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Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by criddell on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:03AM (#29340610)
The indoor version is a lamp dimmer. I just want a simple on/off outlet. The outdoor version is functionally close to what I want, but it’s big and ugly - something I don’t want inside.

This seems like a hole in their lineup.

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Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by paisawalla on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:58PM (#29436139)
A dimmer is a superset, in functionality, of a binary switch. Using the Lutron app or something like Home Assistant, you can treat the device like a simple on/off and drive the device to only values of 0% or 100%.
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