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Published inSep 2023
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Marco Carvalho
Marco Carvalho
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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Accessing Home Assistant remotely

The add-on in this section will allow you to access Home Assistant remotely using an external domain. The add-on used to do so is Duck DNS. Duck DNS (which stands for Duck Domain Name System) is a free dynamic DNS service that allows users to assign a custom domain name to their home network or any device with a changing IP address. It provides a way to access devices and services on your home network, even if your internet service provider assigns you a dynamic IP address that changes periodically. In other words, Duck DNS will allow you to use Home Assistant even if you are away from your home.

The first step to use this add-on is to create a Duck DNS account. To do that, we will need to follow these steps:

  1. Go to https://www.duckdns.org/ and create an account using your preferred credential method. There are currently five credential methods available, including Google and GitHub. I will use my GitHub account.
  2. After authorizing Duck...
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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