A couple of years ago I faced an incident where I lost a disk in my home server. This server hosted my personal files as well as all of my media. With no backup or any redundancy I was operating on the edge of what is seen as “normal”. After this incident my home IT-life has got way more easier and I’m still surprised how smooth and effective I can operate and manage all of my home data. The Synology NAS is here. Continue reading “Synology NAS”
Home-assistant setup
My current Home-assistant setup is changing a lot at the moment. Trying to get my newest add-on to work; z-wave devices. I’ve added an Aeotec Z-stick Gen5 and a Fibaro single switch FGS-213. The switch is supposed to control my lights in the driveway and it works quite OK. Continue reading “Home-assistant setup”
Z-wave habits
You have a Smart Home using Z-Wave as a wireless technology for all these Internet of Things (IoT) devices to communicate with each other. But maybe things are not working quite as well as you expect. Continue reading “Z-wave habits”