Relay product is only for Single People Who Live Alone. (Dog tax paid)
I kinda love the idea of the Relay product. I have been using similar Shelly devices already; they work great.
I bought a few Relays, assuming I would figure out fun, interesting, useful places to integrate them into my Excessive Overkill Unifi installation. The first and most obvious choice was the driveway gate. Being able to see who is at the gate, and then open it remotely was tantalizing.
So I installed it. I can activate it from anywhere on the property. Wonderful.
Then I, the admin, tried to give my partner the ability to open the gate as well, since she loves the new cameras monitoring who is arriving.
Nope. Fail.
Product Design Fail.
The only way a Human can operate the gate is if they have Full Admin Privileges. What? No, that’s silly. I must be missing something. Nope. Users and Members can’t open a gate, or a garage door, or turn on a light. Only Admins can do operate the Relays.
I think I can set up an alarm that reads my car’s license plate, and opens the gate for me… but my partner can’t let a delivery truck in… because she’s not an Admin.
Skynet is Active. We humans are a secondary concern.
What’s next?
“Can I use your WiFi?”
“Sure, let me create an account and give you full Administrative Privileges. Try not to erase the network.”
At the Local Restaurant:
“I’d like to buy lunch.”
“Ok, but before you pay us, we’ll need to give you the keys to all the restaurant staff’s houses and the pink slips to all our cars.”
Customer Support kindly took my “enhancement request” for the future, but there is no plan to address my concern.