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minus-squareZedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoIt’s not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn’t control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agothe fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoWas getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?
minus-squarecevn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoSounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoMostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.
It’s not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn’t control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.
the fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
Was getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?
Never.
Sounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…
Mostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.