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Aaron Parecki

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  • benchristian88/CatWheel: ESP Home Cat Wheel Speed and Distance Project (github.com)
    Mon, May 26, 2025 10:04am -07:00 #homeautomation
  • AZAI6WSPMEL - Airzone AZAI6WSPMEL - Aidoo Pro Control Wi-Fi Controller for Mitsubishi Electric AC Units (www.supplyhouse.com)
    Thu, Apr 24, 2025 7:23pm -07:00 #homeautomation
  • lanrat/homeplate: Home Assistant E-Ink Dashboard on the Inkplate 10 (github.com)
    Mon, Feb 3, 2025 10:27am -08:00 #homeassistant #homeautomation #eink #epaper
  • Aaron Parecki
    Goodbye Philips Hue 👋

    I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.

    While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 44°F
    7 likes 1 repost 5 replies
    Fri, Jan 3, 2025 7:21pm -08:00 #homeautomation #hue #365
  • spuder/OpenSpool: RFID for 3d printer filament (github.com)
    Fri, Jan 3, 2025 7:53am -08:00 #nfc #esp32 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    Just installed my first Lutron Caseta switch. Going to slowly convert all these switches over in the next few weeks. I do like how the switch is silent, no sound of a relay snapping.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 39°F
    8 likes 9 replies
    Mon, Dec 2, 2024 5:08pm -08:00 #homeautomation #smarthome
  • What's the benefit in using the Claro accessory switch instead of just a standard mechanical switch? : r/Lutron (www.reddit.com)
    Sun, Nov 17, 2024 11:48am -08:00 #lutron #homeautomation
  • Madelena/hass-config-public: My Dashboards for Home Assistant - Advanced data visualizations, responsive design, a neat maximalist Metro Live Tile layout, and an ultraminimal tablet layout! (github.com)
    Mon, Oct 7, 2024 8:29pm -07:00 #homeassistant #homeautomation #dashboard
  • OpenSprinkler | OpenSprinkler (opensprinkler.com)
    Mon, Aug 12, 2024 5:56pm -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    Someone broke through the chain link fence last week, in broad daylight, while I was home, and didn't notice at the time.

    I started thinking about what I could do about it, and it turns out the EA Unifi cameras have a new webhook feature. So now my cameras send a webhook to Home Assistant when someone crosses a virtual line, and it will trigger the siren. Since this is a line crossing event, not generic person detection, I can leave it armed 24/7, since nobody should be in that area at all.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 91°F
    10 likes 2 replies
    Thu, Aug 8, 2024 7:03pm -07:00 #homeautomation #security #homeassistant #unifi
  • Aaron Parecki
    ok I think I just got my Home Assistant set up with Matter and Thread using the SkyConnect USB dongle and I have to say this is way more complicated than it should be and those names are terrible. I hope this gets smoothed out in the next couple years!
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 78°F
    3 likes 2 replies
    Fri, Jun 7, 2024 7:46pm -07:00 #homeautomation #matter #thread #homeassistant
  • Aaron Parecki
    was it absolutely necessary to run cables for ceiling mics in 5 rooms? definitely not. but now I am all set up to film a reality show 😂
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 58°F
    9 likes 2 replies 1 mention
    Sun, Oct 22, 2023 7:24pm -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    We are just a couple weeks away from closing up the walls on the new house! Are there any last minute requests I should put in for things in the walls? We already have: ethernet everywhere, 2x the required power outlets, water on the patios, intercoms...
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 65°F
    2 likes 10 replies 2 mentions
    Fri, Sep 8, 2023 11:01am -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    Very glad I took reference photos before I closed up the wall in the electrical closet! I was able to use it to figure out a safe place to punch through a hole for PoE into the studio side!
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 69°F
    2 mentions
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 9:42am -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    Sadly my hopes of getting a mailbox opened notification seem to be a lost cause. The 433mhz sensor doesn't have enough power to reach the 80 feet to the street. The Zigbee one does reach that distance, but not once it's inside the mailbox.

    I just found a LoRa line of home automation products, and while I'm not a fan that their Home Assistant integration is all through the cloud API, I might have to give it a shot for this anyway.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 65°F
    2 likes 4 replies 2 mentions
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 8:51am -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    I just got the Aqara C1 cat feeder and within a few minutes had it connected directly to Home Assistant via Zigbee, and all the sensors and buttons showing up and working!

    However, I then realized the ZHA method doesn't expose the scheduling interface of the feeder, so I can only drive it entirely via Home Assistant, no local on-device scheduling option.

    I really wanted it to be self sufficient, just reporting state and being able to dispense food with HA, but I think I'll stick with this for now anyway. The failure mode is that my HA server goes down for some reason or the Zigbee controller dies, and the food doesn't get automatically dispensed. But even if I'm out of town, I always have someone come by to check on the cat at least once a day anyway, so I guess that will be the manual fallback option.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 67°F
    1 like 1 repost 2 replies 2 mentions
    Tue, Aug 29, 2023 8:27pm -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Sonos discovery across subnets - Configuration - Home Assistant Community (community.home-assistant.io)
    Sun, Aug 27, 2023 6:44am -07:00 #homeautomation #sonos #networking
  • Firewall Ports for the Unifi USG and Sonos Speakers -- JeffSloyer.io (www.jeffsloyer.io)
    Sun, Aug 27, 2023 6:43am -07:00 #homeautomation #networking
  • Esphome on Petkit Solo Feeder : r/Esphome (www.reddit.com)
    Sat, Aug 26, 2023 6:43am -07:00 #homeassistant #homeautomation
  • You don't need ESPHome to integrate Airthings with Home Assistant (home-assistant-guide.com)
    Fri, Aug 18, 2023 9:58am -07:00 #homeautomation
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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