I took a Vornado TRANSOM, a Broadlink RM4, and a Shelly Smart Plug, a Qingping Air Quality Monitor Gen 2 + claude and HASS, and now I have a fan that turns itself on when the CO2 level gets too high.
And I can override or change it from Apple Home.
The smart plug lets it verify that the fan is actually running, (because it measures usage) and we worked out that after a power cycle the Vornado goes back to a known state, and we can find the speed by forcing it all the way to 4 and then stepping back.
nijave•10m ago
Small world, just submitted PRs to add Vornado Strata 433mhz decoder to rtl_sdr :)
Need to try to get Sonoff bridge rigged up next but have been busy messing with Hatch alarm
deadbabe•9m ago
I love how it has become a trend now to take some device that required a cloud subscription, reverse engineer it, then connect it to your own server you control.
Suddenly there are so many products to play with that would have previously been undesirable! This is one of the good things AI has enabled.
nijave•9m ago
This one yeets in a CA insecurely but eMudhra has been a gift for any that bake the CA--especially the abandonware unlikely to ever get patched.
phillmv•5m ago
i truly wish these things were not smart in the first place
bombcar•18m ago
And I can override or change it from Apple Home.
The smart plug lets it verify that the fan is actually running, (because it measures usage) and we worked out that after a power cycle the Vornado goes back to a known state, and we can find the speed by forcing it all the way to 4 and then stepping back.
nijave•10m ago
Need to try to get Sonoff bridge rigged up next but have been busy messing with Hatch alarm