Matheson Steplock - Technology and Home Automation Blog

Home Automation June 28, 2020September 14, 2020 | 6 Comments

Install Home Assistant (Supervised) on Debian

This guide will go over how to install Home Assistant (Supervised) on Debian based Linux Distributions

Uncategorized September 8, 2020September 12, 2020 | 2 Comments

Install Docker on Ubuntu 20.04

This guide will explain how to install Docker CE on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server 20.04

Uncategorized January 14, 2020September 8, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Windows 7 Has Reached EOL: What To Do Next

As of January 14, 2020 Windows 7 has reached End of Life it will no longer receive security updates and software developers will stop supporting Windows 7. It will become extremely difficult and dangerous to be using Windows 7 past the EOL date. Security issues with the OS will not be pached and software likeContinue reading Windows 7 Has Reached EOL: What To Do Next

Home Automation, Home Theatre July 5, 2019February 16, 2020 | Leave a Comment

The feature you must enable to get the most out of your AV Receiver: Bitstream

Bitstream allows uncompressed audio data to be sent from your device (Typically Blu-Ray Player) directly to your AV Receiver. This is what enables Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Atmos and DTS-X to function and if you do not have Bitstream enabled you are missing out. The AV Receiver that we have is a NADContinue reading The feature you must enable to get the most out of your AV Receiver: Bitstream

Announcements February 25, 2019February 16, 2020 | 1 Comment

Mailchimp

A few days ago Carlo gave me the idea to add a mailing list to my website, so people can be notified on future blog posts. Matheson, You should sign up for feedburner so that people can sign up to your website and get emails when you post new stuff.— Carlo Costanzo (@ccostan) February 21,Continue reading Mailchimp

Home Automation January 29, 2019February 16, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Making a Dumb TV Smart

UPDATE as of 0.88.0 the Sensor is now a Binary Sensor, I have Updated the Post to Reflect the Changes For a long time I have been trying to get my Dumb (Samsung DLNA) TV into Home Assistant. First I got a Broadlink RM Mini and added it to Home Assistant. I was not happyContinue reading Making a Dumb TV Smart

Home Automation January 29, 2019June 29, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Home Assistant Kit

This is my always up to date Kit with the products and services I use in my home:

Announcements January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Welcome to my Blog

This is my new WordPress Blog Here I will be posting about my Home Automation system and Tech as well as issues I have ran into and fixed