Exactly my reasoning. See my comment above for more info. I'm making the maintenance of this less painful by doing a hacking/debugging session with manufacture

Exactly my reasoning. See my comment above for more info. I'm making the maintenance of this less painful by doing a hacking/debugging session with manufacturers once a month where we hook up many devices and fix issues. After addressing most edge cases fewer are coming up now (despite a relentless stream of new cheaply manufactured devices)