Dr. Smart Home cuts electricity bills with LUA
A detailed look at how Lua scripting brought live electricity pricing into KNX & Matter smart homes, overcoming API challenges and complex billing systems.…
1Home 2025 Recap
As 2025 is wrapping up let's revisit some of the best moments from each month of the past year.…
The story behind 1Home Touch
Discover the journey behind 1Home Touch: from the launch of the 1Home Server to a new era of smart home control, shaped by community feedback and innovation.…
Dr. Smart Home Builds a Virtual Weather Station (and Teaches His Blinds Some Physics)
#For PartnersHow I built a virtual weather station in 1Home using Lua and Open-Meteo to control my south-facing blinds intelligently—no KNX hardware needed.…
When Smart Lighting Goes Rogue: How 1Home Traffic Monitor Helped Solve a KNX Mystery
#For PartnersHow 1Home Traffic Monitor helped an integrator quickly uncover a KNX sensor loop causing flickering lights — and fix the issue in minutes.…
1Home Digest: October '25
#1Home DigestLet's look at the highlights in the smart home space for October 2025…
Dr. Smart Home Hacks the Night Scene
Discover how the new 1Home Server KNX Pro firmware with Lua scripting transforms automation design. Create dynamic KNX logic, control devices via code, and enhance 1Home Automations with scripting flexibility—all from the local dashboard.…
Dr. Smart Home visits IFA 2025
#MatterIFA 2025 highlights the smart home shift: rapid Matter adoption, Thread as the preferred transport, and a surge of Chinese vendors. But consumer white goods with Matter remain unavailable, and router vendors largely lack native Thread support.…
Dr. Smart Home Makes A Scene
Dr. Smart Home reveals how poor switch design leads to control chaos—and how scene-based push buttons and 1Home’s automation tools create elegant, intuitive KNX smart home experiences.…