Like if the central server goes down, you just can’t turn on the lights
I can walk over to the switch and turn my lights on fine without internet, which in the rural area I live, happens quite often. The same with my thermostat, no net? Change it at the thermostat. The only thing I am missing when the net goes out is my schedules.
Right, but that’s my point. Why aren’t the schedules kept locally? Why aren’t the lights automated with presence? My automated home doesn’t require a connection to anything external to keep working. I pull weather data for forecasts, but if that goes down I can still pull the temp from my sensor outside. Worst case scenario is my garden sprinkler turns on when it’s raining. Everything else functions entirely offline. Lights, music, door locks, HVAC, even the TV remote (which I don’t even use because I prefer the actual remote with physical buttons).
I can walk over to the switch and turn my lights on fine without internet, which in the rural area I live, happens quite often. The same with my thermostat, no net? Change it at the thermostat. The only thing I am missing when the net goes out is my schedules.
Right, but that’s my point. Why aren’t the schedules kept locally? Why aren’t the lights automated with presence? My automated home doesn’t require a connection to anything external to keep working. I pull weather data for forecasts, but if that goes down I can still pull the temp from my sensor outside. Worst case scenario is my garden sprinkler turns on when it’s raining. Everything else functions entirely offline. Lights, music, door locks, HVAC, even the TV remote (which I don’t even use because I prefer the actual remote with physical buttons).