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Jan 3 2018, 09:02 AM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 3 2018, 08:54 AM) Those display type plug in wall socket have a short lifespan. Useless. Already 2 set spoiled. Not going to buy it anymore. Will try the Sonoff type which using apps. Just modify it to plug in wall socket. The LCD has several grade quality. Cheap one cannot stand heat and will blackened over time until you can read nothing. The car LCD can last very long. That is the difference between cheap and expensive one, though not necessarily
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Jan 3 2018, 10:24 AM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 3 2018, 10:17 AM) All this from China. Don't expect it good QC. All using indoor. Don't tell me indoor also cannot survive. This wan some digit cannot read. It still function. But useless if some digit cannot read. Throw away. Cost RM50+  Than this wan suddenly whole display gone. Nothing to see. Cost RM100  The display suddenly gone on the 2nd one most likely due to poor joint on ribbon flex cable. The LCD is normally joined to the PCBA using zebra strip or flex ribbon cable. The ribbon cable is connected through zif connector or soldered directly to the PCB using hot bar. Maybe can be fix. Heat doesn't from the sun. It can be also from the device itself. It can just simply because of poor LCD quality.
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Jan 3 2018, 11:51 AM
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QUOTE(coo|dude @ Jan 3 2018, 11:27 AM) what are the alternatives if your light switches do not come with a neutral wiring? I am in dilemma in figuring how to convert all the switches in my current home to a smart switch without any hacking.. There are many light switch that require no N wire from China. Most of the time it is just direct replacement to existing home light switch in Malaysia since there is no N wire to the switch. There are some having problem with the switch because it does not work properly due to certain conditions.
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Jan 3 2018, 12:04 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 3 2018, 12:00 PM) Yup. It doesn't work properly. Last time have 1 of this switch without N wire. Sometime the ON/OFF not respond and remote sot sot. Been thinking whether or not to buy for long time and still thinking  I want to use it at: 1) Bathroom switch where wet fingers won't matter 2) Ceiling fan with remote switch. During power trip, the fan will spin at max speed once power is back on unless I switch off the switch on the wall
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Jan 3 2018, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 3 2018, 12:11 PM) The switch can control the fan speed meh ? Just to on and off. Remote control the speed. The touch switch will be defaulted to OFF position when power is back on. Normal mechanical switch will be what it is positioned at  . My remote fan, even if it is OFF remotely, will default to full speed upon power on.
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Jan 3 2018, 02:01 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 3 2018, 01:43 PM) I cannot find a fan that memory the last fan speed when ON back. My fan always on 2nd speed when ON. Not sure if full speed but definitely not 2nd speed. Mine is Panasonic with 7 speed. I thought can have gentle air flow but end up using speed 1 most of the time. Occasionally 2nd. Higher speed only when I mop the floor Maybe discontinued already. I repaired the board once because cannot control the speed. Common problem with ceiling fan
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Jan 7 2018, 08:01 PM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 7 2018, 07:40 PM) Wah, your banglo too big huh. Normal wifi cannot cover whole ? Is it same as a wifi repeater? I have this apple airport express. Same as such function. No more using. Want to sell it away. Not same as repeater. Repeater extends existing coverage like having to create single powerful AP . Mesh is like having multiple APs in same coverage area. So, if you have 20 clients, a single AP has to admi all clients from single CPU. Mesh has advantage of multiple processing for same number of clients.
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Jan 7 2018, 08:30 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 7 2018, 08:18 PM) It’s not the same as Wi-Fi repeaters. Anyway I dunno much about networking things so better don’t comment too much 😅 I also sold my Airport Express already. Last time used for travels now no need liao If you have multiple AP and you move from one AP coverage to another, you will get disconnected and re-establish the connection with another AP. In mesh AP, the network is like your cellular phone connection. You will not get disconnected but smoothly handover your connection to another AP in case of LAN.
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Jan 7 2018, 08:45 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 7 2018, 08:41 PM) Tempted to buy one set But expensive. Yes. TP is the cheapest. However, Asus now release firmware upgrade that allow many of its hardware to form mesh network even though they are not same model. This is very good since you can always ad more unit as needed. Visit Asus website.
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Jan 7 2018, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(alucard89 @ Jan 7 2018, 08:43 PM) Can use custom firmware like ddwrt/openwrt to mimic those mesh feature? Or it's exclusive for expensive routers like google wifi? I think there is no such thing available at the moment. Maybe in future, I don't know
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Jan 7 2018, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 7 2018, 08:55 PM) Those TP Deco M5 with the free 3 years anti-virus thingy - it should still work without anti-virus protection after it expires correct? i mean the router should still work fine on its own, just without any anti virus? I don't know much about TP. Did not own on. I'm still using the ori router that came with TM Unifi  . However. like you said, it should work.
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Jan 7 2018, 10:49 PM
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QUOTE(Kiding @ Jan 7 2018, 10:28 PM) Actually most wifi router can bridge together to form seamless wifi access, I have one wifi router sitting on first floor and configured as bridge which connect to the main router. both use the same WIFI SSID with same password, just different channels, my iphone/ipad can roam between these two wifi AP without losing connection. QUOTE(alucard89 @ Jan 7 2018, 10:37 PM) Yeah, I'm doing the same time also, device usually just pick the stronger wifi signal. Just curious how much improvement mesh network does than regular repeater setup Repeater and mesh is two different things. Please note that Bridging is different thing altogether. Home consumer APs is not powerful. Thought it say can support so many client, but actually it will significantly bogs down probably after more than 6 clients. So, in repeater configuration, you will have no problem in home setup. If in office environment, it is not wise setup, You will better performance in mesh networking.
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Jan 8 2018, 09:11 AM
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QUOTE(meLi @ Jan 8 2018, 08:38 AM) Agree with u. I'm using Mikrotik since 2010 very very stable. Experience with the Google WiFi before. Mesh network if powerful have roaming function, blocking, filtering, guest wifi etc but if u attach to your existing network it will create a new segment ip address that will not routeable with your existing network. That will create another problem if u want to publish some of your equipment to external. The beauty of the Mesh network no network cable require to extend your network except 1 cable use at primary equipment connect to your existing router. I will not go to 100% fully home automation. Will do maybe 30% to 40% only. The rest will use manually. Another problem with using in-band wireless (or wireless in general) would be the remote AP will not have full speed if the wireless backhaul speed in low due to distance or obstruction. You want to have good coverage but the signal is weak and the speed is only 15Mbps. Put another AP and backhaul through wireless. Then you have very good signal but the maximum speed would be still 15Mpbs
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Jan 8 2018, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(weikee @ Jan 8 2018, 09:54 AM) Problem with smarthome now it depend on the fat network TCP/IP. The best will have to be on LoRa / LoRaWan or smaller tcp/ip footprint like MQTT. This can be use with radio frequency and not wifi frequency. Like how the Wireless Alarm sensor, it can go far and battery last for 1-2 years, all still using low footprint radio frequency. People want to control their home in Penang from UK (Ulu Kelang)
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Jan 8 2018, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE(weikee @ Jan 8 2018, 09:59 AM) Still can, lorawan will have transit point into TCP/IP Yes. That would be additional devices I believe.
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Jan 8 2018, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE(ozak @ Jan 8 2018, 11:05 AM) What you want to control ? I dunno. My house is as dumb. Maybe people want to switch on and off the light manually and surprised a thief in front for the door
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Jan 10 2018, 02:19 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 10 2018, 01:32 PM) i already tried the yellow (which is also Live but normal circuit) it still trip the breaker meaning the red wire to the ceiling lamp itself goes back to backup circuit take a look at the circuit below - apa special? sigh....sad  Why not remove both red and yellow backup and try if it trips? How does the back up work? Automatic when detected no power?
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Jan 10 2018, 02:43 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 10 2018, 02:26 PM) I used the yellow live also cannot. still trips if the red wire going to lamp is connected to the aqara the gen set kicks in when no TNB power coming in to the building. it only supply power to a few outlets and this light is one of them... Actually I cannot understand why the Red and Yellow color wire seems to come from source independently. Why not just loop the power from the other one at the switch? Correct me if I'm wrong. When the backup sense no power, it will trip the MCB to open the normal circuit to DB and provide supply from the backup. Is this correct? Therefore, I think this is what happened. So, in normal condition, when the switch is toggled and there is no power detected by backup supply the MCB will trip to enable backup to supply the power. Unfortunately, the switch with no L connection will trip the MCB because there is very low current flow in normal OFF condition, just enough to power the switch circuit. However, the backup see it as no power because the switch is considered as in ON condition by the backup. Therefore the MCB tripped.
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Jan 10 2018, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 10 2018, 02:51 PM) Because the Yellow does not go to the Gen Set circuitry. Only that particular Red wire Btw it does not do any "sensing of no power" at my unit. The sensing is done somewhere else before the Gen Set No it shouldnt trip but I could be wrong as I never once experience it I gave the thought after I wrote those stupid theory and I think it is not right. The backup should sense the incoming power from TNB I think
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Jan 10 2018, 03:22 PM
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QUOTE(idoblu @ Jan 10 2018, 03:15 PM) I tried yellow lamp wire on both L1 and L2 It works ok wor he meant swap the ok Aqara with the one that trip. See if this still trip
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