The device MOES IR Control Hub, which uses Tuya ESP8266 is no longer vulnerable to the vulnerability that tuya-convert exploits. You will need to open the device to flash it. They are currently shipped with an TYWE3S which is an ESP8266 (as of June, 2021). You can see the pin Continue Reading
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A critique of Ubiquiti Dream Machine (UDM) Pro, etc.
My partner and I purchased a new home, and it came prewired with CAT5E, and outside rough-ins for security cameras. I decided it was time to get "serious" and have a proper pro-sumer setup at home for Internet access, and while we were at it: Security cameras! I didn't want Continue Reading
deCONZ VNC access without full blown Xorg install
deCONZ / Phoscon-GW recommends a full blown Xorg install on a Raspberry Pi to access their GUI. deCONZ is a utility to work with Zigbee controller provided by Raspbee / Conbee. deCONZ GUI provides more advanced control of Zigbee devices, and has functionality that is not available via web interface/REST Continue Reading
Home Assistant sensors and CyberPower UPS via RMCARD205
RMCARD205 supplies metrics via SNMP for all supported CyberPower UPS. Who doesn't want to display power usage on their UPS via Home Assistant? I created a "package" for CyberPower UPS RMCARD that exports data via SNMP. This assumes your default read-only community is named public. packages/ups.yaml:
NetGear GS108T, NetGear R7000 Nighthawk AP and Intel igb/e1000e on Linux: adapter reset
What's the issue? At home I have a NetGear GS108T with a NetGear R7000 serving as an Access Point. My Ubuntu 16.04 machine which functions as a hypervisor (qemu/kvm and openvswitch) has an "adapter reset"/"transmit queue timed out" error on igb and e1000e Intel NICs and causes a 30-60 second Continue Reading