Home Assistant ESPHome: How to Change a Device Name

What if you use the location of a device in it's name, for example: "Bedroom Fan" and you move it to the Kitchen??

Or, how about you want to organise your ESPHome devices so they are grouped together in the integration...

Well, you need to do some renaming! Simply editing the YAML code may work for the ESPHome page but, you'll quickly realise your ESPHome files & folders will be coming un-linked and messy ! 

In this tutorial I show you the correct steps to take to keep everything properly organised and compliant.

Part of an hilarious named playlist for quick and to-the-point tutorials.
Check it out here: "Just the Tip!" Playlist

Alexa with Node-Red... still working

This video is just a reply to a few users that mentioned their Alexa / Node-Red commands stopped working.

While I don't offer a solution, it's difficult to fault-find others issues, at least this demonstrates that what I showed in my initial tutorials is still current.

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'Custom Button' Card Part 1: How to make Home Assistant buttons Spin and Flash.

I see a lot inquiries on how to get Home Assistant buttons and icons spinning and flashing...

So I made a comprehensive video tutorial that not only covers the basics, It goes in to some pretty amazing options. Some of which (at time of filming) were not even included in the official documentation!

In this first video I teach you:

• Basic 'Spin' option
• Advanced 'Rotating' options!
• Including Speed | Back and Forth rotating | Linear & Ease
• All the 'Flashing' options
• Changing Colours

Plus, how to combine all of the above, to get some pretty weird results.

Stay Tuned for Part 2 Where I go in to more depth with the 'Custom Button' card - for some real extra and fun things that can be achieved.