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Does it require full internet access to work? That's my biggest gripe with my Nest thermostat: it requires a round-trip through their server just to control the
by rbritton 10y ago
Does it require full internet access to work? That's my biggest gripe with my Nest thermostat: it requires a round-trip through their server just to control the temperature, even when I'm on the same network.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoThe Insteon Hub is cloud-based, generally, it uses an app to talk to their web server. Individual components don't have any network capability, just the hub. It is, however, possible to use local software with an adapter with Insteon, though they don't give it a lot of attention anymore, because they want to compete with the trendy new companies on the block. I use Insteon completely locally running software I wrote more or less myself on my desktop PC.
- myrandomcomment 10y agoLink please?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoLink to what specifically?
- myrandomcomment 10y agoI was under the impression there is a doc someplace that talks about the local interface. My google foo failed me.
- myrandomcomment 10y agoThe links between devices works without internet. So you can program X switches to do the same thing, or a sensor to trigger an action. The app needs internet access to talk to the hub. There is documentation and code to do it without the internet.