Category Archives: smart home
Adding a Zigbee Infrared Blaster to Home Assistant using nothing but ZHA
In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through adding your Moes/Tuya Zigbee IR blaster to Home Assistant using only the built-in ZHA component — no need for Zigbee2MQTT or extra add-ons. While the process can be a bit tricky, it’s definitely worth it. This is the first detailed video (as far as I know) that covers…
Adding IKEA Tradfri ZigBee light bulb 806 to Home Assistant via ZHA
This is a very short story about how I managed to add the cheap IKEA Tradfri ZigBee light bulb 806 to Home Assistant using nothing but the standard Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) plugin. Why short? It’s actually not short, but the written part of it here is short. This is my first ever video tutorial,…