One of these decades I want to set this up:

Post #440,671 by InThane 1/10/22 10:03:10 AM 1/10/22 10:03:10 AM Reply	One of these decades I want to set this up: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/how-to-achieve-smart-home-nirvana-or-home-automation-without-subscription/ Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam.
Post #440,673 by Another Scott 1/10/22 10:22:19 AM 1/10/22 10:22:19 AM Reply	Thanks for the pointer. We got a new furnace/AC/heat pump last year and with it a wifi thermostat - a Trane XL1050. It works fine (though is slow, especially on rebooting) and the phone app works fine (but it's a pain to have to sign in with my fingerprint every time (the fingerprint reader on my S20+ is temperamental)). That uses something called Z-Wave for automation comms. We don't have any other "smart home" stuff enabled and don't even use voice assistant stuff. We're becoming luddites about a lot of that stuff. ;-) So, I haven't looked into any sort of system for running anything else. Yet. Cheers, Scott.
Post #440,674 by InThane 1/10/22 11:02:47 AM 1/10/22 11:02:47 AM Reply	I am a complete luddite. We're getting a heat pump/air handler system for the house that comes with a wifi hookup. Guess what's not getting hooked up to the wifi. Same with our "smart" TVs; I've set up cheap mini PCs connected to them and have sandboxed them to hell and back. We'll be replacing our garage door openers pretty soon - guess what, I'm sure they'll have wifi and phone apps, not getting installed. Pretty soon the only thing I'll have on my network is an HP 4L and a loaded handgun next to it in case it makes a suspicious noise... Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam.
Post #440,679 by boxley 1/10/22 9:02:32 PM 1/10/22 9:02:32 PM Reply	same here, hacked the alarm system prior owners installed and it is answerable only to me "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

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