Come on you tool lovers out there. Has anyone heard of the device I described on the subject line? Anything close?

  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How is the notification sent if there’s no power to the house? Presumably no internet service then either. Or is it sent by a remote service that loses contact with your home socket?

    • smort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      My guess: the smart plug pings a remote server every minute or whatever. If the home server stops getting pings, it sends a notification.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Could have a dying gasp capacitor which allows the unit enough time to send the message before turning off.

      • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Doubtful because that’s a lot of work and expense to implement and useless if the router and modem don’t have power.

        I could see such a feature if the device was designed to work over cell networks since it’s not dependent on other user hardware.