Kaden‘s Cat-Tracking Smart Home with Home Assistant and Frigate

<p><span>We’re diving into Kaden’s cat-first smart home: Reolink + Frigate for pet detection, PetLibro feeders, and a Litter-Robot 4 all tied together with Home Assistant and LLM-generated dashboards.</span></p><p><br></p><p><a href="youtu.be/m--W_DZau64"; rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a></p><p><span>Show notes for this episode are available at </span><a href="homeassistant.fm/HA226"; rel="nofollow">homeassistant.fm/HA226</a></p><… the Podcast</strong></p><p><span>Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon.</span></p><p><a href="homeassistant.fm/patreon"; rel="nofollow">homeassistant.fm/patreon</a></p>&l… your story</strong></p><p><span>We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to </span><a href="homeassistant.fm/"; rel="nofollow">homeassistant.fm</a><span> and click </span><a href="homeassistant.fm/guest-registration"; rel="nofollow">share your story</a><span>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p><span>00:00:00 Intro</span></p><p><span>00:03:35 From HomeBridge to Home Assistant</span></p><p><span>00:07:20 Cat cams and Frigate detection</span></p><p><span>00:12:45 Smart feeders and litter box</span></p><p><span>00:16:40 Human presence and privacy</span></p><p><span>00:20:50 Garage automation journey</span></p><p><span>00:24:42 State models and sponsor break</span></p><p><span>00:30:50 Wall tablet dashboards</span></p><p><span>00:36:27 Water monitoring with RTL-SDR</span></p><p><span>00:40:32 Energy tracking and panel CTs</span></p><p><span>00:44:52 Cutting server power draw</span></p><p><span>00:48:06 WLED beats Govee cloud</span></p><p><span>00:51:00 BLE proxies and neighbors</span></p><p><span>00:54:00 On-call alerts and alarms</span></p><p><span>00:56:20 Wrap-up and links</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors</strong></p><p><a href="nabucasa.com/"; rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a></p><p><span>Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML.</span></p><p><br></p><p><a href="thesmartesthouse.com/"; rel="nofollow">Zooz</a></p><p><span>If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.</span></p><p><span>For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to </span><a href="thesmartesthouse.com/"; rel="nofollow">thesmartesthouse.com</a></p><p&… href="clnmy.com/ASSISTANT"; rel="nofollow">Clean My Mac</a></p><p><span>Get Tidy Today! Get 7 days free and use our code ASSISTANT for 20% off</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Products Discussed</strong></p><p><span>PetLibro automatic feeder: </span><a href="amzn.to/4bh3Nnj"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4bh3Nnj</a></p><p>&l… water fountain: </span><a href="amzn.to/4aIDjLs"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4aIDjLs</a></p><p>&l… Litter-Robot 4: </span><a href="amzn.to/4ch47DI"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4ch47DI</a></p><p>&l… Galaxy Tab A9 Plus: </span><a href="amzn.to/4rVv0lm"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4rVv0lm</a></p><p>&l… GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: </span><a href="amzn.to/4tZ8Nod"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4tZ8Nod</a></p><p>&l… Coral AI Accelerator (referenced): </span><a href="amzn.to/4r44S6E"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/4r44S6E</a></p><p>&l… Assistant Connect ZWA2 radio (ad): </span><a href="amzn.to/47jdYp3"; rel="nofollow">amzn.to/47jdYp3</a></p><p>&l… Hawthorne</span></p><p><a href="philhawthorne.com/"; rel="nofollow">Website</a></p><p><a href="kit.co/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a></p><p><span>Twitter: </span><a href="twitter.com/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a></p><p><span>Bluesky: </span><a href="bsky.app/profile/philhawthorne.com"; rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne.com</a></p><p><a href="buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a></p><p><br></p><p><span>Rohan Karamandi</span></p><p><a href="karamandi.com/"; rel="nofollow">Website</a></p><p><a href="kit.co/rkaramandi/"; rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a></p><p><span>Twitter: </span><a href="twitter.com/rohank9"; rel="nofollow">@rohank9</a></p><p><a href="buymeacoff.ee/rkaramandi"; rel="nofollow">Buy Rohan a Coffee</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span>This episode contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on one of them and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.</span></p><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircl…;