Tag: Vallhorn

  • Waking up the screen of FireHD tablet using YAKK app

    Waking up the screen of FireHD tablet using YAKK app

    If you read this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. I replaced my current setup of waking up the #FireHD (#HomeAssistant dashboard). A while ago I complained about issues related to waking up the FireHD tablet screen when I…

  • Detecting movement in Home Assistant using Ikea Vallhorn sensor

    Detecting movement in Home Assistant using Ikea Vallhorn sensor

    I’ve bought some #Ikea #Vallhorn motion sensors for 8€ a piece. (see info here) Pairing to the #Zigbee network in #HomeAssistant and #Zigbee2MQTT was somehow difficult, which is not usual for Zigbee devices (at least according to my limited experiences with them). Nevertheless, I succeeded in pairing them. Unsuccessful attempts Firstly I tried to pair…