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I've had two Creality printers. One was the Creality CR-6 SE. It was a Kickstarter printer but I bought mine after Kickstarter. It never worked and support was always a joke. "Send us a video," do this, do that. Really stupid things that were just delay tactics. Eventually I got my money back...

I think it depends on what you are looking for. If you want cheap multicolor just for PLA, a Bambu Lab A1 or A1 mini is a good choice. If you want enclosed so you can add other "engineering" materials like ABS, then the Bambu Lab P1S with AMS is a good choice. I have 2 of these, and 2 Bambu Lab...

If these are small, you will probably be OK, as they get bigger, then the problems will start.

PEI isn't the greatest choice for an unheated bed, but there are some newer beds that work well with PLA on unheated beds, like the BIQU CryoGrip Pro Frostbite.

I started 3D printing when someone here talked about it many years ago. Many 3D printers later, I now think I have 6 of them now.

It depends on if you want the best way or the cheapest way, and how big the house is. There is an Autohot system made for this that is a few hundred dollars. A few proprietary cheap systems, or maybe best would be Zigee. You can get cheap small battery buttons, a relay module, but then you would...

What is "Snaplink for Widow?" Is that for when the home automation guy dies, his wife can still turn on the lights?? :)

If you have Wemo/Belkin switches/outlets that are NOT using HomeKit, they will stop functioning next January. I believe these are WiFi switches and outlets. If they are Homekit capable, switch them over to Homekit before January, or you are are out-of-luck. These "end-of-life" products are...

To fully reset to press the on and off for 3 seconds, like you are. All LEDs should blink. Then press the A and D for 3 seconds. Then all LEDS should go out. You will need UPSTART to reprogram it, or you can reprogram it with the panel. I have 6 or 7 of these. The only problem is the rubber...

You should look at Home Assistant. Open source, but you can buy pre-build systems. You might want to consider that over Homeseer, which is not open source.

Last year I pre-ordered 5 new Zigbee Inovelli switches, and they finally arrived. Haven't tried then yet. You should check them out Inovelli They have 3 lines of switches, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Thread/Matter. The switches I purchased have humidity sensors but others have presence sensors. They...

Hmmm does a OmniLT even have ethernet? That could create a problem connecting remotely. Maybe you could swap the board with an LTe. As for VoIP working on the phone line, its hit-or-miss. Sometimes it will work, sometimes not. Did you try reversing the two lines.

There is no "force arm" because if you arm an alarm with a zone not-ready it will go off immediately. I don't think that is what you want. Sometimes the alarm won't arm with a zone not-ready. (I don't know ELK) On the other hand, there usually is a feature that will auto-bypass, so if a zone is...

It will be better and far cheaper just to get a wifi thermostat. If you want to control some lights, and use an iPhone, get a Homepod and then you can control everything through Homekit. Google and Amazon have the equivalent as well, but they also have ulterior motives to offer you these "free...

I have been running it for a few weeks now. I started with a virtual machine in a Synology NAS and that was a MESS. Don't Do That. Don't Do It. Now I have been using a Raspberry Pi 5 and it has been great. No problems. But what I do is make a full copy of the SD card now and then. There IS a...