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I own a 2003 C70 Volvo softtop convertible but at the age of 20 she got some problems with the softtop/cab.  So this post will be some problem solving and links to information which could be handy.  There is a private Facebook group which is active and helpful.

Matter is the the new standard making your smart home devices talking to each other and some Apple Home hubs can be updated. There is a nice article from "The Verge" which explains it all. Using Homebridge (HB) it could be nice to know what happens when you upgrade your HomeKit hub to the new standard so  his post will just give some quick tips Here is  a support article from Apple and please note that if you upgrade you will not be able to use an iPad as a Home hub anymore.

In this post I will give some thoughts, high level, and methods for matching the hourly prices from your energy supplier. I will also list some gadgets and by using NodeRed ,  get the data, visualize it and control the consumption. So in that perspective there are some needed prerequisites.....

Updated 2023-07-12 ! There are some Node-Red nodes, (NRN), that are dependent on the old Noble package which don't work on Node > v8.  One nice and simple NRN is the  node-red-contrib-noble  which have the same problem. I picked up the freshest source, dependent on  @abandonware/noble , forked it and added install instructions. It works with Node <= v18. 

The use case was that we on our yacht have a security alarm which is using 2 G, service terminating during 2024 ?, so it was time to check for some other solution.  Since several years we have used the very nice  Teltonika RUT 240 (TR) onboard which have served us very well. Knowing that this device have both a digital in and out I started to check if it could do the job ??  Googling didn't give any direct clues but the " Input/Output " handling together with " Profiles " changed with a SMS, " Mobile Utilities ", is doing the job. Please note that this setup could be done with any of the routers from Teltonika with I/O !!

This post is made for test purposes and issues with Google indexing The "real" post is found  here  !! The use case was that we on our yacht have a security alarm which is using 2 G, service terminating during 2024 ?, so it was time to check for some other solution...........

In a former post I used a nice Python program to get the installers but as you know there are no Python installed in later Mac OS. The program used in this post is the fantastic Open Core Legacy Patcher . (No Python dependencies.) This patcher is made for supporting old Mac:s with new OS:s , which is not officially supported, but here we just use it for getting the USB installer.

Updated 2023-06-01 ! My old boat/travel WiFi router didn't behave so I was forced to look for a new one with these  must functions;     Built in SIM 4G/LTE capabilities      WAN failover      Powered with 12V DC      Bridge public WiFi:s, or my phone, to LAN I did a lot of Googling and ended up with Teletonika RUT 240 (TR)..... This post will cover a setup summary for the RUT 240 model, but it's useable for other Teltonika models too since they have a common firmware. Check these posts ! Teltonika router as security, burglar, alarm !                                 Bridged Teltonika router as source for router or mesh network

Updated 2023-05-04 ! This post focus on  Shelly 1 (S1), a really a nice automation device with great versatility, but much of the content is also valid for some of  Shellys other devices  using the gen1 API. Setup for the later version,  Shelly Plus 1 , is found here  !! S1 is a WiFi switch, 16 Amps, with dry contacts and t he function "without Internet" + that the S1 can use a 12V DC source makes it perfect for an "use case" in a  boat /mobile home. It's compatible with Alexa , Google  or HomeKit using HomeBridge  or as a "native" HomeKit device using  Mongoose firmware (Flashed via a standard WEB browser !)