As a MOD erator who is all for our 1st amendment , even for those not located here in the USA.I'd like to ask the other mods NOT to Lock sean_ork's account.
While some may not agree with his point of view,,, he too has the right on here to post them.
HOWEVER as DamonHD has pointed out ,,,
CM also has the right to post his views.
AND anyone found to be trying to intimidate another forum member , will find themselves locked into read only, or barred which will include their IP addresses.
Since the forum is located here in the USA, CM is protected by our laws, as is Sean_ork's.Sean_ork, since you have not check marked the country in your profile, I cannot say what your countries laws are with respect to your opinion on public forums.
I've also read most of CM's posts on the other forums and in May 3rd he found a viable short term solution , he disconnected the SI . Which is what I would've done long before my washing machine got messed up.
Also, there are a few people assisting CM whom I view to be every bit as knowledgeable as the best of EE's I've had the good fortune to work with.
I would ask that everyone who's going the name-calling route to take a breath , smoke 'em if ya got 'em, pop a tin/open a brewskie and then come back
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CM, If it was me? I'd certainly go the route of getting your money back; or at least let the UK's courts determine what course of action there is and move on.
IF your course of action is to try to make this equipment work, then follow OZ's suggestions to the letter.
AND KEEP POSTING THE RESULTS!!!
There are other who may be reading this that needs that information too.
SparWeb;I found the tracking info you posted very interesting , though the tracking regime just doesn't jive with the SI's operators manual(but then I'm still reading it) . It would be interesting to see if the SI's update to could be reset to the older firmware.
Thanks to the other MODs for understanding my position on this !!
Bruce S