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Offline smitch019

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #75 on: October 20, 2015, 06:05:51 pm »
Well, with the lack of regular updates that we were told we would receive, like when betas go out etc, I have finally decided to move on.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #76 on: October 28, 2015, 08:48:52 pm »
Here's to the hope that the websocket API is actually released in the near future.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #77 on: October 28, 2015, 09:29:07 pm »
@ mr23,

I just got the update from our team that we are going to release the Web Socket based API in a month's time.

Ashok, can you provide an update on the Web Socket API? Tomorrow is a month.

How is the beta->release looking?

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #78 on: October 29, 2015, 10:51:19 am »
@ mr23,

I am waiting for the update from our team, I would check with them and get back to you with the latest update on this.

We released one more Beta firmware and it's been 2 days, so far the feedback has been good.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #79 on: October 31, 2015, 10:35:38 am »
Got some update on this, Web Socket based API may not work with the current firmware and it would work with our next release. Hence, once our next firmware is released then the Web Socket based API would be releasing.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #80 on: October 31, 2015, 11:27:31 pm »
Got some update on this, Web Socket based API may not work with the current firmware and it would work with our next release. Hence, once our next firmware is released then the Web Socket based API would be releasing.

So the $50,000 question is ... when will that be????  (I'd add a smiley, but I can't bring myself to).

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #81 on: November 01, 2015, 04:23:22 pm »
So the $50,000 question is ... when will that be????  (I'd add a smiley, but I can't bring myself to).

If I recall it was ( supposed to be) released in September.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #82 on: November 04, 2015, 12:31:52 am »
I love it how I had a major discussion (argument) with Lars months ago about how the Almond+ kickstarter is nothing more than an alpha/beta disguised as a retail product and months later:

- a beta programme is officially launched
- features are still missing
- firmware has stopped updating (or has been delayed indefinitely)

Despite the lack of support, they went ahead with the retail sale of the Almond+ on Amazon AND launched their Almond 2015.

Every participant in this forum with some shred of decency should go to Amazon and post their honest review of how  great/bad this product has been for them.

Ps. If all you use the Almond+ for is a basic router (god bless you, but you paid waaaaaaaay too much for a below-average router) and are perfectly happy with it, you probably wouldn't need to be trawling this forums.


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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #83 on: November 09, 2015, 10:43:02 pm »
@ mr23,

We released one more Beta firmware and it's been 2 days, so far the feedback has been good.

It's been another week, please update on the beta/release. Thanks.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #84 on: November 10, 2015, 07:02:57 am »
@ mr23,

It's been another week, please update on the beta/release. Thanks.

As off now, we have not released any other new Beta firmware and once it is released, would let you know.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #85 on: November 10, 2015, 05:10:45 pm »
Ashok,

This is getting comical and I mean not in a good way. It sounds like your visibility is as limited as it is for anybody else here.
What is your function while spending time in this forum?

Why doesn't Securifi understand the necessity to communicate with their less and less confident user base on
  • current development efforts / potential blocks (not assuming there aren't any)
  • future roadmap and "where we are right now"
  • release schedules
  • bug tracking

But maybe this is completely out of the ordinary?

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #86 on: November 11, 2015, 12:57:13 pm »
In my mind, it seems they are trying to hit a home run with the next release instead of putting out small incremental releases.

In today's fast pace, releases should be coming every couple of weeks. Not once a year.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #87 on: November 11, 2015, 01:33:41 pm »
As long as they're actively working on it, and it'll be out soon, that'll be great. The weird secrecy and the slow pace of development are a little worrisome, but I'd rather they not cut corners on QA testing and end up with a firmware that cuts wifi performance or any such thing. I don't at all understand the business reasons for not releasing beta versions to those of us who are interested, without all the security concern and NDA nonsense. Is there really something so secret and important in development that must be kept under wraps? As has been noted earlier in the thread, other companies put out public betas without all the fuss.

But I'm excited about the websocket interface and think it'd finally get me the functionality for which I was hoping when I bought the device. If Securifi really extends the websocket interface to allow remote scripts to get the status and toggle/set connected sensors, that'd suddenly make the Almond+ a useful automation hub controllable via node-red or openhab or other systems -- without us having to depend on Securifi's graphic interface or development process. Once they have this system in place I'll stop worrying too much. I'd then be getting decent wifi performance, VPN, and z-wave and zigbee interfaces that I can control with software of my choice.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #88 on: November 16, 2015, 04:11:28 pm »
I wouldn't call five months since the last beta er.... update .... anything close to "actively". Mine's going on ebay.

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Re: DUE for an update!
« Reply #89 on: November 16, 2015, 09:24:30 pm »
czyzczyz, "out soon" expired a LONG time ago!  The lack of communication is unconscionable.

 

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