Hearthlink Community

Category

• Blog

  This category stays in sync with posts on the Hearthlink blog and is where you comment on them.

  • 2026.10: You are here· 1d18
  • Welcome to the Hearthlink Community· Mar '160
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• Configuration

  Questions about configuring Hearthlink to automate your home.

  DashboardsZigbee

  • Porch light turns on at sunset but never turns off· 1d3
  • Zigbee devices drop off every night around 3 am· 1d4
  • Pairing a Lumora bulb: stuck at "interviewing"· 1d2
  • 8 total · 4 / week
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• Blueprints Exchange

  Reusable automations and scripts you can import with one click. Read the blueprint guide before posting.

  • Blueprint: Motion-activated light with a manual override· 1d3
  • Blueprint: Wake-up light that follows your alarm· 3w1
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• Installation

  Need help installing Hearthlink? The community is happy to help.

  • Install on a Pi 5 with NVMe: boot loops after first update· 1d2
  • Migrating from an old Pi to a mini PC without losing history· 3d2
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• Share your Projects!

  Show off the projects, automations and dashboards you made with Hearthlink!

  • Fully local e-paper room displays for under 20 € each· 1d5
  • Talking doorbell: announces who is at the door, all local· 3d2
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• Community Guides

  Step-by-step guides written by the community. Every topic here works like a wiki and can be improved by anyone.

  • Guide: A dashboard that looks good on a wall tablet· 1d2
  • Guide: Backups you can actually restore· 1w1
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• Hardware

  Which sensors, hubs and boards work well, and how to wire them up.

  • Which presence sensor actually works for a home office?· 1d3
  • Smart plug with energy metering that is not cloud-only?· 2d2
  • Thread border router: which one do you run?· 2w1
  • 3 total · 2 / week
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• Energy

  Track solar, batteries and consumption, and automate around tariffs.

  • Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest· 1d3
  • Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?· 4d1
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• Feature Requests

  Ideas for Hearthlink itself. Vote for the ones you want.

  • Let dashboards follow the time of day automatically· 1d2
  • Bulk-rename entities with a pattern· 5d1
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• Social

  Meetups, introductions and everything off-topic but friendly.

  • Meetup in Rotterdam, 14 November· 2d2
  • What was your first automation?· 2w3
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