Stupid me just kind of assumed a smart device would be a simple thing that would accept API calls or something. But no, you need an app that sends a signal to China every 10 minutes and you need to link it to Google too. Even better when you have three devices of different brands
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.
Stupid me just kind of assumed a smart device would be a simple thing that would accept API calls or something. But no, you need an app that sends a signal to China every 10 minutes and you need to link it to Google too. Even better when you have three devices of different brands
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.