Electric vehicle chargers come to mind. You just want it charged by
morning, but if everyone in a neighborhood sets their charger for midnight,
it could be quite a hit to the local grid. And if they give you a lower
rate in return for letting them control when it charges, you would be
interested. I think so far the customer benefits have been all sizzle and
no steak. All the benefits have flowed to the power company in lower
operations costs due to less meter readers, faster troubleshooting of
outages, etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Caleb Knauer via Af
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 12:31 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses
Yeah I thought about that a few seconds after I hit send. In addition
to the shutoff services and brownout situations discussed in
additional emails, one think I think it really neat is the concept of
being able to wire up various circuits into the smart meter so they
can shut down things like your AC when there's not enough power and
keep lights etc running instead of a total rolling brownout/blackout.
Kinda terrifying too having that level of control over your home, esp
when the Comcast-Warner-ATT-GE conglomerate is running everything.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
What do you think a smartmeter is?
I compare it to cable. With analog cable, they had to send a guy in a
truck
to shut off your service, but with digital cable a computer can do it any
time. I assume smartmeters have a remote shutoff capability.
-----Original Message----- From: Caleb Knauer via Af
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 10:38 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses
One day the circuit breakers will all be connected and automated and
we'll all be doooooooooommmmmdddd!
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Chuck McCown via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
circuit breaker...
From: Ken Hohhof via Af
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 5:15 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses
Have you unplugged your fridge lately? You have to roll it out. That
involves taking off the grill at the bottom and figuring out what kind of
wrench you need to crank up the leveling screws. Then your wife makes
you
pick up the dead mice and pet turtles and get out the vacuum and sweep up
all the dog hair and dried up vegetables that are back there. Then you
climb back there and unplug it, count one Mississippi two Mississippi,
plug
it back in, climb back out, roll the fridge back, re-level it, and put
the
grill back on.
From: Bill Prince via Af
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 4:18 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses
Unplug it/plug it back in is cheaper than putting in an on/off switch (or
re-init switch).
bp
On 11/4/2014 1:46 PM, Adam Moffett via Af wrote:
I'd be happy to share in that job.
My big beef with our brave new world is that you have to reboot
everything.
Microwave display is screwed up....unplug it and plug it back in.
Washing machine digital display is not responding.....unplug it and plug
it
back in.
DVD Player frozen.....unplug it and plug it back in.
Dodge Intrepid won't shift gears......turn it off and turn it back on.
These are all true stories.
The internet of things will be a network of crap that doesn't work unless
you reboot it regularly. When they are up, the "things" will all be
participating in a botnet.
finally someone took over Doug's job of letting us all know the sky is
falling!?!?
hip hip hooray...long live Ken the prognosticator!
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Bill Prince via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
The apocalypse is coming!!!!!
bp
On 11/4/2014 11:58 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
Soon, when your Internet goes out, you won’t even be able to open your
garage door or flush your toilet, because it will all be in the cloud.
And as ISPs, we’ll be getting angry calls like “Is the tower down? I
can’t flush my toilet.”
You think I’m joking? Remember the thread about LED bulbs interfering
with garage door openers? One of the suggested fixes is a garage door
opener app on your smartphone. I assume that only works if your
smarthouse
has working Internet. Our hives will cease to operate if you cut the
connection to the collective.
I’m imagining that something goes wrong with the cloud controller, and
now
I can’t even use WiFi within my house, like printing to my wireless
printer
or using Chromecast to my TV. Yes, I know, Unifi should continue to
operate
without the controller once set up, but do some features stop working?
Like
handoff between APs?
From: Josh Baird via Af
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 1:47 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses
You can host them all on a single controller in your datacenter.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 4, 2014, at 2:24 PM, TJ Trout via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
Can't stand unifi, have them came up with a way to do it without a
controller? What do you do if the customer doesn't have a windows
machine?
Install a unifi "server" ?
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Sean Heskett via Af <af@afmug.com>
wrote:
UBNT UniFi...one SSID
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:19 PM, TJ Trout via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
What are you guys doing to cover large homes with good wifi coverage?
Any options besides multiple routers with multiple ssid's? Does rukus
or
someone make something with true roaming?
