I'm literally unscrewing lightbulbs to renew their DHCP lease

[crimperman@hachyderm.io]

@db I have a combination fan and light. Sometimes I have to reset the power for it because just one of those two needs a DHCP renewal...and it's rarely the same one twice. Fortunately it still uses the old switch rather than a relay.

Most of the time I just use the remote that came with it.

[nemokamui@infosec.exchange]

@db @ai6yr Lutron has been pretty solid, just a bridge to their existing wireless controls. One device on the network.

[hi@romanzolotarev.com]

same here. a fleet of hundred smart devices is pain to manage.

when design my home next time, i'll make it as dumb and as flexible as possible (to be able to change pipes, wires, partition walls, etc)

[davidbraze@mstdn.social]

@db doesn't matter over thread with ipv6 solve this problem?

[josh0@babka.social]

@sanityinc @db depends. If we want to do it in parallel, it’s probably O(N). In series it’s going to depend on deadline, budget, spacing between bulbs, and the prevailing overtime laws.

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@db What I want to know is why the fuck we put the microcontroller in the literally designed to be disposable part of the light and not as an additional layer like a smart plug. At least then, you could just take out that additional layer and deal with dumb lighting while you fix it.

[tsenov@mastodon.online]

@db Someone somewhere is updating the web server on their washing machine.

[axol_otleon@mastodon.social]

@Arlodottxt @w_b @heals @db @jenny753 This might actually be faster

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@db If you're leasing, I'd say it more of a smart apartment

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@db "is your house plugged in? Have you tried turning your house off, then on again?"

[heals@indiepocalypse.social]

@Arlodottxt I would.. but the main breaker has been stuck at the boot screen for years!

@w_b @db @jenny753

[justenoughducks@mastodon.online]

@db this is why KNX is king

[ferricoxide@blahaj.zone]

@db@social.lol

I love my LifX bulbs, but, they're individually addressed. Any time I want to add a new AP or otherwise need to update SSIDs and/or passwords, I need to re-run setup on two-dozen+ lightbulbs. At least with my Hues, I really only need to configure the bridge and all the other lights just follow.

[resucutie@plasmatrap.com]

@db@social.lol yeaaaah, good that there are other standards for home automation like zigbee and thread

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@db please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me that so I can sleep at night

[jaj@mastodon.social]

@db zigbee bulbs work better and are more energy efficient

[garthc@sfba.social]

@tom @db Plug it into a switched outlet strip?

[cobblefresh@mastodon.social]

@db omg i can relate

[amgine@mamot.fr]

@SebastianSolidwork @ralph @db

AND, OR, XOR… too many options.

[stephanie@thetransagenda.gay]

@db@social.lol I'm sure you already know this, but some GE lamps had an amazing method to perform a factory reset (I think it's been patched in newer firmware, or at least in newer bulbs): https://youtu.be/NiPH9jrWh9g