https://blog.mornati.net/categories/smart-home/Recent content in Smart Home & Home Assistant on Mornati BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-US© 2026 Marco MornatiTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/monitoring-the-sump-pump-with-home-assistant/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/monitoring-the-sump-pump-with-home-assistant/A Zigbee smart plug, nine automations, and one invisible pump that saves the house from flooding - the “invisible device” pattern, monitored with Home Assistant.https://blog.mornati.net/smart-water-heater-orchestration-solar-off-peak-v2/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/smart-water-heater-orchestration-solar-off-peak-v2/Two water heaters on a Heures Creuses tariff, 12 panels and no battery - the v2 of my water heater orchestration, with real YAML and real numbers.https://blog.mornati.net/arlo-base-station-deep-dive-battery-sniffing-analysis/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/arlo-base-station-deep-dive-battery-sniffing-analysis/https://blog.mornati.net/fixing-arlo-camera-battery-life-at-the-wifi-layer/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/fixing-arlo-camera-battery-life-at-the-wifi-layer/https://blog.mornati.net/integrating-self-hosted-arlo-with-home-assistant/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/integrating-self-hosted-arlo-with-home-assistant/https://blog.mornati.net/self-hosting-arlo-cam-api-patches-and-improvements/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/self-hosting-arlo-cam-api-patches-and-improvements/https://blog.mornati.net/replacing-arlo-base-station-with-a-netgear-orbi-router/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/replacing-arlo-base-station-with-a-netgear-orbi-router/https://blog.mornati.net/monitoring-water-softener-salt-level-with-home-assistant/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/monitoring-water-softener-salt-level-with-home-assistant/https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-close-cover-to-control-the-home-temperature-v2/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-close-cover-to-control-the-home-temperature-v2/https://blog.mornati.net/two-years-of-solar-the-real-numbers-and-roi/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://blog.mornati.net/two-years-of-solar-the-real-numbers-and-roi/12 panels, 3 micro-inverters, no battery — here is what the first 24 months actually produced, self-consumed, exported, and earned.https://blog.mornati.net/integrating-the-everblue-smart-water-meter-with-home-assistant/Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:23:58 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/integrating-the-everblue-smart-water-meter-with-home-assistant/https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-motion-sensor-coupled-with-a-switch/Mon, 02 Jan 2023 07:00:42 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-motion-sensor-coupled-with-a-switch/https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-close-cover-to-control-the-home-temperature/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 09:00:42 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-close-cover-to-control-the-home-temperature/https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-use-zigbee-buttons-to-control-other-protocol-devices/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 07:40:41 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-use-zigbee-buttons-to-control-other-protocol-devices/https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-simple-presence-simulation-script/Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:00:42 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-simple-presence-simulation-script/https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-control-automation-with-google-calendar/Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:52:46 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-control-automation-with-google-calendar/https://blog.mornati.net/openvpn-on-google-wifi-via-openwrt/Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:44:52 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/openvpn-on-google-wifi-via-openwrt/https://blog.mornati.net/inkplate-10-home-assistant-board/Sun, 30 Oct 2022 19:28:34 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/inkplate-10-home-assistant-board/https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-detect-washing-machine-cycle-completion/Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:35:08 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/homeassistant-detect-washing-machine-cycle-completion/https://blog.mornati.net/smart-water-heater-with-home-assistant-and-shelly-device/Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/smart-water-heater-with-home-assistant-and-shelly-device/https://blog.mornati.net/smart-vmc-mechanical-ventilation-system/Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:56:33 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/smart-vmc-mechanical-ventilation-system/https://blog.mornati.net/upgrade-conbee2-firmware-in-hassos/Sun, 02 May 2021 07:50:09 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/upgrade-conbee2-firmware-in-hassos/https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-with-rpi4-improvements/Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:07:12 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/home-assistant-with-rpi4-improvements/https://blog.mornati.net/qubino-zmnhjd1-and-home-assistant-installation/Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/qubino-zmnhjd1-and-home-assistant-installation/https://blog.mornati.net/install-z-wave-plus-z-stick-gen5-aeon-labs-in-home-assistant-rpi-version/Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/install-z-wave-plus-z-stick-gen5-aeon-labs-in-home-assistant-rpi-version/https://blog.mornati.net/pushbullet-notifications-for-kerberos-io/Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/pushbullet-notifications-for-kerberos-io/https://blog.mornati.net/raspberrypi-motion-and-noise-detection/Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:00:00 +0000https://blog.mornati.net/raspberrypi-motion-and-noise-detection/