Lab

Home Assistant

My view of the house: lighting, heating, cameras, solar generation and hosted services.

Everyday automation

Lighting, heating schedules and bin reminders.

Energy

Solar generation and energy monitoring in one view.

Visibility

My custom-built security dashboard, camera alerts and hosted-service health.

Home AssistantOne view of the house
  • DevicesMQTT & direct integrations
  • Node-REDCustom workflows
  • EnergySolar & energy integrations
  • ServicesHealth & availability
Home Assistant brings the state together. MQTT carries device messages; Node-RED adds custom logic.
Selected integrations
Devices & lighting
Philips Hue, Matter, LG webOS TV
Energy
SolaX, Modbus, Octopus Energy, Forecast.Solar
Cameras
Custom-built security dashboard, ONVIF
Routines
Google Calendar, UK Bin Collection Data
Service health
Glances, Uptime Kuma, Speedtest Tracker
Media & files
Plex, Nextcloud