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I feel like "if your internet-connected X doesn't do regular internet-less X-things without the internet, its not an X" should be the core axiom of IoT design.

>>petsfe+(OP)
Yep, my goals are largely two-fold:

- "Everything 'smart' must continue to function if the internet is disconnected"

- "Everything 'smart' must fall-back to normal 'dumb' operation if the automation server is not available"

>>ncalla+Lp
>- "Everything 'smart' must fall-back to normal 'dumb' operation

...immediately, every single time the occupant wants it to do that. Regardless of the state of any other component.