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Subject: Re: smart plugs???
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:10:59 +0100
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Yes, they exist. One of them is this one.
https://www.shelly.com/products/shelly-plug-s-gen3
I have experience with one like this. You use your browser to control them. There is no
cloud if you don't want to. It connects to your wi-fi network. Just type address into your browser,
and you are ready to go.


On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:32:47 +0000
Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

> Hi all. I'm looking for a so-called "smart plug" to control from linux.
> 
> I've just had a bad experience with tp-link's offering, which requires 
> using a phone to set it up - and enabling in-app purchases to do so, how 
> unnecessary! My own phone and tablet are too out of date for their 
> software to install, and I'm not about to change settings on anyone 
> else's. Unfortunately, PyP100 needs the device to be already set up :-{
> 
> 
> So - is there a smart plug around that can be set up and controlled from 
> linux without all the garbage the makers seem to want to inflict?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Scott
> Harlow, England



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