https://jitteringrunt.com/A sometimes tech blog 2026-03-09T07:54:33-04:00 Jitteringrunt Blog https://jitteringrunt.com/ Jekyll © 2026 Jitteringrunt Blog /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2025-04-24T00:00:00-04:00 2025-04-24T21:29:19-04:00 https://jitteringrunt.com/posts/TemplateSensors/ Jitteringrunt Blog

I recently saw a Reddit post about Home Assistant helpers and wanting to leverge them more in their instance. As someone who is always looking for interesting ways to solve problems in Home Assistant, helpers are large part of my setup. While helpers can solve a myriad of problems, I use input boolean, binary sensor and template sensor the most. Template helpers specifically have several oth...

2025-04-23T00:00:00-04:00 2025-04-24T21:30:46-04:00 https://jitteringrunt.com/posts/InovelliLEDs/ Jitteringrunt Blog

This explains how to use a Node-Red flow to pull three different Home Assistant door sensors open and closed status into the individual Inovelli Blue Dimmer switch LEDs. Three different LED will light depending on the door left open. The individual LEDs will restore to normal state after door closure. This should work on other latest gen Inovelli switches as well. JSON is being sent to the In...