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Automated Home Forums
1M ago
Once the forum functionality is finally fixed, I'm inclined not to touch things for a VERY long time.
But the next time an upgrade or change is needed, if anyone has a suggestion for an alternative forum software provider, I'm all ears!
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Automated Home Forums
1M ago
Hi, am in the market for some neutral free UK friendly light switches that would be similar to the Sonoff ones such as these:
TX T3 UK
Sonoff themselves don't appear to have any at this time. The closest I can find are some similar looking ones from Smartwise/eWelink but which aren't yet available, eg:
Smartwise T4
My main criteria are:
Black front.
Touch sensitive
Neutral free
Wifi enabled
Ideally something I can control from the eWelink app although I could consider the Smartthings app at a push (but would prefer not to have to go down the route of having a hub).
My home network/wifi ..read more
Automated Home Forums
1M ago
It's been quite a while since a video of EvoControl's capabilities was posted so here's an update that both highlights some of the new features and reflects UI changes in the past 12 months:
https://vimeo.com/924690145?share=copy ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
I can't help much.
Have a loo at:-
https://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbul...ral-Discussion
Fingers crossed ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
I see several people happily using the widget or viewing the skill's dashboard for days in succession despite 5-7 faults (usually comms loss, low battery) being continually reported by TCC. Apparently, the ⚠️ yellow warning triangles are not enough to get some people to check their fault log. Even tapping the widget will show what the error is but nobody does that either.
From now on, the widget will refuse to show your dashboard and instead show an error message if you have >4 faults in the log. Similarly, the 'full' skill experience will utter a spoken warning upon launch.
I'd say any ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
Yep, it's taking far too long.
I know you're frustrated.
Here's the current situation:
Article:
https://automatedhome.co.uk/announce...w-podcast.html
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZneNJ6Z8pw ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
Time marches on.....
Can you give us any assurance as to when we will be able to respond to threads, and the board software will be sorted please?
NJSS ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
Sorry everyone, I'm still trying to get things fixed.
Here's an email I just sent to vBulletin support:
"Yes, I was able to download v6, but can see that it requires PHP 8+ to work. There's some testing required on a staging environment before we can upgrade the PHP on the server, so in the meantime, I was hoping that you might be willing to work with me to troubleshoot why replies are not working on the forums at the moment?
I previously asked if your team would be able to help me troubleshoot things and was told it wouldn't be possible until the account is in my name.
Now that the accoun ..read more
Automated Home Forums
2M ago
If you have a P1 connection from your Gas meter to Domoticz or Home Assistant, your daily usage and cumulative Gas burn can be shown on the widget (see above).
In Domoticz, the device should be of type 'P1 Smart Meter' and have the name 'Gas'. In HA, it's 'sensor.01:123456_gas ..read more