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That's why you make sure they use one of the standards based protocols, then buy something like a smartthings hub which is open enough that you can write your o
by tw04 11y ago
That's why you make sure they use one of the standards based protocols, then buy something like a smartthings hub which is open enough that you can write your own apps if the vendor decides to abandon theirs. You don't need the vendor to update their app, you just need them to operate with the hub, and then talk to the hub directly to control the device.
- BurritoAlPastor 11y agoAh, yes. Not only do I pay $50 for my light switches, I also have to write my own interface before they behave differently from $10 light switches. What an incredible value proposition.
- tw04 11y agoThat would be the case in the most extreme circumstances. And likely in those circumstances, you'll make money. Much like the general Linux ecosystem, someone else has the same problem, is in college/has no kids/has a ton of spare time, and has already written the program for you. Out of my entire household, I've written one app ever, and it was because I wanted an alert on my sump pump based on an amperage draw on an outlet... and even that was based on someone else's code. I just changed the amp draw variable.
- nitrogen 11y agoWhat outlets do you use for monitoring current draw?
- tw04 11y agoI haven't seen anything commercialized yet. As far as I know the only way to do it at this point is to still build your own. There are lots of options, but for something simple you can go with something like this: https://learn.adafruit.com/tweet-a-watt/ https://learn.adafruit.com/tweet-a-watt/
- plonh 11y agoYou only need one person in the world to write an interface and then sell it for a open source bounty, via something like Patreon.
- deelowe 11y agoThis makes it sound like I'd need to be sysadmin/devops for my home. I get paid to do that sort of thing at work. I certainly don't want to be doing it at home.