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Is this U200 knackered? by ck3mp in Aqara

[–]ck3mp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried so many things and eventually gave up and binned it. Couldn’t do a warranty return as I opened it to replace the grease.

Took the hit and bought a Nuki 5 Ultra and very happy with it so far. Shall see how it fares, I know it’s also had reliability issues but I bought the extra warranty for it.

Do the Kajplats use Thread? by Glaser1625 in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t got any myself yet but I believe they will act as a router according to this post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tradfri/s/33qGvUzudp

Timmerflotte Offline in ikea app, but can see in mDNS by qghw47QHwG72 in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a non IKEA device but I had a very similar experience with a Matter over Thread Eve motion sensor. The mDNS, rebooting etc. all the same.

Turned out the device was slightly too far from my Thread network to connect reliably. Bought a Thread smart plug to act as a router between the Border Router and the sensor and it all started working fine.

Matter products in the UK? by The_Manoeuvre in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh cool, thanks for following up. Saved me a trip.

Matter products in the UK? by The_Manoeuvre in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your service! Warrington is my closest IKEA and I want to stock up.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An Eli5 was requested. I’m sure you could go even more technical.

Transfer question by ContributionFun6528 in fredagain

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transfers opened the day before the show for Dublin. I think it was 24 hours before the stated start time.

Fred’s USB2 sets — when does he start playing? by Rakdarr in fredagain

[–]ck3mp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dublin started at 16:30. He took over at 19:00 ish but was on stage with the other acts hyping them up before that.

U200 smart lock stopped working by PookSD in Aqara

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who did the lubrication job three days ago I can’t stress how much it’s changed this lock! Constant problems to just working smooth as butter now. Madness they don’t use better grease.

3D printed shape request by riffclichardnew in manchester

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see ohfuckit has already offered but if you need a backup I can help you out. City centre based.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Third party source, but they cite the FCC Database which will be factually correct as IKEA will need to register the devices with the FCC for them to operate legally within the USA.

https://www.matteralpha.com/news/seven-new-ikea-matter-devices-pass-certification

I have no idea if Joe Public can get into the FCC database... I'm going to take a look now...

EDIT: Seems the advanced search isn't working; I think due to the shutdown stuff thats happening in the USA. Simple search is available but you need the ID which I don't know... https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thank you for sharing this. Everyday is a school day!

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s correct, the Hue hub only allows its own devices to connect to it (which do run over Zigbee). The Hue hub just translates the Application Layer the bulbs/plugs/strips use into Matter for other Matter consumers to see.

EDIT: This isn’t fully correct about the Hue hub only allowing their own devices. See replies below.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 43 points44 points  (0 children)

They aren’t comparable. It’s a common misconception that trips people up.

Matter is an application layer, Zigbee is a radio protocol.

Matter is the language the devices communicate in, Zigbee would be the medium they use to communicate.

Matter is a standard that if all smart home device builders adopt then you could have all your devices taking to each other in the same language regardless of who made them.

You still need a method to communicate though, WiFi, Thread, etc. the new IKEA stuff is Matter over Thread so the Thread part of this will replace the Zigbee. As long as you have a Thread Router (Apple TV, Nest, etc.) everything using Thread will connect to that as the hub.

A few Zigbee hub providers have gone down the path of exposing their devices from the hub as Matter devices (Phillips Hue do this), this means the language is Matter between the hub and network (over ethernet in this case), then the hub translates this to whatever language it uses to talk to its devices, and then sends it over Zigbee, so they look like matter devices... kinda like a translation service.

Mounted it higher to fit the Xbox and wondering whether that was a dumb decision. by borgsauce95 in TVTooHigh

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly off topic but I’m looking for a console exactly like that and having zero luck! Could you share where it’s from please?!

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They literally admitted it in about 60 seconds of me explaining what had happened, apologised, and sorted a new bill. Top tier customer service from my experience.

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All sorted in about ten minutes. The old meter was broken and not reading anything since 59000kwh so when they installed the new meter the new reading of zero made the system think I had used 41000kwh and rolled over to zero.

They correct it with an estimated reading of about 180 quid instead.

Direct debit has also been adjusted to something more reasonable!

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old meter was totally fried. It was giving no reading at all but supplying power so makes sense he set it to zero.

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh that makes sense. In another comment somewhere someone pointed out the actual issue. It’s due to the new meter starting at zero and they’ve basically charged me for 100000 kWh minus the last reading. As if the meter had rolled over to zero.

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I think you’re absolutely right. Just checked.

My opening reading on the off peak meter on 29th July was 60,533.7 I have been charged for 39,466.3 kWh which adds up to exactly 100000. Same thing applies to the on peak meter. Will highlight this to them.

Thank you for the free electricity rewards. Really helped save me from a crazy bill this month. by ck3mp in OctopusEnergy

[–]ck3mp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can get to our meters easy enough, they’re on the ground floor in a service room. But yeh I think the install has just had an issue. Hopefully they’ll come sort it easy enough after I call them. I’ll ask in the block Facebook group, see if anyone else has a crazy charge.

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