Recent content by FriedEngineer

If they’d open up their system for local control the community could build some really cool things like this. I’d love to have it not reliant on their shoddy cloud and integrate it with the rest of my smart home stuff.

I had the same issues when I tried to use it on my first major holiday last year and also contacted them. They gave me some BS about working on improving the app and such. They’ve clearly added a few features but they haven’t addressed this core functionality properly. It is doing the same thing...

I told the agent who called me that I would have preferred a local connection as well. He spouted some nonsense about needing it to be going to their servers because then you couldn't access it when not on WiFi; obviously if I'm not on the same network a direct connection wouldn't work, but I...

I'd emailed recteq support about it when I posted originally (I didn't know what was going on), and they just called me. They said improving efficiency of the app and servers is a top focus....I'll believe it when I see it. My research just on these forums says yes. I'll happily accept one...

Anyone else having issues with the notifications and temperature history? I’m getting nothing for either. Both were working on Sunday but not today. I assume their servers can’t keep up with the holiday demand? If so, that’s absurd.

I’ve been pretty happy with this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08594JGT4/