper rackmount media server for the Automated Home. Our…
How to Setup Plex Media Player – Video Tutorial
UK Home Automator turned podcaster, Don McAllister, is famous for his high quality video tutorials for the Mac. This week he comes back to his…
Going Virtual – A Home Server Experience
As energy prices concentrate all our minds on saving electricity, those of use with multiple home servers are looking for ways to consolidate into fewer…