* On 2025 13 Jan 04:07 -0600, Rafał Lichwała wrote: > If I understood you correctly, the key problem here is "being exposed to > outdoor". > > I think you may search for "outdoor wifi plug": > > https://www.amazon.com/outdoor-smart-plug/s?k=outdoor+smart+plug
Thank you. Coming up with the right search terms seem to be most of the battle when dealing with a large name space like this. > Also, I think there is nothing wrong with that the given solution is > proprietary. The only downside is that you have no full control over that > device (it connects to some external servers and you cannot change it), but > there is no "subscription" or whatever. > > Regarding "scripting and cron jobs" - such solutions have their own > smartphone apps which have timers/schedulers etc. so this is enough I think > - unless you want some device to be activated as a response to some Debian > OS event ;-) In that case you maybe need some custom solution based on > Raspberry Pico/Pi - DIY. As part of the scripting I plan is to monitor the local temperature from my weather station and adjust accordingly in ways such as the time to power the heater or even whether to turn it off should a temperature rise occur through the night. In other words, I intend much more than a simple clock timer can provide, but I also have a need that, as I see it, is much much less than all the complexity of the home automation provides. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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