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I've been a bit frustrated with some Homey flows (automation) recently because I'm not able to re-trigger them before the…
I managed to get almost everything back online and functioning again after the chaos that ensued after my last update.…
I recently realized that I needed to split out my home wifi network into two networks, a 2.4GHz network and…
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This is just a short post to show that I really am starting off my smart home journey from the…
Hi everyone, my name's Marty and I'm new here. I was originally planning to have the website and forums running…
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