RE: HomeVision Relay boards ... Interested?

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Good luck, keep us informed how it goes.

BTW how much was it? I could not find a price on the site?

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Coates [mailto:ecolume@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 October 2001 20:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ... Interested?
>
>
> Brian,
>
> It's not in use just yet, 'cos I'm still wiring the house.  I'm
> going to use
> it to control actuator valves that supply underfloor heating and each
> radiator.  I'm using HV to measure the temperature in each room using
> DS18S20 chips and then turn ON/OFF the radiators accordingly -
temperature
> setting dependant upon house occupancy, room occupancy, time of
> year etc....
> It's a nicely made board.
>
> Simon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 13 October 2001 19:38
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ... Interested?
>
>
> > That's twice now I have clicked on a link in this site and it
> has crashed
> IE
> > on my server!
> >
> > Nice board though, what do you use you one for Simon?
> >
> > B.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Simon Coates [mailto:ecolume@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 13 October 2001 19:16
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ...
Interested?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Phil,
> > >
> > > I got an RCS X10 relay board from Worthington Distribution -
> > > http://www.resconsys.com/Products/relay/xr16_channel.htm
> > > They are available as latched and as momentary outputs.
> > > Benefits are: simple installation, 16 DPDT relays, fairly
cheap, nice
> > > enclosure and it doesn't take up any of the valuable HV
outputs.
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > > PS. I've got an occupancy PIR and I'll post it to you on
Monday :o)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: 12 October 2001 19:43
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ...
Interested?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yes ... which is why we have to set up the output port
(board/relay
> > > > "address" and status) and then set a
"Go" bit to make sure that
> > > no partial
> > > > commands are operated upon.
> > > >
> > > > We were just concerned at the cost of something like
the Sylvia
> boards -
> > > > £170 for an eight relay board and I needed at
least 12 channels just
> for
> > > > curtain control. Using up 1 output port for a possible
64 relay
> channels
> > > > seems like an acceptable tradeoff to us.
> > > >
> > > > We are still batting ideas around on this and it may be
> > > possible to do it
> > > a
> > > > little more elegantly (or it may prove completely
impractical)
> > > but it was
> > > > just a thought.
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > Sent: 12 October 2001 18:54
> > > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ...
Interested?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Does the HV not operate one outputs one at a time,
i.e. carry out
> its
> > > > > instructions in a sequential manner?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alancc
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 6:53 PM
> > > > > Subject: [ukha_d] Homevision Relay boards ...
Interested?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hiya Guys,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ian B and myself have been sitting here this
afternoon trying
> > > > > to design a
> > > > > > relay board to control my electric curtains
... we thought that
> > > > > instead of
> > > > > a
> > > > > > purpose built board to do exatcly what I need
it might be
> > > > > useful to have a
> > > > > > general purpose relay board.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Throwing around ideas we have come up with
the following "rough
> > > > > description"
> > > > > > and are wondering whether there would be much
interest from the
> > > > > group for
> > > > > > this as either a PCB or a built unit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The board will take up a complete output port
on HV. Four
> > > of the port
> > > > > lines
> > > > > > will be "relay select" lines, a
fifth would be a "status" line
> > > (On/Off)
> > > > > and
> > > > > > a sixth would be used as a "set"
line to get the relay board to
> read
> > > the
> > > > > > output port and perform the requested
setting.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For example to turn on relay 4 you'd set the
bottom four lines
> > > > > on the port
> > > > > > to OFF,ON,OFF,OFF (Binary Coded Decimal for
4), the
> "status" line
> to
> > > ON
> > > > > and
> > > > > > then the "set" line to ON to action
the command.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This would give you sixteen individually
addressable
> relay outputs
> > > that
> > > > > > would retain their state until changed again
or until the power
> > > > > went off.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It was discussed that the remaining two
output lines could
> > > be used as
> > > > > "board
> > > > > > select" lines which would enable up to
64 individually
> > > > > addressable relays
> > > > > to
> > > > > > be controlled from a single HomeVision output
port with the
> > > > > boards planned
> > > > > > as being stackable or daisychainable units.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, we haven't looked too deeply into this
so we have no idea
> what
> > > kind
> > > > > of
> > > > > > costs would be involved or even at the moment
what the
> > > > > programming for the
> > > > > > output ports would be like but we were
wondering what kind
> > > of interest
> > > > > there
> > > > > > would be from the group for such a board if
we were to get
> > > it working.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyone interested if we decide to progress
this further?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Phil
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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