My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi

Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by hluska on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:20AM (#30148133)

At the risk of sounding old and snarky, I’ve been looking at a Miele dishwasher and I’m afraid I’m not quite intelligent enough to use it without either an app or an advanced training program. Crap, what happened to ‘normal’ versus ‘heavy’? The damned things are more complicated than my child.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by denton-scratch on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:08AM (#30148671)

These machines have too many controls. My washer always runs on the same setting (I occasionally press the ECO button). Admittedly, most of my clothes are cotton or similar. When I had a dishwasher it was similar, but with a digital console. I used to just press "Wash". Of course, the controller board that makes all those options available is often the first thing to fail.

There's about a dozen settings on the washer's wash-cycle dial, and two rows of buttons. I don't know what they're all for. It's nuts - there must be about 40 combinations.

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