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Category: Technical
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The post discusses enhancements made to code running on a Raspberry Pi Pico device for temperature monitoring, enabling it to send UDP multicast packets containing temperature data in a JSON string. The author developed an exporter to export metrics for scraping by Prometheus and created a Grafana dashboard for visualization. Alerts were also set for…
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The author shares their experience with Home Assistant and Frigate, specifically struggles with camera streams. They successfully enabled a third stream on their new camera model by switching VCA mode to “Monitoring”. Configuration details for streaming and recording settings are provided to assist others facing similar challenges.
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The author enhanced a home temperature monitoring system by adding DS18B20 sensors to track temperatures near the boiler, hot water, and radiators. Using waterproof sensors and a custom setup, they aimed to minimize erroneous readings. Some API reliability issues prompted the author to implement a timeout in the code for improvements.
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The article discusses updating a temperature monitoring system using a Raspberry Pi Pico and DS18B20 sensors to track boiler operation and heat distribution. It outlines hardware setup, software coding with MicroPython, and integration with the iotplotter.com API for data visualization. The code allows for multiple sensors with customizable names, ensuring real-time temperature readings.
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After enabling IPv6 on my main network, most devices functioned well, except for the Zwift companion app, which needed manual IP adjustments.
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The post discusses the specific settings for IPv6 Privacy Extensions address usage on Linux.
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The article discusses the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, covering address allocation, privacy, and configuration via Stateless Address Auto Configuration (SLAAC) and Network Address Translation (NAT64).
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The author resolves NAT Type issues on a Nintendo Switch by adjusting NAT settings, achieving NAT Type A with minimal changes.
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A while back, I decided I wanted to prevent at least some adverts and tracking, but rather than on a device by device basis, I wanted to achieve this for all devices on the network. Those that know me and my recent work will understand that naturally, DNS blocking sprang to mind, as I’m already…
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TL;DR – Amazon Echo behaving weirdly turns out to be RPZ blocking
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