Original Summary

I have this boiler at a rental property I own. It has 3 smart thermostats (Ecobee). They&#x27;re great and give the individual tenants zone control, but they only notify me something is wrong when it&#x27;s already too late as they rely on observing the &#x27;call for heat&#x27; and a ongoing decline in room temperature to trigger the alert.<p>The boiler is pretty smart, it has all kinds of cool error codes, but the issue is I have no way of knowing theres an error flashing on the screen. That is, until now.<p>I put a Tapo camera pointed at the boiler (getting Tapo to export still frames was a whole other issue, code for doing that is in the same github project for anyone interested) and use AI to read the screen and zone controller lights.<p>The result is a system that sends me a text message any time something goes outside of the normal operating parameters. My goal is to deliver a great experience for the tenants living at this property, and now I&#x27;m able to connect my &#x27;dumb&#x27; appliances to the internet without any of the typical risks associated with exposing critical infrastructure to the web.

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/16 21:51:13