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tech never works for long (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

This made me wonder, are there any mechanical switches that can be switched by a smart something? As in, a regular switch where the user always has mechanical control, even when the smart system is down, but that optionally can be switched by a smart sytem, state reading is optional.

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yes

[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 1 points 4 weeks ago

If my brief research for HA sometimes ago is correct many popular brand have it, at least for electrical switches like lamp, also garage door opener conversion but the few I watched looked like a pain to set up.