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    Fireball - Sunday June 1, 2026 around 10 PM

    did you slow the playback down? No. Just cropped the view of the camera and time of view. I read that the fireball was seen around 10 PM in the midwest last night (June 1, 2026). Looked at camera events around 10 PM. Only the side camera and doorbell camera have sky views. Doorbell camera...
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    Fireball - Sunday June 1, 2026 around 10 PM

    Video capture on between house IP camera. Fireball seen in 8 states. This view is from Northwest Indiana. This is an edit and trim of original video capture. NASA confirmed that a 3-foot-wide meteor streaked across the sky, triggering a spectacular fireball that released an energy burst...
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Purchased and took apart switch below. It did have an ESP chip (unmarked) two board. One soldered over the board with the ESP chip that made it difficult so returned the fan / light switch. Note that this is a Nextete JF068-WIFI. Note the Treatlife DS03-1 that I am using all have Tasmota...
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    10/10 all time hotties thread

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    MOVIES, TV Series Recommendations...

    We still utilize Direct TV. Used to have a couple of Direct Tivo boxes which was really nice until AT&T. This is for wife and is currently around $130 / month with a discount. Use CoreElec KODI 22 for streaming AOD-TubiTV and watching movies and TV series.
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    California going to get hit hard by Oil re the US vs Iran war

    Here in the State of Indiana Indiana petrol is $3.69 USD / gallon or $0.97 USD / liter or $3.20 Euro / gallon or .84 Euro / liter. Cousins in the EU always purchased diesel automobiles but never really drove much.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Note this post is not related to the OP. Still have not converted above WiFi Switch to Tasmota...been tinkering with installing the tiny m5 ATOM echo in wall boxes using Russound ISSP Compoint speakers. Installing a tiny 120VAC to 5VDC power supply in the double duplex metal box. and...
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    Installing an Axis speaker to run the door checkers off

    You can install ultrasonic blasters. They are not fictional tools. They work as a deterrant and should be used in riot control (like the mob stuff going on in Chicago) They are popular in the EU. 140 Db of sound. I used it when the neighbors decided to party all night outside in their pool at...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Been using wireless 433Mhz sensors connected to the Tasmota (Sonoff) wireless hub for a couple of years now. Batteries last over a year and personally works better than Zigbee / ZWave wireless sensors. (Have those too). KERUI 433MHz Safety Driveway Patrol Infrared Wireless Intelligent PIR...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    The unit makes a chime sound when the button is pressed but only seems to do it once and no trigger of mechanical chime - seems like that might not be working right but just a guess. Yes the DB2 that I replaced also would misbehave when pressing the doorbell button. Sometimes getting stuck in...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    @JimLS Nice to see you on this forum. When I had this issue I would just install the Guarding Vision app and re-enable the chime then remove the app. Here I recently replaced the old Nelly NSC-DB2 NDB313-W DS-HD1 because of a cracked PIR sensor with a new still in box EZViz DB1, updated...
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    WTF? FCC orders a ban on the import of all new foreign-made consumer Internet routers

    I have never purchased a SOHO router that I couldn't install OpenWRT on. Today using PFSense.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Purchased one of these today. From reading some these are ESP based and easy to convert to Tasmota. IE: Nexete combo fan light switch. This is the non wifi switch. Ordered wrong one. Will order wifi switch.
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Old Treatlife combo with Tasmota installed a few years ago. My fan / lights are using two separate load wires. Currently using bottom light switch as a group switch to control switch plugs in same room. Never found a similar looking fan / light switch combo. This device now comes with a...
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    Home Assistant VERSUS Hubitat

    Originally here ran used ZWave card (RaZBerry) in an autonomous RPI - worked well because I could put the RPI anywhere. Currently running Zigbee2MQTT using two SMLight SLZB-MU POE connected. Does well. Favorite though is Tasmota firmware devices. IE: temperature sensors everywhere. Combo...
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