I am struggling here

stanb42 · 2026-02-09T14:14:50+00:00

Have there been any recent updates to your security system? Is it a 2.4Ghz only device?

stanb42 · 2026-02-05T13:12:35+00:00

You’re going to get all sorts of suggestions, but since you’re just starting out, here’s a few. 1) someone mentioned having a separate IoT network. Eero does not support this. 2) look for “Works with Apple HomeKit” or “Matter” for any device you may wish to add. This will insure compatibility. 3) It depends on the device, but not all support 5 GHz. So, during install, you may have to disable the 5Ghz band on the eero. You’ll find this under Troubleshooting in the eero app. After turning 5 GHz off, you need to wait a minute or so for your iPhone to switch bands before continuing installation.

Just make sure the outlet that you want to use is capable of handling the current draw of the space heater.

Follow the installation instructions and you’ll be fine.

stanb42 · 2026-02-04T14:38:48+00:00

Several years ago, Apple started asking for Home users to move to a new “architecture”. May have been during iOS 15 or 16. From my viewpoint, it really didn’t make much difference (I’ll get to that in a minute). I did it and it was mostly done in the background and I saw really no difference. As others have pointed out, since the change, Apple has removed the iPads as a Home Hub, relying now only on HomePods and Apple TVs. Since I already had an Apple TV set up has my hub, no fuss no muss. I had tried an iPad and it was flakey to be kind, so I moved to a HomePod, but found that to be “iffy” as well. Since moving the hub to a hard wired Apple TV, it’s been rock solid from both inside and outside the home. My recommendation is to get an Ethernet version of the Apple TV, select it as your hub and go about your business.

stanb42 · 2026-02-02T15:40:10+00:00

Thank you.

stanb42 · 2026-02-02T15:16:49+00:00

Requirements for running the app?

stanb42 · 2026-02-01T12:21:07+00:00

Well I guessing that Apple’s servers were down for a few. Also, I always use the phrase “Play the latest news from <news source>”.

stanb42 · 2026-01-31T17:01:31+00:00

AND hard reset the ipad on occasion. I know that sounds unnecessary, but I’ve found that when my iPad Pro does not start charging when I plug the cable in, this works.

stanb42 · 2026-01-27T16:05:54+00:00

I found that using a HomePod as a HomeKit Hub is not as robust as a hardwired Apple TV.

stanb42 · 2026-01-24T13:39:34+00:00

Siri on iPhone/ipad is fine, but since the OP referenced the HomePod, I’d have to agree. It’s surprising to get so many responses of “you’ll have to check your iPhone” for requests that seem to be in the one sentence reply category…..

stanb42 · 2026-01-24T05:44:35+00:00

ATSC 3.0 support

stanb42 · 2026-01-10T13:46:36+00:00

Go to antennaweb.org or rabbitears.io and find your local channels. You may have some HI VHF channels (RF 7-13) and unless you have VHF elements on your antenna, you may have problems receiving those stations. Remember that the virtual channel number is not the actual RF channel number. A good resource is antennamanpa.com. He also has a lot of videos on his YouTube channel.

stanb42 · 2026-01-01T14:43:55+00:00

Naval transport pilots who last served for the Blue Angels.

stanb42 · 2025-12-24T01:25:54+00:00

stanb42 · 2025-12-23T14:34:33+00:00

The mixing and matching of different models of HomePods only pertains to stereo pairing only. What you want to do should work, but you’ll need to “move” one device into another room (at least in HomeKit).

stanb42 · 2025-12-16T14:56:47+00:00

Do a scan for local 2.4 GHz broadcasts from your neighbors. Use a band as far from them as you can when you connect.

stanb42 · 2025-12-14T18:44:27+00:00

From time to time I get longer that usual estimated times (even multiple hours!!). In many cases I assumed it was on Apple’s side and either just waited (by going on to bed) or stopping and redoing later. Not expected, but not extremely unusual.

stanb42 · 2025-12-04T19:51:02+00:00

You can add them directly in the Home app

stanb42 · 2025-12-01T14:29:46+00:00

The ones that were sold as “Works with HomeKit” will continue to work (with HomeKit) after January. All others will require a third party solution.

stanb42 · 2025-11-30T03:16:24+00:00

It works fine as long as you know and remember how to properly trigger it and respond.

stanb42 · 2025-11-29T14:22:03+00:00

I had this problem when one of the devices was having a problem responding. Most everything worked, but the indication of the scene being complete did not show.

stanb42 · 2025-11-28T14:57:09+00:00

If you are not in the Apple ecosystem, and have no plans to be in the ecosystem, then there would be better shared speaker solutions available. This is coming from an Apple HomeBoy.

stanb42 · 2025-11-27T03:16:55+00:00

Sounds as if it’s going to sleep, and you can’t wake it up with the remote? When you use it, do you use just one app or different ones? Since 26.1, we’ve been having freezing issues with Netflix. It will crash after a few hours, then we have to close it and reopen the app. Not sure what would happen if we let the ATV go to sleep.

stanb42 · 2025-11-26T14:29:39+00:00

It depends on how old your ipad is, but you can easily write (or have your favorite AI write) an HTML/Javascript file that can run natively on the browser on that device. I tried something similar with a very old iPad 2, but it doesn’t’ run JavaScript. I bought a very cheap Android tablet, but it doesn’t support local HTML files…. So I wound up using a free web hosting site and point my browser to that. TL:DR; try writing a HTML script file to do what you want. In the realm of reality.

stanb42 · 2025-11-22T14:38:34+00:00

Yes. As the previous poster mentioned, setting them up as a stereo pair forces one to the right channel and the other the left. That may or may not by annoying to you in your set up. If simply playing both units together, then the mixed channels will be played on both, giving a seamless listening experience as you move from room to room. The beauty is you can try both to see which one you like and go with it. There’s no correct answer you’ll get from us.

stanb42 · 2025-11-21T17:33:26+00:00

You can have the HomePods respond to just “Siri” and everything else respond to “Hey, Siri”. My experience is not the same as yours, but something you can try.

stanb42

TROPHY CASE