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lawlessone ◴[12 Oct 23 16:57 UTC] No.37859813[source]▶
My own experience , half the time Nest tells me it can't find the lights to turn them on or off.

I have somehow automated some lights to come on too early in the morning but the specific task/automation I set to do this is nowhere to be found.. I can create and remove new tasks but I'm being haunted by this old task.

My father has most of his home setup. Worked great until Christmas eve, when lightning hit the local exchange..

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1. ta8645 ◴[12 Oct 23 17:26 UTC] No.37860149[source]▶
Some light-switches have the "smarts" to turn on and off at certain times, built right into them. Therefore, you might lose access to the external tool you used to program them, and they'll happily continue on repeating the behaviors. You might try a hard reset, often using a paperclip to depress a microswitch though a small hole on the light switch itself.
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2. lawlessone ◴[12 Oct 23 18:38 UTC] No.37861149[source]▶
I'll try that later :)