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Jo Shields

You haven't witnessed the true horror of XKCD 927 until you've tried to engage in "smart home"

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palmer

Palmer Dabbelt

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@directhex ya, last weekend my TV tried to pair with my washing machine, which the washing machine interpreted as an attempt to stop drying and open the door, which caused the washing machine to crash because it was washing...
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directhex@tech.lgbt

Jo Shields

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I replaced my doorbell - which uses a proprietary 345Hz protocol, with a video doorbell which I was gonna connect to Home Assistant

But if the bell has a battery, you need their Hub

Meanwhile I have 3 Z-wave devices working fine, and wanted to add a new Zigbee light switch. But it's fake Zigbee - only works with their proprietary Hub. For third party integration you need to use Matter. But some Matter devices only talk via Thread. So I've had to order a third radio and a hub, and I'm at least 7 protocols deep.

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Jo Shields

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@palmer I legit can't tell if this is a joke, I know some TV models are also smart home hubs so this seems fully viable

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Jo Shields

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7 protocols deep for 2 light switches, 2 thermostats, and a doorbell

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kinnison@social.flarn.net

Daniel Silverstone

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@directhex There's a reason we've only purchased plain wifi (ideally ESP32s we can install esphome onto) or plain zigbee known-to-be-supported-by-zigbee2mqtt stuff for our new house.

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Jo Shields

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@kinnison I made a mistake in light switch selection, clearly. The problem is my house wiring is OLD, and not many smart switches are happy with only L/L1 (no N)

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palmer

Palmer Dabbelt

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@directhex it's actually really what happened. I think maybe the TV thought the washing machine was a bluetooth speaker?

They all speak so many protocols I'm not 100% sure what's actually connecting to what, though -- the washer has bluetooth, matter, some Samsung stuff, and some Google stuff (as it runs something Android-ish). I don't think the TV is on the network, but the crash just happened once -- and only when the TV wouldn't listen to CEC, so it got power cycled.

That or LG just figured out how to make Samsung stuff crash ;)
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