Leonard Ritter on Mastodon: "master: welcome to my Smart Home. student: wow. how is the light controlled? master: with this on-off switch. student: i don't see a motor to close the blinds. master: there is none. student: where is the server located? master: it is not needed. student: excuse me but what is "Smart" about all of this? master: everything. in this moment, the student was enlightened"
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago

A lot of smart devices are just an esp that basically does that. The zigbee and z-wave stuff isn't even internet connected. A usb dongle connected to a PC running smart home software locally controls it.

It's weird that so much has sprung up around personal homes when businesses had bacnet for years and years. Most of that stuff is wired up with basic analog inputs and outputs.

Personally, I like hardwired everything and would like to see more PoE stuff come out rather than wireless. I hate dealing with batteries because some people can't deal with running low voltage wires.

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