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The Wink home automation thread

There are several reasons why not having lutrons is a no go. The biggest for me is how stupid easy setting up 3-way is with a pico remote. Also, not needing a neutral is a big plus as well. Plus since I do have Lutron stuff, the idea of ripping it all out to replace with a z-wave alternative...
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- Post #2,891
- Aug 18, 2015
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For those who haven't seen yet, looks like Ben is out as CEO. http://blog.quirky.com/home/2015/7/31/the-least-important-ex-ceo
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- Post #2,809
- Aug 1, 2015
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So this is what I took from their announcement as well. The big question is, how is this profitable? They don't charge for their service, and they were basically giving the hubs away. I'd imagine most of their profit was from the products they made. Without that, I don't see where they're making...
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- Post #2,636
- Jun 10, 2015
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Looks like some major change is happening at Wink. We know about the recent layoffs, but it looks like they're also killing the Quirky store, and *allegedly* selling stuff 3rd party instead (Amazon, Home Depot). Some of their stuff is now 70% off due to this. Interestingly enough though, the...
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- Post #2,622
- Jun 8, 2015
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The Wink home automation thread

I picked up one back in January, and sent it back within a week. The only thing I can recommend is to stay away, stay far away from the Pivot Power Genius. The only thing I found it useful for was IFTTT, but we have that with shortcuts now.
- aosmer
- Post #2,460
- May 5, 2015
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Have the same issue here. People are complaining about it on the FB as well. Seems to be Link bulbs only. Support seemed to be clueless about it, but they're informed about it now.
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- Post #2,437
- May 1, 2015
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Posted on twitter. EDIT: Working link: https://wink.typeform.com/to/dylyMh
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- Post #2,297
- Apr 20, 2015
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I am shocked. This was a tricky, messy, bad situation, BUT.... Ben and the Wink team has come to the rescue. This was very unfortunate to have happened, but the quick response from Wink is something I never expected. The DNS fix has me up and running, and shockingly everything worked immediately...
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- Post #2,254
- Apr 19, 2015
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The Wink home automation thread

I think at this point most people got bricked, unless the happy people are just silent.
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- Post #2,190
- Apr 19, 2015
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You're right. I really am just bitching at this point. To be fair this is a really bad situation, I would be shocked if I got my hub back in less than 7 days. Maybe I just need to get some sleep, but it's almost comical how this past 24 hours has played out.
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- Post #2,093
- Apr 19, 2015
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Well I guess the Outlink would put the $50 credit to good use and get it free. Oh wait never mind, can't forget that shipping...
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- Post #2,090
- Apr 19, 2015
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Well to be fair they're offering a $50 credit on Wink.com stuff. :rolleyes:
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- Post #2,085
- Apr 19, 2015
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I'm sure this process will go smoothly.
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- Post #2,083
- Apr 19, 2015
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Thanks wink... -_-
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- Post #2,081
- Apr 19, 2015
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New Statement up. NOTICE OF SERVICE OUTAGE & HUB REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Wink Hubs experienced a complete service disruption between the hours of 12:40pm ET and 11:00 ET on April 18th. Throughout this outage, all Wink homes were completely secure and never vulnerable. In fact, the root cause of...
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- Post #2,076
- Apr 19, 2015
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The Wink home automation thread

Someone asked about going out and picking one up at the store. Sounds like someone really goofed.
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- Post #2,071
- Apr 19, 2015
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I guess I'm doing the PR work for Wink tonight. ;) Anyways.
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- Post #2,070
- Apr 19, 2015
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Someone else asked about refunds... Ben's reply...
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- Post #2,069
- Apr 19, 2015
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Heh, so looks like Brians entire post has been deleted, good thing for screen shots.
- aosmer
- Post #2,059
- Apr 18, 2015
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Not looking good. More from Ben...
- aosmer
- Post #2,057
- Apr 18, 2015
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More from Ben on the Facebook group.
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- Post #2,056
- Apr 18, 2015
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Latest from Ben Kaufman on Facebook group..
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- Post #2,053
- Apr 18, 2015
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Good to see that Brian Knopf is now going off on users in the Wink Facebook Group. Good PR Wink!If anyone wants to catch up on the drama come on over, it's brutal. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinkUsersGroup/
- aosmer
- Post #2,050
- Apr 18, 2015
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Latest from Brian Knopf (Wink Security Employee) on the Facebook group. This is responding to a question about the cause.
- aosmer
- Post #2,040
- Apr 18, 2015
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Way to go Wink on the IFTTT functionality. I now have it setup to trigger stuff from Life360, so I now have a functional replacement for the poor geolocation that the Wink robots have. The best part it works will multiple devices, so when one leaves it doesn't turn everything off.
- aosmer
- Post #1,998
- Apr 16, 2015
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If there is any advice I can offer, it would be to stay away from the Quirky Pivot strip. I gave it a go, and ended up returning it. There are some major flaws with it. The biggest one being that if your internet ever drops (even for a second), the outlets switch to the off position. If that...
- aosmer
- Post #1,654
- Mar 8, 2015
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I've had success with contacting their twitter, and asking them to force the update. I'd try that.
- aosmer
- Post #1,249
- Feb 5, 2015
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Have you reset the bulbs? I had this issue, and didn't know how to reset the bulbs, but this is the official documentation.
- aosmer
- Post #1,151
- Jan 27, 2015
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The Wink home automation thread

So just an update on my Wink experience so far. Most everything has been functional, except I've been having serious issues with the Pivot Power Genius. Every time my internet goes down (even for a second), the Pivot Power Genius turns all the "smart" outlets off. What's really annoying about...
- aosmer
- Post #1,139
- Jan 25, 2015
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I found something that might be of help. I updated mine as well, so I might try it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57407353&postcount=1 Edit: Looks like this root method was fixed in the latest .47 version.
- aosmer
- Post #918
- Jan 10, 2015
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Looks like Wink is having issues with the Pivot Power Genius being offline today. I've tried unplugging and plugging it back in, but it's still offline. Nothing on the Wink status page, but I see others complaining about it on Twitter. I guess I never should have said I had no issues, because...
- aosmer
- Post #850
- Jan 7, 2015
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Looks like I jinxed my luck of not having any Wink issues, the app keeps telling me it's unable to communicate with the server whenever I do anything. Although it's not just me looks like they are having server issues tonight. http://status.winkapp.com/
- aosmer
- Post #767
- Jan 4, 2015
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Hello everyone, I've been following this thread for the past several months. I just wanted to shed some positive light on wink, as that has been my experience so far. As of now, I only have some Link bulbs (10) and a nest thermostat. I also have a Pivot Power Genius on order. I picked wink up as...
- aosmer
- Post #757
- Jan 4, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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