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Reducing your electricity consumption benefits both your finances and the environment—and it all starts with information. While energy-conscious habits (such as turning off unused lights and minimizing electric heating) play an important role, the real game-changer is the ability to monitor and compare your usage in real time, from anywhere. This empowers you to track your progress and quickly detect unusual spikes, whether you’re at … Read more ...
Spring has arrived, making it the perfect moment to check whether my watering system survived the winter – and to reactivate it. In this article, I’ll explain in detail how I enhanced my existing setup with external Bluetooth antennas. We’ll improve our Jeedom test installation for automatic watering by adding (and cloning) new Bluetooth repeaters (“antennas”) to expand the range for receiving moisture sensor data. … Read more ...
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up an automated outdoor watering system using the Jeedom home automation platform. With just a few components, you’ll be able to remotely control a water valve for a drip irrigation system, making your garden care much more convenient.
The solution uses a soil moisture sensor (communicating with Jeedom over Bluetooth) and a water valve operated via … Read more ...
In this quick guide, I’ll show you the essential steps to prepare a Raspberry Pi Zero for use with the Jeedom automation system. You’ll learn how to flash Raspbian Lite on an SD card using a Windows PC, configure Wi-Fi and SSH before first boot, and make a few tweaks for a headless, robust setup.
Installing Jeedom itself is not covered here, but you’ll find … Read more ...