Manufacturers/Resellers to avoid and banned of our suppliers !
Manufacturers and suppliers of extreme bad quality have always existed unhappy. Although, these last years, problem became more and more present with technology more and more complex, increased difficulties to handle properly these technologies, and customers less and...
Home-Assistant: how to backup it efficiently !
As for any computer systems or equivalent, it's mandatory to backup properly your Home-Assistant system. Indeed, even with best quality hardware, it can fail and it's better to avoid it ends up in drama. Note: this tutorial is for the most common way to install...
List of french banks violating SEPA rules
Quite a few of our customers are based in European region (SEPA €), so we invoice them in Euro for ease for them. Being based in Switzerland, country that is a member of SEPA system and with accounts in Euros as we have for our business activity, it allows to do wire...
RakWireless and TTN launch ZTP for LoRa
RakWireless, one of the main manufacturer of LoRa devices, and TTN (The Things Network), major operator for LoRa, have worked together to develop a system for an easy and secured way to deploy LoRa gatways: ZPT (Zero-Touch Provisioning). Aware of time it can take to...
LoRa: Connect your first device and use it in Home-Assistant
After having presented principles and how LoRa networks work (LoRa: what is it ? what’s the use ?), we are now going to connect a first LoRa device on a network and retrieve datas in Home-Assistant. For memory, LoRa allows you to connect remote sensors and/or out of...
Espressif takes control of M5Stack 🙂
Espressif, famous manufacturer of ESP chipsets, used a lot in open-source automation, has taken control of M5Stack company.Espressif had already an important participation in M5Stack capital, and has now expanded it to take control of the company. M5Stack is famous...
LoRa: what is it ? what’s the use ?
LoRa or LoraWAN, perhaps you have already heard about it or never yet ? here is the opportunity to learn basics about that technology that looks simple but can achieve great things and bring a nice solution in home-automation (remote sensors without power, large...
Reggiani: disappointing product quality and terrible customer service !
We have completed a large renovation project in 2022 for one of our residential customers (change all incandescent lights installed around 20 years ago by LED). As part of that project, we have been in touch with multiple high-end light manufacturers (or supposed to...
AMX Muse: an ersatz of Home-Assistant !
After more than ten years without any update in term of controllers, giving impression that AMX is going to close down, at least a new generation of controllers is announced, but what a disappointment !! Last major upgrade for AMX has been more than 20 years ago now...
Sony Bravia: end of golden time !!
One more manufacturer that has decided to stop producing products working properly 🙁 Since nearly 20 years now (first show of Bravia TV on market in 2005), we used with lot of success Sony Bravia TV for needs of our customers. Indeed, Sony offered good displays at...
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