Alexa Guard with Home Assistant

With one of the latest releases of the Alexa Media Player custom component for Home assistant, there is a way to Arm and Disarm the Alexa Guard feature. Alexa Guard is a feature of Alexa that offers 3 features via your Echo units:It sends a notification to the Alexa app if one of the first 2…

Calling Alexa routines from Home Assistant

I have been trying to find a simple way to have Home Assistant start and stop the internet radio station Radio Paradise on all my Alexa speakers in the house. I have a couple of Echo dots and Echo Flex hooked up to various speakers around the house and I wanted to be able to…

Harmony Hub – where are my activities?

I have a Logitech Harmony Hub to control my entertainment devices and it works well, I never have to touch my original remotes, ‘One remote to rule them all’! I have been starting to incorporate all my devices into Home Assistant and started to redo some of the Devices and Activities I have in the…

Ender 5 – Adventures in 3D printing

I have had my Ender 5 for about 6 months now, I bought it slightly used and got a deal that included a bunch of filament etc. I have had a great opportunity to learn, learn and learn as I explored this new hobby. Thanks to YouTube channels like: Kersey Fabrications Filament Friday / CHEPTeaching…