20Feb
Opening doors and gates via HomePod: “You have to log in on your iPhone ” – “Someone wants to control security devices”.
I was quite surprised when I couldn’t open our garage door with a voice command on the HomePod. What at first sounded like a configuration error has a security background.
16Feb
Configure Homematic module HmIP-MOD-HO in Yahka for Apple Homekit
With these Yahka adapter settings, you will be able to query and control your garage door opener using HMIP-MOD-HO even in Homekit and the Apple Home app.
16Feb
Controlling Hörmann garage door drives with integrable Homematic module
A new module from Homematic can be inserted directly into the operator of Hörmann garage doors to then control them conveniently in the smarthome.
14Feb
Fly a drone and take photos despite the freezing cold: Photo or drone gloves make it possible
Anyone who has ever tried to fly a drone at temperatures around -10 degrees or to operate the camera for a longer period of time will have noticed that the cold can hurt the fingertips terribly and that the fun of the hobby is quickly lost. Normal gloves are usually too thick and imprecise for such delicate controls as cameras or remote controls. Special photographic gloves provide a remedy.
10Feb
Native support for Spotify on Apple Homepod
Apple allows to set third party streaming services as default on Homepod. But spotify just doesn‘t care to implement this function – although 2651 votes from customers requested native support. Go vote!
09Feb
Order EU drone license printed on plastic card online
The EU drone ID card must be carried either printed out on paper, electronically on a smartphone or in credit card format. An Amazon retailer now enables printing the ID on plastic card via online configurator.
01Feb
Røde VideoMic NTG – All modes and button functions
A short article about the functions of all buttons and modes of the equalizer and the recording modes of the Røde VideoMic NTG.
31Jan
Vertical mushroom garden – grow edible mushrooms in wood logs in your own garden
Mushroom dowels can be used to grow edible mushrooms in logs. Because mushroom logs take up a lot of space in the garden and get in the way when mowing the lawn, we build a vertical mushroom farm to hang on a wall.
23Jan
Homematic CCU HUE Log: „Please configure a valid user or remove user from configuration to generate a new one“
The Hue bridge user formerly used for Hue pairing is no longer valid. Now these log entries appear every 10 seconds. Unfortunately, there is no function in the CCU to cancel the pairing. With a SFTP client we fix the problem.
21Jan
Yahka Adapter sporadically without connection – No devices found
After moving my ioBroker from the Raspberry to a new Synology NAS, I noticed that my Homekit devices refused to work in the evening. The devices were no longer accessible in the Home App. Every evening I had to restart the Yahka adapter.
14Jan
Solved: iPhone and Mac do not connect to Synology L2TP/IPSec VPN: The L2TP-VPN server did not respond
Error message: „The L2TP-VPN server did not respond. Try reconnecting. If the problem continues, verify your settings and contact your Administrator.“
14Jan
Plex installed on new server or NAS: Access denied
You want to set up a new Plex server on the Synology NAS, but after logging in you only get the message “Access denied” instead of the server setup.
