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ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

paulpablo — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:34:44 GMT

ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

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licquorice — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:41:50 GMT

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

paulpablo — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:30:39 GMT

Re licquorice

Yes that seems the case on the Optical Network Terminal

which i find strange becasue you can adjust light& place on & off on My FTTP Router 2.0 through the HUb Manger on a timer

i have had the ONT Terminal fitted into a Bedroom & the light on at Night i find Quite Intrusive i have had Discussion with BT with a deaf ears approach i have asked if any new type unit comes avaible Would I be available to have installed But they have Told me that even if a new Design unit comes available YOU have to keep what you have take it or Leave it approach not the Answer i really want to hear< Not when they place on Recored Message award winning customer service !!!!!!!!!!

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

jac_95 — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:35:09 GMT

Is it in an appropriate position to have say a side table or something in front of it?

There are also blackout stickers for led lights you could try

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

chrisjp — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:50:08 GMT

Just put a piece of sticky tape over the lights if you find them intrusive.

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naylor2006 — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:11:02 GMT

@paulpablowrote:
Re licquorice
Yes that seems the case on the Optical Network Terminal
which i find strange becasue you can adjust light& place on & off on My FTTP Router 2.0 through the HUb Manger on a timer
i have had the ONT Terminal fitted into a Bedroom & the light on at Night i find Quite Intrusive i have had Discussion with BT with a deaf ears approach i have asked if any new type unit comes avaible Would I be available to have installed But they have Told me that even if a new Design unit comes available YOU have to keep what you have take it or Leave it approach not the Answer i really want to hear< Not when they place on Recored Message award winning customer service !!!!!!!!!!

I would say with reasonable safety that there will never be an Openreach installed ONT that will allow you to turn the lights off. The ISP is not responsible for the ONT, Openreach are responsible for it and to allow for some sort of light adjustment you would need to log into it and hold some user level access to perform that task, the ONT is completely locked down as far as the end user is concerned and for good reason, it will never happen so you're going to need to put tape over it.

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

paulpablo — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:17:34 GMT

placing tape over is not ideal on a multi million business & you have to place tape over a bad design

If I Recall on my original installation on a FTTC many Years ago there was a separate unit then , the design changed to have connections straight into Router would this be the Case for the ONT unit eventually it will be built into the Router

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

WSH — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:41:10 GMT

No. The nature of optical fibre and lasers means that this will never be suitable for home users to connect/disconnect directly to a router. Plus it's Openreach property, not the ISP's and their demarc point, like the old master socket.

As people have said, black PVC tape. Done properly, it can look quite presentable.

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

36ULW — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:55:39 GMT

Highly doubt they’ll ever have a Router that plugs directly into the SC Fibre Connector.

Fibre hates dirt and can only be cleaned with the correct cleaning wipes or better yet One Click Cleaner, neither of which 99.9% of people have in their house.

If people start unplugging and plugging the Connector into multiple different Routers over time it’ll cause major Light Loss Issues.

Really the lesson to learn here is don’t have boxes with bright lights installed in the room you sleep in if they bother you that much.

Re: ont unit can you turn lights off on timer like can on Router

paulpablo — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 23:48:34 GMT

Dear Aspiring Expert

Move all the connections i have with a Hard wired PC everthing working the whole set up in this bedroom Truth is there is no Lessons learnt

pS its 2024/ 25 Technology advancing& you cant have switch on a ONT unit to switch the lights on / off or have Timer like the same idea on a Router through hub manger just to place a timer on/off the Lights Lesson not interfering with the ONT unit what so ever lesson learnt here is back to the drawing Board !!!!!!!!!!!!

PPS

It does begger the Question here why have you on ther Router Through the Hub manger have this facility to place a timer on the lights unit ( The Answer is they felt it was needed there you have the answer to your comments !!!!)