Wi-Fi Controlled Smart Button Pusher?

BendBridge on 26/11/2021 - 13:49

All the smart robotic button pushers (not sure if this is the right term) seem to Bluetooth controlled, does anyone know why?

It's quite inconvenient to go through a hub or a gateway to control the button. Is there one that is directly Wi-Fi controlled?

Thanks.

/WT

Comments

toomuchdogfur on 26/11/2021 - 14:28

+1

All the smart robotic button pushers (not sure if this is the right term) seem to Bluetooth controlled, does anyone know why?

In short, power consumption.

When you want a battery-powered device to last for months at a time, you don't want to use Wi-Fi as it uses up to 3x more power even in sleep mode, and 6x more power in active modes. Hence why the "smart" switches generally go through a hub - the battery sipping switches can stick to Bluetooth/Zigbee, while the plugged-in hub can relay packets to/from them via Wi-Fi.
- BendBridge on 26/11/2021 - 16:06
  
  Thanks for the explanation!
JimmyF on 26/11/2021 - 14:44

Wi-Fi Controlled Smart Button Pusher?

What are you trying to do?
- BendBridge on 26/11/2021 - 16:07
  
  Just want to see how well it works :)
  - JimmyF on 26/11/2021 - 19:19
    
    Errr ok… What type of button do you want to push then?
    - Godric on 26/11/2021 - 22:31
      
      +1
      
      they're being very vague XD
      - JimmyF on 27/11/2021 - 10:07
        
        @Godric: Yes they are. Oh well, Tried to help, but some people don't want help it seems.
    - BendBridge on 27/11/2021 - 14:00
      
      Sorry for the late response.
      
      I'm looking at pressing ON/OFF an old light switch.
Godric on 26/11/2021 - 15:39

What for?
unbelievable on 27/11/2021 - 00:01

Have you looked at SwitchBot?