NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
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Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#2I really hope this project succeeds. In some small ways I was involved with Gen 1 and Gen 2 and the teams that built those products really cared. I doubt they would have said turn them off.
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#3Have this be an add-on supported by HomeAssistant and I'm in
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#4Have this be an add-on supported by HomeAssistant and I'm in
It's reliant on a bounty iirc for the server and device side code to be open-sourced. Will be about an hour after that I reckon and I cannot wait to contribute.
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#5The "Open Source" page on the dashboard site[0] links to this firmware but nothing about the server side. Firmware for the thermostat itself is a requirement, but without a dashboard it's still not really Free.
Edit: If I read closely I would have seen:
> The firmware images and backend API server code will be open sourced soon, allowing the community to audit, improve, and self-host their own infrastructure.
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
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Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#7The "Open Source" page on the dashboard site[0] links to this firmware but nothing about the server side. Firmware for the thermostat itself is a requirement, but without a dashboard it's still not really Free. Edit: If I read closely I would have seen: > The firmware images and backend API server code will be open sourced soon, allowing the community to audit, improve, and self-host their own infrastructure. [0] htt…
"soon"
Trust me bro.
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#8I really hope this project succeeds. In some small ways I was involved with Gen 1 and Gen 2 and the teams that built those products really cared. I doubt they would have said turn them off.
There's none of us left at Google anymore... and they didn't listen to us when we were there.
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#9The "Open Source" page on the dashboard site[0] links to this firmware but nothing about the server side. Firmware for the thermostat itself is a requirement, but without a dashboard it's still not really Free. Edit: If I read closely I would have seen: > The firmware images and backend API server code will be open sourced soon, allowing the community to audit, improve, and self-host their own infrastructure. [0] htt…
"soon" Trust me bro.
trust but verify
Re: NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware
#10This person is a PHP programmer according to their LinkedIn profile. They are just using the existing OMAPLoader tool and does not seem to have embedded device programming experience. I am not hopeful they will be able to write custom firmware for the thermostats.
LFP