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Are there any devices that do this? I'd be very much a fan of a local IoT I control, perhaps with an encrypted data file on Dropbox or something it can accees.
by shostack 10y ago
Are there any devices that do this? I'd be very much a fan of a local IoT I control, perhaps with an encrypted data file on Dropbox or something it can accees. I have no need for cloud storage from the vendor...I can bring my own.
- robterrell 10y agoIsn't this what ZigBee and Z-Wave are for? Local-only wireless network for your things, just bridge out to the internet for services as needed? Instead of making dropbox the nervous system of everything?
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- eveningcoffee 10y agoThe whole EIB/KNX standard works like this and has been around for more than 20 years and there are hundreds of devices to choose from. It is designed around local low bound (9600 bps) network where you can connect KNX devices (thermostats, actuators, sensors etc) or gateways/routers to other networks. Only problem it has is that the communication is not encrypted, but being local and isolated, it is not a very big concern. Every other home/building automation systems worked like this recently until some marketing geniuses came up with the IoT campaign.