On Wed, 2019-07-17 at 10:21 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: > If you need to reset the software in your GE smart light bulb -- > firmware version 2.8 or later -- just follow these easy instructions
This procedure saves them the cost of a reset switch in the bulb circuitry. A switch that they cannot have people operating in the presence of 240V mains power, so would have to be on the base of the bulb, inaccessible when the bulb is in place. With the switch, the procedure would be "turn off light, remove bulb, set switch, insert bulb, turn on light, bulb will flash three times, turn off light, remove bulb, set switch off, insert bulb". However, this procedure does not ensure that the customer turns off the light before removing or inserting the bulb, so dramatically increases the risk that the customer will electrocute themselves while trying to reset the bulb. As bulb resets are not a function of ordinary light bulbs, these electrocutions will immediately become "GE's fault", and they don't want that. The actual procedure directly incorporates having the bulb in place and safe. The many steps ensure that the bulb is highly unlikely to reset accidentally. So not as insane as it may first appear... Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: 8D08 9CAA 649A AFEF E862 062A 2E97 42D4 A2A0 616D Old fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link