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To control it via app. Scheduling and such.
by larrik 2y ago
To control it via app. Scheduling and such.
- ssl-3 2y agoPerhaps. But it has its own little robot brain, and I have a pocket supercomputer along with a LAN to connect betwixt these two things. I know that realtime clock modules are useful for scheduling and are not free, but that doesn't mean that a device needs to call home in order to start sweeping the floor at a particular time.
- Loughla 2y agoHonestly I think you're overestimating most people. The concept of a LAN is a non-starter for many folks. My measure are my in-laws. They like technology but don't understand it. My mother in law does not know what LAN means or how to access it. These things phone home for the apps that lets normal people like that run them.
- ssl-3 2y agoYour in-laws are smart enough to understand that they can't use their robo-vac without having "the wiffies" turned on.
- ta1243 2y agoYour inlaws can presumably print from their phone, using MDNS to find local printers, and sending the traffic direct to the printer. They can presumably also do airplay operating in exactly the same way. They don't need to know terms like LAN or MDNS or Bonjour or whatever.
- ta1243 2y agoIt can talk to the ntp server the network dhcp server gives out. If the dhcp doesn't give an NTP server then sure, try to talk to one (which should be configurable form the onboard webserver)
- ssl-3 2y agoOr it can set the clock locally from the particular app instance used for the initial setup. If that's not accurate enough due to drift, then it can also rejigger the clock during subsequent runs of the app. And that's probably good enough. It's just a robo-vac -- nobody is going to be late for work or even annoyed if it drifts a bit and a sequence starts at 7:02:37 instead of 7:00:00.