phrogpilot73

joined 2 years ago
[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

My experience is that Zigbee's range is fine, but it is highly susceptible to interference/electrical wires/water pipes that might be in walls. I put my Conoff dongle on a 12 ft USB extension (my HA Raspberry Pi is right next to my router, modem, and home server). Then, as I was having issues with devices staying connected, I added routers. I tried to place them so they had clear line of sight with each other (or the dongle), or only through one wall. After that, I've had no problems. It ended up being about one per room. Ikea's smart plugs are cheap and I use them only as routers.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you have any zigbee routers (mains powered devices) scattered around your house? I had the same problem, then I strategically placed a bunch of smart plugs throughout my house. Haven't had any problems since.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I'm with you on this. The desktop app isn't connecting now, but I can log in via the web app and it appears to work.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Are you running KDE or Gnome? If you're using Gnome, there's an extension to manage wireguard. I flip a switch in the top bar, and done.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

While I don't have the number of devices you do, I can add two observations:

Kwikset Zigbee Door Locks have been rock solid since the day I installed them. No issues dropping off the network. The only downside is occasional delay in reporting state (locked/unlocked) to HA. Getting it to respond to a command to lock/unlock is near instantaneous.

Ikea Zigbee devices have also been rock solid. The only issue is that none of them seem to report battery level reliably. Other than that, there are zero issues.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

SV08/ voron for the folks that like to tinker (and value not living in a walled garden, Sovol's hot end/ nozzles not withstanding).

I would call the SV08 hot end/nozzles proprietary-ish. They still published everything on github, which enabled the community to design a modified heat sink (that I got printed on PCBWay). The updated heat sink allows you to swap in an E3D Revo nozzle. That wouldn't be possible if it was truly proprietary.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The enclosure for my SV08 arrives today. Looks like my first ABS print is decided. I was trying to figure out how to cleanly/neatly arrange a cable on the dash (from the break controller display) so it doesn't block a couple switches and the stereo. Thanks for the design!

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

GTA5 still works, just not online/multi-player. Story mode works.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Family and some friends from back in my days in the military. Those guys are who I keep an eye on, because they don't use it as frequently as my family.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I use it to track users use/watch habits, to restrict their access if need be. Every user with a password that may or may not be strong is a weak point in my network security.

[–] phrogpilot73@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I would agree. But for the very basics starting and learning, the UI isn't that intimidating.

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