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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoThings that can be wifi: my light switches and anything that might’ve had an analog timer back in the day. Anything critical? You can buy an analog sensor that will beep if it’s out of limits, like a freezer alarm. The rest can f right off.
minus-squareDacoTaco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoLight switches can also not be wifi. Hell, id personally prefer them not to
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoI only use hardwired Ethernet for my light switches
minus-squareDacoTaco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoSo regular demotica/hone automation light switches it is
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI was being ironic, I am not aware of any such device
minus-squareHalo@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDamn, I had slight hopes such a thing existed
minus-squaregrinde@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoX10 might work if you just need simple signaling.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt might but if so I’m not aware of it
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m sure they do, but probably in the industrial control sense.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoObviously it would be a choice to have them wifi or not, opt-in, not opt-out. I wasn’t implying anything should be automatically wifi.
Things that can be wifi: my light switches and anything that might’ve had an analog timer back in the day. Anything critical? You can buy an analog sensor that will beep if it’s out of limits, like a freezer alarm.
The rest can f right off.
Light switches can also not be wifi. Hell, id personally prefer them not to
I only use hardwired Ethernet for my light switches
So regular demotica/hone automation light switches it is
Link to said device?
I was being ironic, I am not aware of any such device
Damn, I had slight hopes such a thing existed
X10 might work if you just need simple signaling.
It might but if so I’m not aware of it
I’m sure they do, but probably in the industrial control sense.
Obviously it would be a choice to have them wifi or not, opt-in, not opt-out. I wasn’t implying anything should be automatically wifi.