Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 6/9/2023 - eviltoast

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for commenting, it’s interesting to see what everyone is using. And how many protocols there are! I’m using a skyconnect dongle, which is multi-protocol but doesn’t mention zwave.

    I’ve ordered a couple of wifi based ones that others have said they are using. I got them from ali express so it will be at least a month before they arrive, but I’m hoping they will work for me.

    • MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Yeah zwave tends to be standalone as the Zwave Alliance owns the rights to the protocol and they test everything for conformance, so it’s more expensive. I just don’t like sticking random iot stuff on my network.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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        1 year ago

        Yeah fair enough. I’m only just getting started, and I’m sure over time I’ll start to build some preferences for what kinds of things I’m happy to connect.