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I have recently purchased a Hikvision DS-KV6113-WPE1(B) doorbell. The doorbell is one of very few PoE doorbells which look good, work well and relatively in expensive. The doorbell also allows the video feed to be viewed over RTSP which integrates well into my DVR system (Shinobi). Recently Hikvision have released firmware (Readme / Firmware) which ...

These instructions offer assistance with enabling/disabling Hyper V in Windows 10. I have found it necessary to disable this service for use with Virtaul Box, then re-enabling it for Docker. To disable Hyper V in Windows 10 (e.g. for use with Virtual Box): Ensure virtualisation is supported by your CPU and enabled in the BIOS ...

When building WordPress themes, there is often a need to use a featured thumbnail, or image value from ACF; as either a background image or as a <img> tag. This snippet below is something I use frequently, hopefully this will be as benefit for you too. <?php //Custom image sizes - Add these to your ...

I’ve recently purchased a few cheap DHT22 temperature sensors from Amazon. They work great and use Python to display the data from the sensors. I found I required a way to log the data, so I though why not make this a project!? I have created a simple Web Interface to view logged data: https://github.com/ryanfitton/rpi-temperature-monitor-logging-interface. ...

I have published this blog post to help anyone having issues installing Home Assistant (and Docker) in an LXC container running on Ubuntu. When I was installing Home Assistant on my own hardware, I could not find any straight-forward guides detailing how to do this, and Home Assistant’s own documentation does not help with installing ...