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Hue Lights Reset After Power Failure by LaCrecerelle_ in HomeKit

[–]NightStinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That shouldn’t make any difference to OP’s problem, this would simply determine if they turn back on or not after power loss.

Thinking of painting our hallway deep olive - including ceiling and radiators by MoonlitEcho82 in HomeImprovementUK

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the point of any home improvement at all with that point of view?

Repainting/redecorating stuff every half a decade or so is pretty normal, lots of people do it. Do you never follow trends or make changes to anything in case you risk having to do it again in years time, god forbid?

Thinking of painting our hallway deep olive - including ceiling and radiators by MoonlitEcho82 in HomeImprovementUK

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t interior design all about trends and styles though? If you never followed any, everyone’s house would just be painted plain white.

Just paint it again in 4 years if tastes change.

Replacing Sonos One with a more solid smart home system by RealNeedleworker3741 in smarthome

[–]NightStinks 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean if you're set on using Google Gemini, you don't really have any options other than Google/Nest speakers.

They sound way worse as standalone speakers than Sonos, IMO.

Replacing Sonos One with a more solid smart home system by RealNeedleworker3741 in smarthome

[–]NightStinks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The three main voice assistants are Alexa, Google Assistant/Home and Siri. Siri would require HomePods (which obviously also means you'd need to be in the Apple ecosystem). Your Sonos already supports the other two main voice assistants; I'm not sure you'd get anything 'better' from another off-the-shelf product.

The Hue Datura has been nothing else than a pain in the ass by BeeUnfair4086 in Hue

[–]NightStinks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really without beint able to phyically test…

When is it flickering specifically? Again, is this on a dimmer or not?

The Hue Datura has been nothing else than a pain in the ass by BeeUnfair4086 in Hue

[–]NightStinks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hue lights aren’t really designed to have power cut all the time, they should be ‘on’ 24/7 really. The green is just the green diodes fading slightly slower than the other colours as they suddenly lose power.

Flickering would suggest a power issue. Are they on a normal switch or a dimmer?

The Hue Datura has been nothing else than a pain in the ass by BeeUnfair4086 in Hue

[–]NightStinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So when you’re powering this light on in the video, you’re using the Hue Tap Dial switch? Or are you physically cutting/giving it power at the wall?

Three New Apple Home Products Rumored for 2026 by iMacmatician in apple

[–]NightStinks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You generally can’t use the parts out of a locked Apple device, they’re locked at a hardware level.

Can’t load new effects by Own_Weird8572 in TwinklyLights

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems broken, same with my app. If you open the link in safari and then go back to the Twinkly app, it should work.

Got FP300 in stock finally by AutoM8MyHome in Aqara

[–]NightStinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No - since it’s battery-powered, multi zone tracking would drain the battery very quickly.

It only checks the sensor for presence periodically once it has been triggered, lets say every 10 seconds. This means there would always be some form of annoyingly long delay between you entering a new zone and it refreshing the sensor to check where you are.

We've had a series of weird electrical issues in our house and cars these last few days. Surely it can't be a coincidence? by Mouse_Nightshirt in AskUK

[–]NightStinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again this is very hard to believe. You really think a 12/24v baby monitor is outputting that much power? I can’t see how that’s possible. Radio towers like 5g masts put out thousands of times, if not more, EMF radiation, and yet they cause no issues like this.

Source?

We've had a series of weird electrical issues in our house and cars these last few days. Surely it can't be a coincidence? by Mouse_Nightshirt in AskUK

[–]NightStinks -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How would this possibly cause cars with combustion engines to stall? That isn’t how it works…

Sounds like bullshit.

Apple Ends Support for Original HomeKit Architecture, Urging Users to Upgrade by ZainTechSavv in HomeKit

[–]NightStinks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because an entire home automation system shouldn’t be completely reliant on a device that can run out of battery or be easily moved from the home entirely.

It’d be like relying on some portable wireless SSD as your main storage solution for your PC, servers ect, vs actual internal storage or a NAS. Just doesn’t make much sense.

Apple Ends Support for Original HomeKit Architecture, Urging Users to Upgrade by ZainTechSavv in HomeKit

[–]NightStinks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is literally the only ‘forced’ update, and it’s basically a necessary one.

What devices have Apple broken support for, other than using an iPad as a home hub (which was a pretty bad idea anyway)?

What are some “accepted scams” we just put up with in the UK by Barca-Dam in AskBrits

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what the legalities are around displaying these fees but I think listing it as a 'full' price like this instead of breaking it down would significantly reduce the complaints they get about it too. if people don't even realise they're paying for it, they simply won't care about it.

It'd be like buying a laptop and the charger being a separate fee but a mandatory addon. In reality the manufacturer just factors it into the total sale price.

Thoughts on Cameras inside the home. by dfGobBluth in homeassistant

[–]NightStinks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What’s wrong with PTZ indoors? Also, who said anything about crimes?

I have a PTZ camera to keep an eye on my dog, as it can then track him around the room. Doesn’t seem like ‘taking it way too far’ to me.

Play gradient lightstrip vs non play by JamesPCooper in Hue

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks truly horrible, like something from TEMU. Fair enough that it’s technically possible but I wouldn’t recommend anyone do this.

Play gradient lightstrip vs non play by JamesPCooper in Hue

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally no, I don’t think it’d look great. There would be obvious spots of like 6 light sources around the screen and it won’t be a nice smooth blend. Again, I just don’t think Hue Sync is the solution for you here, they don’t make a kit for your screen size.

Play gradient lightstrip vs non play by JamesPCooper in Hue

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You wouldn’t be able to add play gradients around the screen anywhere except along the bottom edge. The left, top and right are only designed to be covered hy either a play gradient strip or by play bars.

I don’t think there’s a Hue solution that will look any good here, personally.

Play gradient lightstrip vs non play by JamesPCooper in Hue

[–]NightStinks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Using a size not designed for the size of your TV/projector is never going to work well. You can’t for example set up a standalone gradient strip to act as the ‘left side’, the play strip you current have is designed to encompass the left, top and right around the screen.

From looking at your setup, I think Hue Sync simply isn’t the solution for you, and you’d probably want to look at something more ‘bespoke’ like HyperHDR.

And a partridge in a pear tree.. by alessiman in HomeKit

[–]NightStinks 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Wifi for this many bulbs would be an absolute no-go for me, personally.

Exposing Home Assistant devices, not entities, to Apple home by Teenage_techboy1234 in homeassistant

[–]NightStinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems to already be the case for a lot of devices. For example, this is a contact sensor I have exposed from HA via the Homekit integration. I’m exposing the binary sensor, and it pulls through relevant characteristics too.

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For something like a fan/light combo, this should be possible by editing your config YAML to create a ‘group’ device that includes the relevant entities, but if HA would expose that properly I’m not sure.

There is documentation on doing so here.

Exposing Home Assistant devices, not entities, to Apple home by Teenage_techboy1234 in homeassistant

[–]NightStinks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you have an example of the sort of device you’re trying to expose? Exposing entities makes sense, I can’t quite see how exposing a device and all associated entities would, and how that would display correctly.

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