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Chamberlain shuts off access to MyQ’s APIs, breaking smart home integrations (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (7 children)

This is why I hate depending on cloud services for my home automation. The last one on my shitlist is my thermostat. Just haven't gotten around to researching options yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Put some ~~windex~~ tasmota on it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, not this thermostat.

Bloody proprietary shit that, fortunately, another fella managed to write a reasonably well-featured HA add-on for. But it still goes via their cloud service, and the problem is it uses a proprietary protocol over 2 or 3 pair wire,. Additionally the evaporative A/C plugs directly into the heater unit, which handles C&C for both appliances.

I haven't ruled out having to separate the buggers out and control each individually. As long as I can find a thermostat that can handle them.

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