Tales from IT – Upgrading Home Automation Before a Protocol is Discontinued July 20, 2024

Welcome back to Tales from IT! Today, Maniac tells a story about a time he worked with a good friend of his father. He had mobility issues and set up an early automation service in his home to assist him with controlling things like his lights and room temperature. Since these predated the prevalence of smart devices, his devices did not connect to Wi-Fi, they used a different protocol that needed a compatible control hub to operate. However, the control hub his devices were using was reliant on a central online server, and that server was being shut down. The clock was ticking, he needed Maniac to help him migrate his devices so they could still be functional before his existing automation service shut down.

Maniac had never messed with home automation before, but he did have a lot of ideas for ways to improve and upgrade this man’s home. Could he finish the job before the old service shut down? Watch and find out!