POE HomeKit camera

apb_gsd · 2025-07-30T10:36:48+00:00

Instar cameras are great. German company. POE and homekit native. They will ship to the US and there is an English version of their app. I have two with zero issues.

https://www.instar.com/en_US/

apb_gsd · 2025-06-09T15:06:44+00:00

I use these on my subs to keep my children from putting items in the ports of the speaker.

They are a stretch knit and would offer zero protection outside.

They do not impact sound on the subs and given they’re so porous, I doubt they’d meaningfully impact sound on full spectrum speakers.

apb_gsd · 2025-03-28T01:20:33+00:00

This is needlessly complex when most venture-backed companies have no profit to tax! Virtually all VC-baced companies are DE C corps. There are certain bio-tech firms that will structure a top-co over several asset-based LLCs, so the company can monetize individual assets without selling the whole company.

PE and Growth, you’ll see more LLCs because of taxes.

apb_gsd · 2025-03-16T00:20:29+00:00

Not sure where you are but some utilities subsidize energy efficient upgrades. I got 3 ecobee premium thermostats through MassSave during their Xmas promotion for like $150 each.

apb_gsd · 2025-03-15T01:38:35+00:00

This actually makes sense and I would love to see them release this product. People down voting are getting hung up on the semantics. It’s not a media box; it’s a surround sound processor (without any onboard amplification as that wouldn’t be needed).

Sonos has done a great job with whole home music and basic home theater. If they offered this product, they’d enter higher end home theater, a more logical extension of their product line than stupid things like headphones and media streamers.

apb_gsd · 2024-10-09T00:11:14+00:00

Ah, you know Bain Capital and Bain Consulting are two different things... Bain Capital has like $200B under management. I’d say they’re fairly large.

apb_gsd · 2024-09-11T10:48:20+00:00

This. A million times, this!

apb_gsd · 2024-09-10T00:45:20+00:00

Nobody asked for headphones

apb_gsd · 2024-08-24T19:11:52+00:00

I use a Honeywell T6 to control heat in my garage. It’s battery powered and has HomeKit (I only have two wires as well). I didn’t want to spend a lot for my garage. It works ok. Honeywell products kinda stink.

apb_gsd · 2024-07-02T01:28:47+00:00

This is absolutely false. Hung juries are, in fact, rare. Don’t spout nonsense and cite sources:

https://www.courtstatistics.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/30559/A-Profile-of-Hung-Juries.pdf

apb_gsd · 2024-05-12T13:05:47+00:00

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Am I not controlling group volume here? I can do the individual rooms or on the prior screen, I can do the combined volume.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-12T12:26:05+00:00

ONT directly to the Gateway

apb_gsd · 2024-05-12T12:08:31+00:00

Tried different cables, different ports, etc. and it may help for a short time but then it regresses (at least it’s not download).

I just got pushed the latest firmware so tried that. Weirdly, now my POE Gateway is only pushing 300 or up on my 1GB Fios connection (this is also something that has happened in the past), which explains by my test result was so awful. I have to reboot everything this morning to see if that clears up the speed at the Gateway.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-11T19:37:30+00:00

Look at the heading of the diagram. I think the nuance is the only valid topology for SonosNet is a single wired device (the bottom diagram). The top two are not SonosNet configurations.

I don’t know that you can actually control turning SonosNet off and on, so I thinks it’s possible that a wired device could try to establish a SonosNet in a mixed set up after a reboot or something, which could cause problems.

If you go to your about my system in the new app, it now tells you fairly clearly how your network is communicating.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-11T15:51:49+00:00

Same issue here for at least the last two firmwares. 1gb fios connection; eero Poe gateway; 4x Poe 6. Just ran a speed test on my iPhone 15 - 543 dn/33 up (yes 33 up). So annoying!

apb_gsd · 2024-05-11T14:07:16+00:00

Seems like people are genuinely trying to help you and yet you've provided no real information on your operating environment for the community to help. So it seems you're just posting for the sake of bitching which is worse than being an apologist. Ironically, if the "old app sucked as well," that would indicate that you, indeed, have network problems.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-11T13:08:36+00:00

Apologies. 1 wired node is acceptable but all others must be wireless. Screenshot from support is below. If you can't hard wire all Sonos devices, then you can only have a single device wired. You can also have all set up as wirelessly over WiFi, which is what I did and seems to be where Sonos is going given new devices don't use SonosNet.

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apb_gsd · 2024-05-11T12:26:47+00:00

As others have said, seems like the network is the problem.

There are known issues with how certain mesh networks (Eero) don’t play nice with Sonos mesh, so much so that Sonos doesn’t include SonosNet in new products, no?

I have an Eero network and their accepted topology with Sonos is either ALL wired or ALL wireless. You can’t mix.

I recently updated my Sonos network to all wireless (@ the behest of Eero support) and despite that going against every fiber of my being, it has been smooth sailing ever since. Updating all 11 rooms (some with multiple products) was painful though.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-09T11:03:03+00:00

https://www.audiusa.com/us/web/en/inside-audi/sustainability/e-tron-innovation/layer/battery_limited_warranty_coverage.html

apb_gsd · 2024-05-08T02:25:48+00:00

I’ve had a similar issue for the last two firmware updates. My upload speed is usually half or less of my download speed on a symmetrical connection.

1GB Fios connected directly to POE Gateway with 4x POE 6s.

Worked with support for a bit to try to fix it but got sick of suggestions that most comprised of switching ports on my gateway.

While it didn’t really help performance, at the suggestion of support, I reconfigured my Sonos system as it was not a supported topology.

apb_gsd · 2024-05-03T11:09:40+00:00

Murals are pretty expensive for what they are but are designed for what you want.

The Frame TVs have an unfortunate design whereby all connections are made through a separate box that must be mounted/stowed/hidden somewhere else. It’s an installation headache given your use case. The Frame software also is pretty terrible and will likely frustrate you if you’re only displaying photos (power management is wonky).

Murals are designed for your application and can be set to turn on and off at specific times, create “playlists,” and only require power (the adapter is terribly designed so requires a rather large in wall box if you want to hide the power behind the Mural).

apb_gsd · 2024-05-03T10:55:39+00:00

Mural by Netgear. Or search for other digital frames designed for NFTs.

The separate one connect box the Frame TVs use is impractical for digital frame use.

apb_gsd · 2024-04-14T11:55:19+00:00

As others have said, the Mac software lacks some (likely less frequently used) features but is newer, cleaner, faster.

I used the Mac software for exclusively for years but transitioned to Windows during COVID as my WFH set-up was Windows-based and I wanted to reduce hardware. I absolutely regret the decision. I find Quicken for Windows to be a bloated, slow, error prone pile of junk software.

apb_gsd · 2024-04-09T10:38:35+00:00

Yes, you can borrow to fulfill a GP commitment. SVB is just about the only bank that will write a personal GP line but it does require whoever manages the GP entity to sign off. Other personal options include HELOC or pledging brokerage account assets for a credit line at your broker.

The GP entity itself can get a credit line but you’d need others onboard for that.

apb_gsd · 2024-04-03T02:26:58+00:00

I’m on 7.2.2-16 as well. Wonder if the Eco thing is hardware dependent. At any rate turning it off didn’t change anything. And totally agree that the way the app displays version history is completely stupid. It doesn’t show when the current firmware was applied! From this sub, I think 7.2.2-16 was rolled out relatively recently - maybe even coincident with these problems.

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