Re: Comfort Keypads

["Andrew Roberts" <andrew@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Nigel,
I think we often have to sacrifice beauty for functionility and cost
effectiveness especially in new markets like HA.
The keypads are very functional and quite cost effective and fit into the
typical security system design which they have been based on.
However, they are speaking keypads and this is quite a determining factor
in
their design.

We figure that aiming too high with expensive moldings and designs can have
a disproportionate under-return on the investment which can (in  fragile
markets) cause the collapse of a Company. It's better we stay in the race
by
conserving our resources developing new products as the market increases.
By
American standards, the UK /European residential HA Market is non-existent
(but growing).

This will have a direct impact on the way we can develop Comfort.

However, we are working on better infra-red support ('send' and 'receive'
leds in the front of keypad and a touchscreen remote control and Pronto
support is coming) for Comfort and this may mean that the keypad is used
less on an everyday control basis. Additionally, there is an LCD Keypad
made
by Applied Digital  which you should be able to control Comfort via the
RS232 (UCM01) http://www.appdig.com/leopardpreviw.html

I hope this explains our position a little.

Andrew Roberts
Comfort Home Controls
http://www.comfort.org.uk/index1.html

>    From: nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Comfort Keypads
>
> Dear all,
> I have seen many e-mails on this list praising the virtues of both
> Comfort
> However, and this is a big concern of mine, I haven't spoken with the
> wife
> about it yet so I am not sure what she will say but... The comfort
> keypads
> appear quite ugly. I hope to be starting a new build in a month or so
> and
> would like everything to look as if it was supposed to be there. I am
> concerned that the Comfort keypads give the appearance of something
> that has
> been added after the event.
>
> My preference would be some sort web based touch screen, CWI would
seem
> to
> open up this possibility but the touch screen hardware is in the $1000
> range, too rich for me...
>
> Does anyone else share my concerns ? Can anyone suggest a way round
this
> 'Challenge' ?
>
> Nigel

> The keypads aren't that bad I think.
>
> However, now that the new UCM developer version is available I think
you
MAY
> see an LCD panel for Comfort in the future.  Perhaps you could cable
for
> this and put one keypad in a cloakroom or somewhere out of the way
until
> (if) the LCD arrives?
>
> M.



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