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> Smart switches which fall back to regular switches if they malfunction is fantastic. Not if they do so when you’re asleep. Fallback behavior should be always
by bsza 4y ago
> Smart switches which fall back to regular switches if they malfunction is fantastic.
Not if they do so when you’re asleep. Fallback behavior should be always off, so it won’t wake you up in the middle of the night following a short blackout. (Sadly my yeelight bulbs don’t even allow such a setting, which forces me to use them as dumb light bulbs.)
- ryukafalz 4y agoThe fallback doesn't have to change the state of the switch. Just leave the state alone on disconnect/reconnect from the network/controller. In the case of power outages where the whole device loses power... presumably these devices have some sort of nonvolatile memory and can afford to keep track of their last state. That's one bit for a basic on/off switch. :)
- tencentshill 4y agoPhilips hue bulbs allow you to set their behavior if switched off (power loss), including “last state”.