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You may want to consider mqtt-based devices like tasmota or shelly, if you prefer off-the-shelf products. I have a few dozen stock shellies in my apt., all con
by motiejus 6y ago
You may want to consider mqtt-based devices like tasmota or shelly, if you prefer off-the-shelf products.
I have a few dozen stock shellies in my apt., all controlled via mqtt. All of them are disconnected from the internet. Works well.
- meepmorp 6y agoWhat does mqtt have to do with 2.4GHz spectrum congestion?
- motiejus 6y agoIt has with proprietary protocols :)
- meepmorp 6y agoZigBee isn’t proprietary, It’s an open standard on top of 802.14.5. MQTT is for command and response dispatch; communication with the devices still takes place over a network like e.g., ZWave, ZigBee, WiFi. The problem is that 2.4GHz is noisy as fuck, regardless of who’s making the noise or how. ZWave is only better because they use 900MHz.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoIt seems like you know this but just to be explicit; not a damn thing. MQTT rides over TCP, this is like suggesting TLS to fix ethernet broadcast storms. I do think the suggestion of switching to MQTT nicely illustrates the problem though; even relatively technically inclined people frequently have absolutely no idea how their iot devices work.
- motiejus 5y agoThanks! I will be much more explicit next time and avoid handwaving when offering "solutions". Will go read about zigbee.