• Shinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    The only way to control it currently is via an app you need an account for so it removes any ability to be an offline device. Its within my skillset to dump the flash and try to patch it, it should be running some embedded linux firmware going by the mediatek chip in the FCC declarations.

    I’ve just had other stuff going on and didn’t feel like dealing with it after the initial disapointment. There is the possibility of regaining the python api but that still requires making a tp-link account and connecting the device to the internet period, so I’m not a fan.

      • Kynuck97 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        For real, so many proprietary applications that will almost certainly just lose support within the decade, rendering the device useless if it can only be used with that particular app.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          8 months ago

          Exactly, and the apps usually suck. I’m planning on just buying a bunch of ESP32 chips and some relays and building my own out of regular powerstrips. I already have a hacky digital switch I spliced into my 3d printer power chord, can’t be too hard to slap one in line with a commercial power strip.