How to Set Up NetRelay with Home Assistant
A simple step-by-step guide to connecting NetRelay to Home Assistant via MQTT, controlling relay outputs, and monitoring digital inputs.
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How to Set Up NetRelay with Home Assistant
A simple step-by-step guide to connecting NetRelay to Home Assistant via MQTT, controlling relay outputs, and monitoring digital inputs.
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Monitor modems, NVRs, telecom cabinets, and energy sites with NetRelay to reduce outages, unnecessary travel, and late fault detection.
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Ethernet Relay Control Board: Network Relay Control with NetRelay
What is an Ethernet relay control board and how does it work? Discover LAN relay control, MQTT, REST API and IoT automation possibilities with NetRelay.
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How to Evaluate Firmware Release Notes
Systematically evaluate features, fixes, and compatibility changes before production rollout.
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Network Relay IoT: Smart Relay Control over Ethernet with NetRelay
Discover how Network Relay IoT works with NetRelay. Control relays over Ethernet and Wi-Fi using MQTT, APIs, Home Assistant and local network automation.
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Automatically Restart a Modem with Ping Watchdog
Design a local Ping Watchdog scenario that safely restarts a modem when connectivity fails.
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Monitoring Temperature and Network Availability in a Server Room
Combine external sensor, digital input, and Ping Watchdog data in a local server-room alert scenario.
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NetRelay First Installation Checklist
Commission NetRelay safely and repeatably, from network planning through I/O testing.
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Choosing PoE or DC Power for NetRelay
Compare 802.3af/at PoE and 7–28V DC power options for cabling, availability, and maintenance.
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Reliable Relay Control with the HTTP API
Apply state verification, timeouts, and safe error handling to a NetRelay HTTP GET/POST integration.
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MQTT Topic Design and Telemetry Guide
Design a scalable MQTT topic structure and command flow for NetRelay, Home Assistant, and custom software.
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NetRelay Network Segmentation with an IoT VLAN
Separate NetRelay devices from the user network and allow only required management, MQTT, and API traffic.
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Local MQTT Broker Security Checklist
Protect NetRelay MQTT traffic with users, ACLs, encryption, logging, and backup controls.
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Machine Integration with Dry Contacts and Relays
Core design decisions for reading machine states through digital inputs and producing safe control signals with relay outputs.
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External RS485/Modbus Module Integration Guide
Plan physical-layer and data-model decisions when connecting NetRelay to industrial devices through an external RS485/Modbus module.
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Local Automation with Home Assistant and NetRelay
Build cloud-independent automation by running Home Assistant, a local MQTT broker, and NetRelay on the same LAN.
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Local Water Leak Alarm Automation with a Sensor
Design a local water-leak alert with a suitable dry-contact sensor, a NetRelay digital input, and Home Assistant.
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NetRelay Firmware Update Checklist
Manage firmware updates with backup, maintenance-window, validation, and rollback steps.
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100% Local Control Without Using the Cloud: Why Is It Important?
Local network automation device for privacy and continuity. Working without being dependent on the cloud with PoE supported relay, ping watchdog and MQTT.
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Local Automation with Home Assistant: NetRelay Integration
How to set up local network automation with Home Assistant and NetRelay without using the cloud? MQTT, ESPHome and privacy-focused architecture.
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