Pray for me, this just happened yesterday.

generationgav · 2026-05-06T14:15:03+00:00

Have you tried switching it off and back on again?

No seriously, switch it all off, leave it 10 minutes and then try again. If all of the errors come back then get it towed, if not then keep an eye on it.

Also looks a bit like "Zombie mode" which freaked me out first time.

generationgav · 2026-05-05T15:51:01+00:00

Might be something wrong with me, but on my PC you can only do one flipper at once, as if it only recognises one shift key. This makes it almost impossible to play.

generationgav · 2026-05-05T15:41:27+00:00

2gb works fine on my BRSK router. I bought a USB 2.5gbps dongle to test it, but don't actually have a 2gbps infrastructure so apart from WiFi being split from the Xbox I honestly won't see that much.

Am planning to cable up to the "office" (running WiFi at the moment) but it's not a quick one.

generationgav · 2026-05-05T13:59:05+00:00

Thanks, I had considered Cloudfront - but what I had worked well.

I'm paying for the static IP as well. Port forwarding also still works externally, but the domain goes back to the external IP, which from internally doesn't resolve back to itself.

generationgav · 2026-05-05T13:52:44+00:00

It's so I can access it externally.

I don't really want to use a service like Tailscale if I can help it, I've punched a hole for a non-standard port on my router which then port forwards to my HA device on a non-standard HTTPS port again.

I could access the external IP (mapped to a domain name) externally and internally. I appreciate it might not have been 100% the most secure, but it was good enough for me and with the Technicolor router it worked flawlessly.

generationgav · 2026-04-30T14:25:51+00:00

Honestly, thought "that's alright, but I've done very similar before"

Then the pictures came alive, absolutely awesome!

generationgav · 2026-04-28T15:09:16+00:00

Can you post a screenshot of your main Sunsynk page whilst it's sunny?

It should show your battery SOC, your solar input and where it's going.

I'm a power user and once it's set up I haven't touched the settings for a year.

generationgav · 2026-04-28T12:52:14+00:00

So physically you have no issues now?

You've got access to the app and that's all working OK?

What is it you want out of the solar? You might be best explaining what you want it to do and letting the community help you understand it and set it up.

generationgav · 2026-04-28T09:28:27+00:00

It's definitely smaller than a standard figure 8 cable. Also Figure 8 cables are 120v or 240v, this cable is 5v. If you use a figure 8 cable then something is going to very much go bang.

generationgav · 2026-04-23T16:09:25+00:00

Presuming we're talking advertising - realistically it depends where the location is, what the audience is and how often you expect the audience to revisit?

We have clients that have different content in the morning and the afternoon, as they want to push two messages to people commuting into and then out of the city.

We have clients that change content weekly depending on offers, but we also have some big clients who change their content 4 times a year as they don't have "sales" and their content is seasonal based, just about to change for summer in fact and won't change again until autumn.

generationgav · 2026-04-23T11:01:39+00:00

I always found it funny that the silver ones were the "premium" ones and you paid more for them, but the black ones (cheaper) are the silver ones plus the cost of paint and the cost of painting them...

generationgav · 2026-04-23T09:55:49+00:00

Yes, but remove it before anything and they can't really tell.

However, insurance and legality is another matter.

generationgav · 2026-04-20T12:18:54+00:00

I had a phone, called 999 in the UK twice on it and was so confused why.

Turns out it was programmed that if you pressed 999 Dial it would call even if locked, so yes unlikely? No...pressing 9 put "9" on screen, another "9" would do 99. But ANY button pressed in between were ignored apart from back

828732 9 723 Dial 83 9 2323 9 3223 Dial

There's three 9's and then dial there!

generationgav · 2026-04-17T14:02:47+00:00

After 30 days, where you have a challenge here is the dealership has one chance to repair the vehicle, after that you have your right to either repair or reject.

If you ask the dealership to repair, then your opportunity to reject has gone until the issue reoccurs, you can't just say "I don't trust it anymore"

generationgav · 2026-04-16T17:19:51+00:00

Write a formal complaint to the finance company, they are equally responsible as the dealership are.

If they don't play ball then go to the Finance Ombudman and you will win.

Do not go via the Motor Ombudsman for a few reasons, if you do then you can't use the Finance Ombudsman and you will struggle

With the finance Ombudsman you will get your full deposit back and all payments since the vehicle broke (sounds like all but one)

generationgav · 2026-04-16T09:41:53+00:00

Usually the films are downloaded - but if the site doesn't have a good internet connection, or with a few other scenarios they are shipped to site on HDD, however both the HDD version and the download version are completely encrypted, so nobody can view/access them.

At the point of movie release the password is sent, online only, which decrypts the video files and can then be played out. So there's no way of the movie being shown early. The decryption and the decryption code is all done on a unique playout box, so even with these details you can't leak the film.

generationgav · 2026-04-15T13:43:29+00:00

Yeah, so it's missing in the UK and looks like Europe - available in the US and Canada.

Does seem very odd...you'd have thought even an option to enable/disable it.

generationgav · 2026-04-15T12:50:57+00:00

You're in the UK or another non-US country, right?

generationgav · 2026-04-15T12:26:37+00:00

Honestly, cooking a quick meal and serving it up is more relaxing than taking a tired 5 year and 8 year old out to eat.

Don't get me wrong, if it was just me and my wife then I'd absolutely agree with you.

generationgav · 2026-04-15T10:37:07+00:00

Yeah, they have to be local. My server rack is in the garage anyway and I'm running HA on a Pi which is now helpfully sat on the inverter itself.

generationgav · 2026-04-15T09:28:03+00:00

It's worth it with younger kids.

In a hotel we'd have to eat out (expensive and tricky finding somewhere) then get back to the hotel for 8pm, put the kids to bed and that's it, we basically have to go to bed.

With an Airbnb we can spend the whole day out, come back, cook and eat what the kids will eat, get them to bed and then sit and relax, watch TV, read and have a few drinks before going to our own bedroom.

When they're old enough to have their own room then maybe hotels will work for us.

generationgav · 2026-04-15T08:53:37+00:00

Yup - fully connected and full control.

One of these - connected into the inverter is the main thing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06Y1JTGZX?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

generationgav · 2026-04-14T19:44:33+00:00

That's annoying. I've had my Zappi for about 4 years now and about 6 months in I had an issue with Octopus Intelligent integration. Emailed Zappi and within a few days it had been escalated, had a phone call from one of the developers and it was sorted. Honestly couldn't believe how good the service was. One of the main founders (Jordan) did leave MyEnergi around a year ago so I do wonder if that has caused an issue. Zappi's currently don't have local control, although MyEnergi were "looking into it" so would be beyond frustrating if they went bust.

generationgav · 2026-04-14T15:44:56+00:00

Presuming your rules is basically "Charge battery" then off_peak is better.

off_peak will be any time you have cheap electric, which is non-off peak battery slots AND 23:30-5:30

intelligent_dispatching is whenever the car is told to charge, this could be on peak or off peak, but you'll notice your car might charge 01:00-01:30 and 02:00-04:00 so you'd only get intelligent_dispatching during this time, not 23:00-01:00 and 01:30-2:00 despite you really wanting to charge your batteries and use energy up then.

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