Giovanni joins Rohan and Phil to dive into a fully local, privacy-first smart home. We cover Home Assistant on an Intel N100, Shelly devices, Zigbee vs Wi‑Fi, ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Frigate with a Coral TPU, Reolink cams, and smart lighting with pets.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:00 Local-only gear and protocols

00:12:00 Lighting, presence, and pets

00:18:00 Cameras, Frigate and automations

00:27:20 Media servers

00:33:00 Plex vs Jellyfin

00:41:00 Nextcloud and Immich photos

00:47:00 Backups and offsite strategy

00:53:00 Security, reverse proxy, wrap-up

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Apollo Automation

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Phil Hawthorne

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Mark went from a rocky SmartThings world to a rock-solid Home Assistant install. He shares his tails of disaster and recovery, as well as his journey from Tasmota to ESPHome.

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Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:00 - SmartThings beginnings and first automations

00:06:00 - Old timers to cameras after a theft

00:09:30 - Discovering Home Assistant and server build

00:16:00 - From Node-RED to cleaner HA automations

00:19:50 - Reolink AI triggers outside lighting

00:23:30 - Server failure and Proxmox migration

00:28:30 - UPS woes and garage door backup issue

00:38:00 - Presence, Ecobee, salt and propane projects

00:44:00 - Matter locks, long-range Z-Wave ideas

00:49:00 - New Overview, Alarmo plans, wrap-up

This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors

Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa

Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML.

Zooz

If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.

For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com

Apollo Automation

Apollo Automation are the makers of open source smart home sensors built for the Home Assistant ecosystem. They're an official Open Home Foundation commercial partner and their devices are built with local control, privacy, and reliability in mind, giving you full control and flexibility right out of the box.

Products Discussed

Aladdin garage door openers (with battery backup): https://amzn.to/4mxGfPl

Products we Recommend

Hosts

Phil Hawthorne

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Twitter: @philhawthorne

Bluesky: @philhawthorne.com

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Rohan Karamandi

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Twitter: @rohank9

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