Thanks @oasis,
I understand what you are suggesting. But I have two questions based on your explanation and my picture below.
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How the heck could someone with my Power Meter picture above know what the +70W device is in the midst of all the other activities ? People have trouble figuring out many of the Sense-detected devices even after Sense has given plenty of additional clues. I guess I could identify a few of the big ones if they weren’t already detected, like the +1206W. And would I need to identify both the on and off signatures ?
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You suggest that once identified once by you, “it would then ask you and could then be used by Sense to ask me later when it thinks it has seen that device again.” How would this “thinking” mechanism work if isn’t machine learning ?
I think we both want the same thing - better and faster identification. But I have done some proactive things to enhance identification - bought some smart plugs for devices that Sense is unlikely to identify, used one smart plug as a traveller to find troublemaker devices like the one you are searching for below. I agree that the marketing was too aggressive, but I actually have found ways to do what I want and need out of Sense in spite of some of its limitations.