{"id":490,"date":"2020-02-09T03:37:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/?p=490"},"modified":"2022-08-29T23:41:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:41:43","slug":"wink-automation-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"Wink Automation Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few years ago I started using Wink to automation and home monitoring, there were issues with loss of contact with sensors, and relocated to a new state. We packed up and forgot about the Wink hardware and planned on using it again some day. Well that day has come, and sadly, passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hub, was tiny, and absolute, and we had 5 of them. Wink now had a new Wink Hub, much bigger, and a Wink Hub 2, now with an Ethernet connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, first off, you need a smart device that has the newest bluetooth in order to configure and setup the Hub(s). Using an iPhone 6, didn&#8217;t work. But an iTouch ken 6 works. (Just a heads up.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After just a couple of times, I was finally able to setup a pivot power strip, which has two switchable outlets and two un-switchable. Excitement builds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally I can try the Spotter, the little environmental sensors, and to my surprise, they are no longer supported.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, we were very sad to see they no longer support the Nimbus displays. That was heart breaking, we were so looking forward to using these.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/spotter_01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/spotter_01.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/spotter_01-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>Spotter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pivot_02.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-487\"\/><figcaption>Pivot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nimbus_wht.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nimbus_wht.jpeg 369w, https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nimbus_wht-300x111.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 85vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption>Nimbus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/hub1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/hub1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/hub1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>Hub 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/hub2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\"\/><figcaption>Hub 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were really wanting to use these items, but without support we are at a loss. Wink as a company seems to have had gone dormant, no new product, lacking real support. It is hoped a larger company like Google, Amazon or Apple purchases Wink and revive life in their product line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I started using Wink to automation and home monitoring, there were issues with loss of contact with sensors, and relocated to a new state. We packed up and forgot about the Wink hardware and planned on using it again some day. Well that day has come, and sadly, passed. The hub, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/?p=490\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wink Automation Future&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,5,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automation-homekit","category-geek","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}