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LavenderFest 2024

Posted on July 20, 2024 by larry

This is not an annual thing but we did it three times (second time in Sequim) We left our home at 7:30 and returned about 5:30, a huge chunk of time was travel. But 7:30 departure time was right. One … Continue reading →

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Replacing UNO with Tasmota Devices

Posted on September 28, 2023 by larry

I actually got quite a bit of amount of steps going back and forth from the mailbox trying to get Tasmota to see the mailbox getting opened. Recall I have these UNO boxes sensing 433Mhz But recently moved to Tasmota … Continue reading →

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Butt Hurts

Posted on July 25, 2023 by larry

Not butthurt but butt hurts. I knew yesterday I had a good workout yesterday and I was going to pay for it today. Sure enough, my booty hurts. Got my first TPM 2.0 chip today for my old Supermicro motherboard. … Continue reading →

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New Devices for Monitoring

Posted on July 17, 2023 by larry

Got some new sensors installed Got some temperature humidity barometric pressure sensors. But that bottom unit should be familiar and is not new. I flashed the unit with tasmota which should make management of the device easier. Tasmota is the … Continue reading →

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Lake Young

Posted on July 15, 2023 by larry

There is this about 9 mile route called Lake young my kids have done. Not even close to having the legs to do this. But I am putting it on the list to do. Got couple things done today, lights … Continue reading →

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RXB12 does better

Posted on July 14, 2023 by larry

For a much cheaper unit, I paid 19.65USD which includes shipping and tax for 15 units, I think it is worth it. Still not close like the whatever the Sonos uses but better than the RXB6. I am going with … Continue reading →

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Raiding Old Units for parts

Posted on July 10, 2023 by larry

Scavaneging parts from old systems to continue with my project. I swear there were a couple of RXB6 around the house. Anyway I ordered more even though I have been told the RXB12 perform better. Just have to wait till … Continue reading →

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Inconsistent Sensors

Posted on July 9, 2023 by larry

It is weird, I have the units in the same general area, and they can’t seem to sniff the same sensors. I change the antennas and did a bunch of different lengths and I am still not getting the same … Continue reading →

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RF 443 Assembly Line

Posted on July 8, 2023 by larry

I got my units on an assembly line now You can see the Sonoff on the left I am trying to match, then a hardware prototyping breadboard The dev one for testing software, three production ones next to it in … Continue reading →

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Dev Unit Is Done

Posted on July 7, 2023 by larry

It is built Maybe a few hardware tweaks here and there but I am OK with this unit. Now to work on the software. Weight: 340.0

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