Device detection - Option to not be a part of the data pool

[kevin1]

@jetpsu,
Machine learning doesn’t work like you seem to assume. Here’s some worthwhile reading that explains why “manual learn mode” really isn’t possible, even though it seems like a cool thing.

Why can't you train Sense?

So why can’t you “train” Sense? We get this question a lot and on the surface it seems reasonable: Sense looks at the signature of devices in order to detect them consistently in your home, so it should follow that if you turn off everything in your home except for a single device (or turn said device on and off repeatedly), Sense should be able to properly identify that device in isolation and then continue to look for it in the future. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. It’s not a matter of…

Several companies that have tried to add “manual learn mode” (Neurio is one of them) have since given up on device learning.