Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Josh Luthman
Not illegal if you opt in to it. Everyone just does by default. Like Amazon's sidewalk thing. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 7:11 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > Yep ..sneaky and probably illegal > > On

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread can...@believewireless.net
I have a cellular/GPS asset tracker coming out in a few months. Chuck, happy to let you test it out NC. On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 7:11 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > Yep ..sneaky and probably illegal > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 12:07 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > >> So free forwarding just automagically

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
i rarely , very rarely use Bluetooth Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 7:47 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Not illegal if you opt in to it. Everyone just does by default. > > Like Amazon's sidewalk thing. > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Di

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Josh Luthman
The radio is on if your WiFi interface is up (in most if not all phones). Which means it's functioning. Pairing is not part of the equation here. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 10:44 AM Jaime Solorza

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Recurring payment expense is my main concern. From: can...@believewireless.net Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 7:46 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags I have a cellular/GPS asset tracker coming out in a few months. Chuck, happy to let you test it out NC.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Is that part of the blue tooth spec? Anon forwarding? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 8:48 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags The radio is on if your WiFi interface is up (in most if not all phones). Which means it's functioning. Pair

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
not mine...my phone is special...its Mine Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 8:50 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > The radio is on if your WiFi interface is up (in most if not all phones). > Which means it's functioning. Pairing is not part of the equation her

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Jan-GAMs
You sure you're not just the "mark"?  The world according to google the owner of the phone is a temporary delusion.  They control everything about your phone and Zuckerburg knows everything else about you including your psychological profile. They control, zuckerburg knows, you and everybody el

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
my phone is covered with tin foil...two wraps!! sas Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 9:33 AM Jan-GAMs wrote: > You sure you're not just the "mark"? The world according to google the > owner of the phone is a temporary delusion. They control everythi

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I need another blue pill... From: Jan-GAMs Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:32 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags You sure you're not just the "mark"? The world according to google the owner of the phone is a temporary delusion. They control everything about your phone

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread Josh Luthman
For trailers and stuff? I use gpsandfleet.com - it's a $250 one time purchase and works until the battery dies. Do a 1 poll/day cycle and it's 3-5 years. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM Chuck

Re: [AFMUG] Tarana G1

2021-11-02 Thread James Howard
One of those deals where the salesman tells everybody that “I gave you a lower price than ANYONE else gets so don’t tell anyone what you’re paying because they’ll complain and I’ll get in trouble and have to raise your prices” hoping that nobody will compare notes? From: AF On Behalf Of Josh L

Re: [AFMUG] Tarana G1

2021-11-02 Thread Ryan Ray
Sounds like normal business to me. On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 10:25 AM James Howard wrote: > One of those deals where the salesman tells everybody that “I gave you a > lower price than ANYONE else gets so don’t tell anyone what you’re paying > because they’ll complain and I’ll get in trouble and hav

Re: [AFMUG] OT Air Tags

2021-11-02 Thread TJ Trout
There's a guy on YouTube who mailed airtags to n Korea and several other places just to track them for a video, pretty interesting. They seem to work pretty good, dare I say almost as good as a cellular tracker? On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 9:11 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > For trailers and stuff? I use gp

Re: [AFMUG] Billing for underground damage

2021-11-02 Thread Nate Burke
How long does it usually take for the offending company to payout?  It's a nationwide contractor.  Is it a year long process of them submitting to their insurance and just waiting through bureaucracy? On 7/23/2021 2:35 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I bill for time and materials as if I was ma

[AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Bill Prince
Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service through Verizon. It's a simple plan with unlimited text, unlimited talk, and more data than we can use. We pay a fee for the service, and we pay a "fixed amount" for each phone. So far, so good. However, for some reason that I've never exp

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Jason Wilson
So now that you poked the bear, I had to look at mine. I also am in California, east of you. I do not have the Palo Alto UUT fee. On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 13:14 Bill Prince wrote: > > Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service through Verizon. > It's a simple plan with unlimited text, unlim

Re: [AFMUG] Billing for underground damage

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Depends on the company. I generally get a check in about a month or two from smaller guys. Larger companies you may have to gin up a small clams complaint and fire it across their bow to get their attention. If they ignore it just file the thing. They probably will not show to the hearing i

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Be fun to raise hell and see if they will adjust it off and credit you for many years of overcharging. -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 2:13 PM To: AFMUG Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT Here's a curious one. My wife & I have cell service th

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Robert Andrews
Somewhere there is a class action brewing... I wonder if it's really Palo Alto or just the cell provider being dodgy... Looking on the positive side maybe it's something legit... On 11/2/21 3:44 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: Be fun to raise hell and see if they will adjust it off and credit

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Bill Prince
There WAS a class action. https://www.utilityuserstax.com/ Looks like it ended a while ago, and the deadline to join the class (for $8.50 per line) ended in August 2021. bp On 11/2/2021 3:49 PM, Robert Andrews wrote: Somewhere there is a class action brewing...   I wonder if it's really P

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Palo Alto City UUT

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
Funny thing about taxes...i pay for irrigation along with an irrigation tax and a tax for the Tigua Pueblo Reservation even though they are south of me down the Rio Grande...it's 14.00 a year ..no biggie... On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 2:14 PM Bill Prince wrote: > > Here's a curious one. My wife & I ha

[AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Alarms with an app. I would like an alarm sending unit that gives me near real-time notifications similar to UniFi. I don’t think Forrest’s stuff will do this. Suggestions? Something that will give me an alert on my phone. Don’t want a server involved. Don’t think snmp traps are a solution

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Bill Prince
I have a hard time imagining how this can be done without a server of some kind. You can do a heck of a lot with a Raspberry pi. That's still a server, but it would be very simple and cheap. bp On 11/2/2021 5:28 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: Alarms with an app. I would like an alarm sen

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Nate Burke
Would an Email to SMS be sufficient? The Ancient APC stuff could do this with contact closures triggering an email sending, all from the APC board itself. That's almost instant. I'm guessing you meant 'no server' as in the triggering device needing to talk to a server that does the alerting.

[AFMUG] OT: Tamale season is amongst us..

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
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Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza
What device or type outage are you trying to get an alarm from? On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 6:29 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Alarms with an app. I would like an alarm sending unit that gives me near > real-time notifications similar to UniFi. I don’t think Forrest’s stuff > will do this. Suggest

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I am ok if there is a server, I just don’t want to host it. I use sonoff devices to remote control things. I think their server is in Korea. I want reverse sonoff. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Nate Burke wrote: > > Would an Email to SMS be sufficient? The Ancient APC

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Mains power, inverter power, generator power, fuse alarms, stuff like that. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > >  > What device or type outage are you trying to get an alarm from? > >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 6:29 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> Alarms wit

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Sonoff has some sensors that could be kludged to do the job. An alarm panel that will push a notification will work. SMS is fine. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2021, at 8:14 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.af

Re: [AFMUG] Billing for underground damage

2021-11-02 Thread Chris Fabien
The damages we have been paid on, we have not submitted much of a detailed bill. Simple description of the damaged facilities, relevant facts, and Cost to Repair: $.xx. Have been paid by local power company, auto insurance, and our customers. Have an $8000 damage invoice out to local road commi

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for

2021-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
If I could teach a PI to trigger something like an amber alert on my phone it would be great. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2021, at 7:29 PM, Bill Prince wrote: > > I have a hard time imagining how this can be done without a server of some > kind. > > You can do a heck of a lot with a Ras