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Or use light bulbs that communicate over Zigbee

• lostlogin 6y ago
  Why isn’t more iot stuff wired? POe or even just Ethernet and a separate power supply. I hate giving it wifi.
  • Arrath 6y ago
    I imagine that powerline networking for lightbulbs would be ideal. Note the serial numbers, screw the bulbs in, plug controller into an outlet somewhere, assign bulbs to groups/rooms by serial#. But knowing the state of IoT they'd probably take 3-5 seconds after turning on to negotiate connection since the power had been cut, and they'll default to blinding white at full brightness during that time.
    • herewulf 6y ago
      I've never owned an IoT bulb but I imagine you leave the AC power on to them all the time and they control the light themselves. I'd much rather have IoT light switches.
  • philjohn 6y ago
    That's the thing, Zigbee isn't 802.11/wifi based, it IS a radio, but has really great range for low bandwidth purposes like turning a light on or off, and runs from 784-915Mhz (depending on country).