slimplynth
Senior Member
Hello, I've set up a raspberry pi with webserver and have a decent enough user interface, controlling lamps (pimote) and music.. i like it.. it's local and therefore free from the cloud, no reason or desire to really want to control a food blender from foreign shores. (Also got the Bluetooth working nicely with picaxe >>> rpi)
What I do not like is that the pimote is quite restrictive, you could leave the antenna off to reduce the RF range to try to isolate rooms (if your house is big enough) but effectively, it's limited to 4 channels.. i believe there is an 8 channel option (not enough).. so i looked at alternatives, as the end plan is to use picaxe, collecting data (temp/humidity/noise.. etc) and have an isolated control for 240 VAC devices to correct the issue (e.g. I bought a homemedic tinitus speaker - just to drown out unwanted night time sounds.)
Recently bought some Sonoff Basic modules and (initially) I was very happy but look carefully at the markings.. they do seem brilliant but its a potential home insurance nightmare. (That said I'm currently on with flashing the firmware to run MicroPython and another unit to use with the Arduino IDE)
Does anyone have any suggestions, other than Sonoff? (instantly exclude Google Home or Alexa)
Thanks
What I do not like is that the pimote is quite restrictive, you could leave the antenna off to reduce the RF range to try to isolate rooms (if your house is big enough) but effectively, it's limited to 4 channels.. i believe there is an 8 channel option (not enough).. so i looked at alternatives, as the end plan is to use picaxe, collecting data (temp/humidity/noise.. etc) and have an isolated control for 240 VAC devices to correct the issue (e.g. I bought a homemedic tinitus speaker - just to drown out unwanted night time sounds.)
Recently bought some Sonoff Basic modules and (initially) I was very happy but look carefully at the markings.. they do seem brilliant but its a potential home insurance nightmare. (That said I'm currently on with flashing the firmware to run MicroPython and another unit to use with the Arduino IDE)
Does anyone have any suggestions, other than Sonoff? (instantly exclude Google Home or Alexa)
Thanks