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Re: "Smart" Sockets for use with Alexa / Echo...

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Hmmm ... not sure where I saw it - I'm sure it was an announcement about
Sa=
msung shutting down their SmartThings servers at some point.

I just remember at the time thinking "Bollocks - I won't get one of
those t=
hen..."

I really don't like these cloud based control systems - they're all like
it=
though ... Hue ... the TP Link ones ... Wemo ... so they all rely on the '=
good will' of the manufacturers to keep supporting into teh future.

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

> On 30 Nov 2016, at 14:10, Stuart Poulton stuart@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <=
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Phil,
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> Where have you got info about Smartthings being discontinued ?
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> Cheers
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> Stuart
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>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Phil Harris phil@xxxxxxx [ukha_d]
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ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
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>> Have been using Alexa / Echo with Philips Hue for a bit but now
looking =
for some Smart Sockets for use with it too ... I know that there's the
Sams=
ung Smartthings but I think that's being terminated isn't it?
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>> I've got a few TP Link HS100's coming (=C2=A316 each from Argos)
but the=
y seem to be in quite short supply too so I was wondering if anyone else
ha=
d any suggestions for sockets that can be used with Alexa / Echo?
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>> At some point I must get round to trying HomeSeer with the Hue
plugin an=
d interface but til then I'm barking orders at a bloody oversized Coke
can!=
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>> Phil
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>> Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...
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based control systems - they're all like it though ... Hue ... the TP Link=
ones ... Wemo ... so they all rely on the 'good will' of the manufacturers=
to keep supporting into teh
future.<br><br>Phil<div><br></div><div>Sent
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om another bloody fruit-based portable
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<p>Hi Guys,<br>
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Have been using Alexa / Echo with Philips Hue for a bit but now looking
for=
some Smart Sockets for use with it too ... I know that there's the Samsung=
Smartthings but I think that's being terminated isn't it?<br>
<br>
I've got a few TP Link HS100's coming (=C2=A316 each from Argos) but they
s=
eem to be in quite short supply too so I was wondering if anyone else had
a=
ny suggestions for sockets that can be used with Alexa / Echo?<br>
<br>
At some point I must get round to trying HomeSeer with the Hue plugin and
i=
nterface but til then I'm barking orders at a bloody oversized Coke can!
<b=
r>
<br>
Phil<br>
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Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...<br>
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