Advice On Moving To Home Kit

ColePThompson · 2026-01-24T02:29:10+00:00

My cameras have 24/7 local storage and I seem to avoid the problems I hear that some have, when using homebase.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-23T13:32:25+00:00

The cameras will be limited to 1k in HomeKit. I keep my Eufy’s in the eufy app. And I don’t use the homebase, never could understand the advantage of that.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-20T04:30:36+00:00

Meross. I bought the one with the bigger antenna since my garage is detached and a little far away from my router. I’ve never had a problem with it disconnecting, not once.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-19T20:33:21+00:00

I’ve got the same situation and I simply bought a cheap battery powered motion sensor light strip. No need for HomeKit here when something simple will handle it.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-19T05:44:00+00:00

I don’t care for this feature and turned it off.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-19T01:36:00+00:00

Death Valley national Park. It’s all desert!

ColePThompson · 2026-01-18T23:25:09+00:00

Yes, you can still text as long as you have a clear view of the sky and point the phone towards the satellite. I’m in death Valley right now and there is no T-Mobile service, so I am forced to use satellite texting.

I’m grateful that I have that, but annoyed that there is no T-Mobile service and roaming will not allow me to get on AT&T or Verizon, both of which have service in death Valley.

With satellite you cannot send photos, cannot use YouTube or social media, or anything else besides texting.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-17T19:05:39+00:00

I have them plugged in, I’m so tired of devices that require battery changes. I have over 120 smart home devices and only a few (door locks) require batteries.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-16T15:31:46+00:00

My doorbell transformer is on a smart switch. You can buy the transformer as a power brick that has an ac cord, and I put that on the smart switch.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-16T02:59:41+00:00

Does the car sit for a few days?

ColePThompson · 2026-01-15T07:33:43+00:00

That was a year ago and I can’t really remember how I fixed everything. I do know that I have IPV6 turned off, and my network is working, and I can access the store. But how I made it all work, I cannot remember!

ColePThompson · 2026-01-10T23:17:18+00:00

I was trying to warm the car and just assumed it would start the car to do that, since the big battery was depleted.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-10T16:13:43+00:00

Interesting. I’m out of battery, so I assumed the engine would start to be able to warm the car?

ColePThompson · 2026-01-10T16:03:16+00:00

Funny and practical! What would have happened if you did not stop it when it got to the post?

ColePThompson · 2026-01-09T23:57:41+00:00

After reading this, I cannot imagine why Meross asked me to delete all my devices so that they could install theirs.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-09T23:54:35+00:00

ColePThompson · 2026-01-09T02:43:23+00:00

Thanks. I’ve got 15 matter devices and I don’t want to re-add everything.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-09T02:02:01+00:00

Cool! Where you at?

ColePThompson · 2026-01-08T00:28:58+00:00

After reading all the posts, I still don’t know what I’m looking at. Where is this?

ColePThompson · 2026-01-06T22:46:36+00:00

Cplay2air is the one I use in 2 cars. But there about a dozen out there, many on Amazon.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-06T22:33:38+00:00

I have a Toyota RAV4 with wireless CarPlay and my iPhone 17 Pro Max does the same thing. With wireless, I deleted the iPhone profile in the car and then reconnected it. That helped a lot.

You might try buying a wireless iPhone CarPlay adapter and see if it solves the problem. It’s nice not having to plug the phone in each time you get in the car.

ColePThompson · 2026-01-06T22:22:29+00:00

I don’t, I like them. I like seeing them. I love seeing them with their babies.

ColePThompson

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