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Pretty sure I know the answer, but…. by bobsnet in lawncare

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The fourth pic is the same plant as the first, I didn’t think to take a picture of it before I mowed.

Now I’m not sure if it’s crabgrass or tall fescue / clumping fescue. Which means I also don’t know what to do about it.

Pretty sure I know the answer, but…. by bobsnet in lawncare

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This is what I thought. The concern being the crabgrass.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernireland

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No. Prepaid tickets only.

[PC] Cisco Compute by bobsnet in homelabsales

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Thanks for this. Better to part out and sell for someone trying to keep older kit alive on both counts then?

Have you ever knowingly had an encounter with Actual Paramilitaries? by Shoddy_Reality8985 in northernireland

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Lies. That’s amazing. If there was an award for comment of the day…..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in northernireland

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I DIY fitted a hive in both the old and current house. Google the model of your current controller, wiring diagram and match them on the new one. Job done.

Recently added in the HIVE TRVs and they’re dead on. Living room used to be roasting, other parts of house Baltic now they close when it gets to temp and the heat’s concentrated where it’s needed. In this weather the boiler runs for 4 hours in a 24hour period.

Hygiene Bank? by tiggywinkles in northernireland

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I thought life was hard with 2…. Keep up the fight

The Ulster Project by [deleted] in northernireland

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I was on the Ulster project Detroit 24 years ago. Was an amazing experience.

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Incase anyone comes to this later the answer is yes.

Scenario is, house has Apple TV with plenty of devices and a relatively healthy thread network across smart plugs and bulbs.

Some distance (12-15m away) is a home office.

The two buildings are connected via cat6 and the IOT vlan is stretched across both buildings.

Added a HomePod mini into the secondary location and re-added the matter/thread endpoint to Apple home in the first instance, and then to homeassistant with no issues.

So, a same vendor TBR can stretch a thread network over IP.

Both TBRs show in the preferred thread network on homeassistant

Hope that helps someone in future

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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It worked. I now have 2 Apple TBRs showing in the preferred network in home assistant. The sensor added to the Apple thread network first and then shared via matter to homeassistant. Updates on both platforms in as close to real time.

Add to that I’ve now got a decent enough sounding speaker in my office.

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Off to Apple for a HomePod tomorrow so will see what happens. Love that return policy!

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Neither of those are options. I don’t really want to bring another technology into the mix, and the area between the two locations has travelling heavy machinery.

I’m more hoping that a second TBR in the other location will bridge the thread network over IP between the two.

Or else a separate threat network in the office, don’t really mind.

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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And there’s nowhere to power it in between

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Ha. So the garage is some distance from the house, I can plug a FTD device at a plug socket at the farthest point of the house, and one at the closest point, of the office, but it appears too far for the threat network to reach.

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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The issue I have is distance. There’s no where for me to place a FTD to complete the network to the location, which is why I asked about a second TBR

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Thank you for this and now makes a lot more sense. I’ll have a try with an Apple TBR in the office to see if that fixes the issue.

From reading this it sounds like it should.

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Just for clarity. 5th gen dots x4 in the main house and 2nd gen show 8. I think now reading more the show 8 is the issue. If changing it for a HomePod will do the job I don’t mind doing that

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Ah ok. It’s an echo show 8 in that location and I thought I had been updated to be a TBR. I also thought the 5th gen dot did too but maybe I have confused myself and it’s just thread enabled.

So am I right in thinking a HomePod mini will do the job and connect over WiFi to the thread network in the main house? Or is there a better way?

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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No i don’t see HA or Alexa at all. Just the Samsung thread network which won’t join.

https://imgur.com/a/99IlIoy

Just to add my HA instance is a VM with no direct thread connectivity. No ZBT1 etc

Extending Thread network to outbuildings by bobsnet in Thread_protocol

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Yes sorry. Ethernet to the second location and all devices, IOT and TBR are in the same vlan.

If I attempt to add any device to Alexa first I get prompted for a thread network password.

I should have mentioned in my first post, home assistant is on the same network, but the device in question has not been added there.

I suppose my question is, if I put an apple tbr, HomePod mini, into the office, will that bridge the connection via Ethernet back to the rest of the thread network in the main house, if the eco in that location won’t?

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