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    Centurion D6 Motor Logs?

    Check battery voltage during gate open/close cycle. On my dumb D3 a battery in poor state would trigger a collision fault when the voltage dipped too low during operation.
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    Boring Company launching Dubai Loop in February 2026

    Apologies, I thought your use of the word "building" referred to building transit systems.
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    Boring Company launching Dubai Loop in February 2026

    The London Underground was opened in 1863, so underground transport is not a recent phenomenon.
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    Questions about Afrihost

    Thank you for the reply noone. Any other ISP that does not require a debit order? My rule of thumb is that anything you cannot just walk away from has the potential to generate entropy for me. I would rather pay up front for the connection fee, than give another entity the right to take money...
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    Questions about Afrihost

    I am considering applying for an OpenServe connection and would like to clarify the following: 1. Can I use my existing router connected to a simple ONT? The router has some custom settings I want to preserve. 2. Can I customize the free TP-Link router myself (fixed IPs for clients, NAT tables...
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    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 6

    #COOL-20250712-2431451 Got an update last night that technicians are splicing the line, but it is still dead at the moment. I have experienced several outages over time, this is the worst. Not interested in a FNO that give feedback like the old Telkom.
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    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 6

    My Vumatel network connection is down since Saturday morning (I reported the incident at 10:45). The only feedback I got so far is that the ticket is with Vumatel maintenance. Why is there no further feedback from Vumatel? Is the company dysfunctional? Can I apply for an Openserve connection...
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    SA smart plugs that can be flashed with Tasmota

    Thank you for confirming this. I appreciate the potential difficulties with OTA and different firmware implementations. For me a particular firmware is not important, access to serial flashing pins is more important as I'm interesting in hacking. This is a pity, the plug case looks quite...
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    SA smart plugs that can be flashed with Tasmota

    Looks like a great option. Does it use a relay as switch (not clear from the description)? If so, what is the current rating of relay? Also, is there convenient access to the serial pins for manual flashing of firmware? Tasmota is fantastic, but sometimes I use alternatives such as ESPHome or...
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    Advice required: where to buy newer type esp32 boards

    I am looking to buy different versions of the esp32 family (esp32s2/s3/c2/c3/c6) for evaluation. Local sites & shops seem to focus on esp8266 & esp32 boards mostly (or ae out of stock). Any recommendations for other (online) shops which stock a variety of different boards, ship to SA, and not...
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    Raspberry Pi Project Advice

    There are many approaches that can solve this requirement. The simplest is something like an IR beam (as per lkpat's suggestion) which gives you a relay output to control the LED(s), or you can use a RPi/Arduiono/any other controller to read the input from the detector and drive an output for...
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    Mind The Speed Support

    What options are available from MTS regarding upgrading wifi routers? I am using an old TP Link TL-WR3420 router running OpenWrt firmware. This setup works fine (I'm on the 50 Mb/s package) and I get decent wifi coverage through my house, but yesterday I had to run around doing tests for tech...
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    Battery backup price roundup - January 2024

    Indeed, especially since it is a local company. Random price checks suggest it is not cheap, but also not the most expensive brand.
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    Mind the Speed MIA

    This information below the contact form:
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    Mind the speed ISP

    The 10/10 package was dropped, now 20/10 is the entry level. This happend in July 2021 when Vuma dropped prices and MTS kind of pushed all packages up one category.
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