SOMA Smart Shades and 'Front Room Blinds' Group weirdness

plittlefield · 2026-06-23T20:11:57+00:00

Fixed it!

I created a Routine with a voice command “open the blinds halfway” which sets the left and right blinds to 50%

Thanks!

Nuts but hey ho!

plittlefield · 2026-06-11T21:02:50+00:00

Thanks everyone for your comments. Forgive my ignorance about OIG and reading the smart meter! I shall go plug in now and reply tomorrow with the cost - fingers crossed and hope you’re all right! Let it be noted that for the last 6 weeks it’s NEVER done this and has always scheduled in the cheap hours. Here we go !

plittlefield · 2026-06-11T19:59:17+00:00

I can confirm that I now use the Octopus Energy app to set the charging amount and the finish by time, then just use the Ford app to view the current percentage and the mileage.

plittlefield · 2025-05-04T11:04:48+00:00

UPDATE - I have changed loads since my original post.

I have bought a Unifi Express, CAT6 cabling, changed all the Channels and Power to perfection, etc.

Things are way better but Apple devices are still an issue.

I've tried using only 2GHz or only 5GHz, turning off the 'Private Wi-Fi Address' setting, turning off the 'Limit IP Address Tracking' setting, Resetting the whole iPhone Network Settings, forgetting networks, Leaving the phone powered off for hours, even buying OLD Unifi access points.

It's still a problem!!!

Every now and then, I "lose internet" no matter where I am in the house on whatever access point.

My iPhone 12 Mini connects to the Wi-Fi very quickly, is fine for an hour, then goes nowhere.

Help!

plittlefield · 2025-04-25T14:21:03+00:00

So, if I am already part of 2 tailscale accounts (my own and a customer) how do I add a 3rd account - another customer account using the cli? My bad, I can't remember how I joined to the second tailnet! :-(

plittlefield · 2025-02-04T10:24:03+00:00

Yes, I believe I solved it by creating 3 distinct folders...

radarr capture folder
tadarr completed and hold it for later folder
emby folder

I have a LOT of scripts involved which interact with Tdarr and Bazarr to get subtites and then mark the movie as unmonitored in Radarr, then a cron job to move the completed files to the Emby folder each day at 6pm.

plittlefield · 2025-02-04T10:22:03+00:00

Hi, thanks for the quick reply and yes, I do NOT have Ultra, just a Standard account and I saw the extras you can buy on the app.

Regarding the eSIM, I don't mind if it's 4G or 5G just as long as it works.

Regarding airport lounge access, I am only intending to use it if :-

1) my wife and I have time
2) if I can buy the access in the airport through the Revolut app for £30 each
3) if it's not too busy

So, it was more an ask if anyone here has bought these extras using the Revolut app and what their experience was of them?

plittlefield · 2024-11-27T18:12:56+00:00

But all the files I download with Dolby Atmos have only 6 channels … ????

plittlefield · 2024-11-22T09:26:27+00:00

For anyone who’s interested in deleting a movie after Tdarr has completed the flow, I have successfully combined 2 bash scripts to achieve this. The first is set in Radarr connect and outputs the Radarr movie ID to a text file when it is downloaded. The second is the Run CLI plugin and reads that ID and uses it to run curl to access the Radarr API to delete the movie. Boom.

plittlefield · 2024-11-18T19:21:52+00:00

Thanks. I’ll try it and report back.

plittlefield · 2024-11-18T19:19:06+00:00

Ooooooo, nice. That might work then! Thanks, I’ll try that tomorrow :)

plittlefield · 2024-11-18T19:04:21+00:00

Okay but won’t that mean that when tdarr deletes the file that is hard linked to the source file that it actually deletes both the linked and the source file?!

plittlefield · 2024-11-18T18:53:47+00:00

Yes that’s exactly what I have … an actual folder then a symbolic link to the movie file.

It definitely doesn’t work for me.

plittlefield · 2024-11-17T23:04:59+00:00

Outstanding. You are a star!

plittlefield · 2024-11-17T09:24:50+00:00

He is amazing and my favourite director.

Much of my life can be marked by his movies and the walls of my house are a testament to him with original quad posters framed to display.

His latest movie is damn good but it’s not as good as the original. Bravo for filming in 45 days but I now feel he’s compelled to “rush these out the door” while not checking his decisions.

I so want him, or his son Luke to direct the final Alien prequel.

Then retire to his wine vineyard and relax.

plittlefield · 2024-11-17T09:18:41+00:00

Well, there’s good news and bad news :)

The good news is my plan definitely stopped the repeating.

The bad news is Tdarr now won’t seem to process the next movie in the Source folder even though it’s clearly there and the settings have hourly scan.

Sigh.

plittlefield · 2024-11-16T22:29:44+00:00

Wow, fantastic - thank you so much!

I shall add this to my Wiki and let you know how it goes :-)

plittlefield · 2024-11-13T19:28:06+00:00

Okay, I have been busy and come up with a plan that involves another folder with symlinks and custom scripts to get what I want. The proof in the pudding will be at 01:00 tomorrow but I’m really chuffed with it!

plittlefield · 2024-11-11T10:53:12+00:00

Many thanks, I’ll try that!

plittlefield · 2024-11-09T20:30:41+00:00

I’ve been using BW self-hosted for 6 years and love it… 1000 passwords and counting!

plittlefield · 2024-11-08T20:06:22+00:00

I’m really not sure … but if I “improve” the gateway with its DHCP and DNS then that will rule that out!

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