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RE: Controllerless distributed automation
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- Subject: RE: Controllerless distributed automation
- From: "Dr John Tankard" <john@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:31:02 -0000
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> This method has been discussed before on this list David. I think Dr
John
> was developing a system similar to this too.
>
Yes I am. But not entirely for the reasons of reliability, its a hobby and
I
enjoy doing it. I would have to agree with a comment Paul mentioned, I have
a HomeVision and it has never failed, Its easy to use, and if it did get
fried I could buy another, I also have a RF remote system which has been
working for 5 years without any problem also Micro based.
I live out in the sticks without mains services so I have two pumps for my
water system just in case one fails, I could have two HomeVision's for the
same reason, I am sure with a bit of hardware, and a good bit of code you
could have one monitor the other and switch over in the event of a failure,
but I have to say my HomeVision is much more reliable than my water system
!
There are commercial systems which are autonomous but they tend to be very
expensive.
The problem with developing your own system is technology keeps overtaking
you, I have several times re designed because new parts meant I could do
more.
John
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