Smart Home

The following instruction will show you how to encrypt a site hosted on a Raspberry Pi. The software to create a valid certicate for your websire is called “Cerbot”. If you are running Apache, you can install the certbot module for it otherwise install the standard version of certbot. Creating a New Certificate: For Apache: […]

How to exclude Z-Wave devices Z-Wave devices require a separate command and physical confirmation from the device itself (usually a button press) in order to be reset (or “excluded”) and removed from a controller (like the SmartThings Hub). Note: In order to exclude a Z-Wave device in the SmartThings app, you must have the physical […]

You’ve spent a good amount of time getting Alexa to properly activate your wireless speakers, living room lights, and smart cam, but is your new IoT setup secure? BullGuard has a quick and easy tool that can help you find out if there are any basic problems. It’s called the Internet of Things Scanner. The […]

After researching many hours on the internet and reviewed several sites related to the topic, I decided to summarize the details on how to control your SmartThings hub with Siri and put together this post. Here is how to install Homebridge (Apple HomeKit bridge) on a Raspberry Pi and integrate it with Smartthings: 1- You […]

If you have a home automation system such as Smartthings and want to be able to use Siri to control your home devices (open doors, turn on lights, etc). You need to install an open source software called “Homebridge”. If you own a Mac these are the instructions (using terminal): 1- Install Homebrew: $ xcode-select […]