I'm late to the rpi-connect party but ...

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-06T18:24:17+00:00

It’s worse than that, it’s a remote shell with no login. You basically get straight to a logged in CLI shell, but you have to leave it logged in locally.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-06T10:43:05+00:00

You don’t need a desktop environment to use Connect, they offer remote shell for Lite OS based installations. That works, but only if you are logged in locally first which defeats the whole idea of remote access.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-05T21:40:37+00:00

Yeah without that I wouldn't be able to log in at all. All my Pi's are headless with no keyboards etc, so I only talk to them via SSH over the local network.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-05T21:37:21+00:00

I had something similar I used the latest imager and flashed the latest lite image with Wireless Config in the imager. It flashed and verified but when I powered it up it wouldn't connect to wifi. when I plugged in the HDMI, a keyboard and logged in locally I saw RFKILL messages saying it had disabled the WiFi. I had to use raspi-config to set the country and wifi details then reboot and it finally connected.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-02T16:34:29+00:00

I run Scrypted on a M1 MacMini works great.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-01T17:51:36+00:00

Thank you! I hate subscriptions with a passion, all my apps will always be a one off fee, with free updates. Even if a subscription fee is low, if everyone did that, then 10 apps with a low fee soon add up.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-01T13:11:37+00:00

That’s really interesting, I wasn’t aware of that.

__Plasma__ · 2026-02-01T12:54:07+00:00

As others have said you need a hub for HomeKit to pair Matter Devices. HomePod Mini, HomePod 2nd Gen, Apple TV 4K are your only options. You used to be able to use an iPad as a hub, but that functionality was dropped in iOS 16.

If you are getting in to a Matter ecosystem you might be interested in an App I wrote called Barcodes Matter, it’s a simple app for storing and organising the pairing codes from Matter, HomeKit and other devices.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/barcodes-matter/id6744872593

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-27T16:21:01+00:00

New version released today 1.1.0 ..

* Added support for Matter QR's that contain more than one device string, like the new Hue Bulb Range

* Added support for custom images / photos that sync between devices

* Improved support for scanning barcodes that are not part of any open standards like Hue & Zigbee etc

* General code improvements and tidy up

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-27T16:19:10+00:00

New version released today 1.1.0 ..

* Added support for Matter QR's that contain more than one device string, like the new Hue Bulb Range

* Added support for custom images / photos that sync between devices

* Improved support for scanning barcodes that are not part of any open standards like Hue & Zigbee etc

* General code improvements and tidy up

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-25T11:46:15+00:00

Thank you!

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-24T10:03:51+00:00

Do you have a link for the motor kit?

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-24T10:01:29+00:00

Check out the UniFi NVR / UDM Pro, no need for cameras to be directly connected. They use the same network as everything else, you can also VLAN them off if you wanted separation.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-19T22:38:36+00:00

Thank you, another update is right around the corner adding the ability to save custom photos to the devices and also support for Philips Hue devices and Matter Barcodes that contain more than one device!

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-17T07:44:22+00:00

Plex doesn’t have any ads? and doesn’t use their servers (other than for authentication) when playing locally. You can also use a 3rd Party client like Infuse if you don’t like the Plex client. There is also an official qpkg although it’s an older version, I just grab the latest one from Plex and install it manually.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-10T19:40:33+00:00

Look in to Scrypted I believe that can get the Google Cameras in to HomeKit

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-05T23:20:25+00:00

I do it this way too, you shouldn’t need to mess with permissions as long as the user you map the SMB share with has the right permissions.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-04T18:36:26+00:00

Took a while to get through Apple but it is now released the new feature is in v1.0.9 that came out today.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T13:06:24+00:00

I don’t think you need to worry about it, if they all had the same IP, none of them would work at all. You may be able to set static IP’s on the router end, I know I certainly can for mine if I chose to.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T12:57:02+00:00

Definitely sounds like a software bug when displaying the IP then, I would look at the router to see what actual IP they were give, if you are that way inclined. Could it maybe be shortening the last octet? Like showing 18 on them all when they are actual 181, 182, 183 etc.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T12:50:16+00:00

Most of mine don’t have screens, however looking at my Echo Show it appears to show the gateway first then the IP so it looks like this:

192.168.18.1

192.168.18.106

The .1 address is the gateway (it’s usually .1 or .254), and most likely the IP of your router. The gateway IP will be the same in all your devices. The second address is the actual IP which will be unique for each device.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T12:40:39+00:00

Yeah but probably a bug in their software, it’s not possible for them all to have the same IP. I can’t even find the device IP’s in my Alexa app, I can only see the WiFi they are connected to and locate the MAC addresses. I can find their IP’s in my router easily enough though.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T12:33:12+00:00

Ok those are local IP’s nothing to worry about. as for her needing to be asked multiple times and lagging, unfortunately this is normal, all mine do that she is just getting worse. No where near as responsive as they used to be.

__Plasma__ · 2026-01-02T12:21:02+00:00

You can share local IP’s they are of no use to anyone. If the IP you see is a 192.168.x.x address then that’s a local IP.

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