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  1. pete_c

    MOVIES, TV Series Recommendations...

    We still utilize Direct TV. Used to have a couple of Direct Tivo boxes which was really nice until AT&T. This is for wife and is currently around $130 / month with a discount. Use CoreElec KODI 22 for streaming AOD-TubiTV and watching movies and TV series.
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    California going to get hit hard by Oil re the US vs Iran war

    Here in the State of Indiana Indiana petrol is $3.69 USD / gallon or $0.97 USD / liter or $3.20 Euro / gallon or .84 Euro / liter. Cousins in the EU always purchased diesel automobiles but never really drove much.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Note this post is not related to the OP. Still have not converted above WiFi Switch to Tasmota...been tinkering with installing the tiny m5 ATOM echo in wall boxes using Russound ISSP Compoint speakers. Installing a tiny 120VAC to 5VDC power supply in the double duplex metal box. and...
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    Installing an Axis speaker to run the door checkers off

    You can install ultrasonic blasters. They are not fictional tools. They work as a deterrant and should be used in riot control (like the mob stuff going on in Chicago) They are popular in the EU. 140 Db of sound. I used it when the neighbors decided to party all night outside in their pool at...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Been using wireless 433Mhz sensors connected to the Tasmota (Sonoff) wireless hub for a couple of years now. Batteries last over a year and personally works better than Zigbee / ZWave wireless sensors. (Have those too). KERUI 433MHz Safety Driveway Patrol Infrared Wireless Intelligent PIR...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    The unit makes a chime sound when the button is pressed but only seems to do it once and no trigger of mechanical chime - seems like that might not be working right but just a guess. Yes the DB2 that I replaced also would misbehave when pressing the doorbell button. Sometimes getting stuck in...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    @JimLS Nice to see you on this forum. When I had this issue I would just install the Guarding Vision app and re-enable the chime then remove the app. Here I recently replaced the old Nelly NSC-DB2 NDB313-W DS-HD1 because of a cracked PIR sensor with a new still in box EZViz DB1, updated...
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    WTF? FCC orders a ban on the import of all new foreign-made consumer Internet routers

    I have never purchased a SOHO router that I couldn't install OpenWRT on. Today using PFSense.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Purchased one of these today. From reading some these are ESP based and easy to convert to Tasmota. IE: Nexete combo fan light switch. This is the non wifi switch. Ordered wrong one. Will order wifi switch.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Old Treatlife combo with Tasmota installed a few years ago. My fan / lights are using two separate load wires. Currently using bottom light switch as a group switch to control switch plugs in same room. Never found a similar looking fan / light switch combo. This device now comes with a...
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Originally here ran used ZWave card (RaZBerry) in an autonomous RPI - worked well because I could put the RPI anywhere. Currently running Zigbee2MQTT using two SMLight SLZB-MU POE connected. Does well. Favorite though is Tasmota firmware devices. IE: temperature sensors everywhere. Combo...
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Here have two Hubitat retired devices and two Samsung Smartthings devices that are retired, Tested running HA on an old Android TV box running Armbian Linux. It did well. It is said that the original base OS for Hubitat was Armbian Linux. Did tinker with OpenHab and Node Red. Software...
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    The Birth, Life, and Death.... of Radio Shack.

    Watched it on You Tube a few days ago. Great stuff. Dad used to take me to an Allied Radio store (before it became Radio Shack) in the 1960's. First new short wave radio and stereo receiver was from Allied Radio. Did also built a couple of Knight Kits back then. Built a radio shack under...
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    Anyone here running their own LOCAL AI Assistant?

    Running it in Oracle Virtual Box on a Lenova ThinkCentre M900 Download Ollama on macOS ==> Host computer running Ubuntu 24.04 Yes, Ollama runs on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 (64-bit OS recommended). It is best suited for smaller models (1B-3B parameters) like TinyLlama or Gemma2 to achieve usable...
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    Anyone here running their own LOCAL AI Assistant?

    I am running Ollama locally on host with a VB of Home Assistant. Gave it a snarky personality where it questions my commands. Use it mostly for text to speech hourly chime and NWS alerts, lightning alerts, et al.
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Merrillville Indiana teacher suspended for ‘monkeys’ comment to class https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/04/merrillville-teacher-suspended-for-monkeys-comment-to-class/ By Carole Carlson | For the Post-Tribune PUBLISHED: March 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM CST | UPDATED: March 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM CST...
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    Cheapest way to add an small-LCD screen at entry ways for easy viewing that can PoE powered?

    Good price on the ELO touchscreen. For a small touchscreen I installed / updated Android on the NSPanel Pro first gen. You can take the back off for almost a flush mount.
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    What firmware and model doorbell are you using? I put the Hikvision firmware on the EZViz doorbell because I wanted RTSP and ONVIF and the doorbell with the EZViz firmware kept bouncing. I do not know why it kept boucing. I also locked myself out of the EZViz app. Went to using the Nelly app...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    In the old house I purchased a new Doorbell chime and upgraded the transformer. In current home upgraded transformer. I used the power kit for both configurations. The power kit is to stop power stealing of the chime. Similiar to the power stealing which occurs with a thermostat. I had that...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    My original Nelly which I converted to a Hikvision started to fail with a stuck button issue and the PIR was totally crushed. Its been a couple of years now of running fine 24/7. I had installed Hikvision Firmware Version build 200321 and configured it with a couple of circuit boards to...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    @WannaTheater Mine was doing that and I rebooted it and all is well.
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Googling... When a Mazda CX-30's speedometer acts strange (like upside down) after a battery change, it's usually an electrical glitch from the power interruption, fixable by resetting the infotainment system or the whole car, or adjusting the Active Driving Display settings in your owner's...
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    Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year all!!!!
  24. pete_c

    OMG Thermal!

    Very nice David. We went out to dinner with our old neighbors visiting here for Christmas. Then watched late night movie until 2:30 AM. Doing Christmas by Edwards house tonight...
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    Happy New Year& Happy Lunar New Year

    Merry Christmas all!!!!
  26. pete_c

    Windows Remote Desktop Replacement?

    Here all of the "servers" are in the basement on a wire rack. You can utilize the old free version of VNC. Works well inside your network.
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    Windows Remote Desktop Replacement?

    I use Ubuntu RDC (Remmina) with Windows and BSD and Linux desktop servers. Remmina does VNC and RDP. I have no issues. I also have used NoMachine. I would recommend it for Windows users. I do not use Windows 11 desktop to remote to any devices on my network. A while back switched my...
  28. pete_c

    BI deleted camera still shows up in Home Assistant

    You can delete the entire mqtt db... /var/lib/mosquitto/mosquitto.db Currently used mqtt entries will repopulate the db. then delete the un needed mqtt entries in the BI device list.
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    Anyone out there tried these Wago connectors?

    I had to install two automated switches in old house in a few rooms that had ceiling fans / lights / switched outlets and used Wago nuts. Still very tight and all of the boxes were metal so used a plastic mud plate to expand space. 1/2 of the duplex wall outlets were switched at the wall...
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    Anyone out there tried these Wago connectors?

    I started using Wagos when upgrading my in wall automation switches. With every updated also replaced all wire nuts. Just used Wagos here for my new SUV LED lighting. 18 guage wires. I also added new connectors for endeavor as I did not want to cut wires.
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