Installing a light build can be done by (most) anyone, without any special skills, licenses, or tools, and at zero cost (other than the light bulb itself, obviously)
Any other option requires a licensed electrician, and comes at a significantly higher cost.. The "temporary" installation also has benefits as technology changes and matures. Anyone that installed previous generation hard-wired controllers (eg, z-wave) may currently be in a position of running devices which known security issues, and no easy way to replace them. Scott On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 7:10 PM Roger Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > The thing my inadequate imagination isn't coming up with is why I would > want active silicon inside my light-bulb assembly. > > Remote operation of lights can be achieved by installing active silicon > in a control panel that operates a bank of switches. > > ____________ > > > > On Wed, 2019-07-17 at 10:21 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: > >> If you need to reset the software in your GE smart light bulb -- > >> firmware version 2.8 or later -- just follow these easy instructions > > On 17/7/19 11:24 am, Karl Auer wrote: > > This procedure saves them the cost of a reset switch in the bulb > > circuitry. A switch that they cannot have people operating in the > > presence of 240V mains power, so would have to be on the base of the > > bulb, inaccessible when the bulb is in place. > > > > With the switch, the procedure would be "turn off light, remove bulb, > > set switch, insert bulb, turn on light, bulb will flash three times, > > turn off light, remove bulb, set switch off, insert bulb". > > > > However, this procedure does not ensure that the customer turns off the > > light before removing or inserting the bulb, so dramatically increases > > the risk that the customer will electrocute themselves while trying to > > reset the bulb. As bulb resets are not a function of ordinary light > > bulbs, these electrocutions will immediately become "GE's fault", and > > they don't want that. > > > > The actual procedure directly incorporates having the bulb in place and > > safe. The many steps ensure that the bulb is highly unlikely to reset > > accidentally. > > > > So not as insane as it may first appear... > > > > Regards, K. > > > -- > Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] > T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
