Re: Fw: [comfort-technical] Comfort and Clipsal help

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

If its true the original guy connected cbus pir's directly into
comfort he
must have been a complete monkey, not surprised he went bust. It also seems
a very over specc'ed system - unless the house is the size of a palace 144
lighting channels seems extreme.

If they have star wired all the PIR's (back to comfort) there may be
network
length issues too - not to mention the fact that you have to pay for cgate
beyond 2 networks to get it programmed.

The bit I underestimated about our install is the time it takes to get the
system working right - we are 90% there after 6 months. Still a few more
bits of logic to go - although extremely pleased with the results.

A PAC unit might be advisable to help with the automation side of things.

Chris


>From: Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fw: [comfort-technical] Comfort and Clipsal help
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:46:56 +0100
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>'sounds to me, given what they've spent, & what they were trying to
>achieve, they should have gone for EIB ...
>
>Chris
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>Gareth Cook wrote:
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> > Potential customer for anyone on here ?
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> > Hi Dave,
> > I'm sorry to hear of your problems with your installation.
> > Please call me on 08707 605528 and we can try and put you in
touch with
>a
> > competent Comfort/CBUS integrator.
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> > Best Regards
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> > Andrew Roberts
> > http://www.home-control.co.uk/index_products.html
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> > From: "Dave" <dpw1962@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <comfort-technical@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:13 PM
> > Subject: [comfort_technical] [comfort-technical] Comfort and
Clipsal
>help
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> > Approx 2yrs ago we embarked on building and designing a property
> > around the needs of my disabled daughter who is confined to a
> > wheelchair, cannot talk, walk, eat etc and relies on us 24/7.
> >
> > Part of the spec for this property was to completely automate it
and
> > Clipsal and Comfort was decided upon.
> >
> > Unfortunately the integrator went into recievership before
completing
> > the instalation, therefore we were left with an unfinished
system.
> >
> > We have spent approx £40,000-£50,000 on this system and
after 2yrs it
> > is still not working properly, i.e. Cbus PIR's connected to
comfort,
> > just one of many issues.
> >
> > At the moment we have an integrator trying to sort out cbus,
which he
> > has been trying to do since November last year but it is not high
on
> > his priority list, and he knows nothing about Comfort.
> >
> > What we need is someone who can integrate Comfort and Cbus and
set up
> > all the components as it is supposed to work and leave us with a
> > usable system.
> >
> > Is there anyone out there who can turn this into a usable system?
> > I am at my wits end!!!!!!
> >
> > A brief summary of our system would be:-
> > Approx 6x 12way cbus relays
> > 12x 8way dimmers
> > 12x 4way dimmers
> > CNI
> > PCI INTERFACE
> > NETWORK BRIDGE
> > 4 TOUCHSCREENS
> > 22 TEMP SENSORS
> > APPROX 20 INTERNAL PIRS
> > 10X EXT PIRS
> > NUMEROUS 4,6 AND 8 GANG SWITCHES (REFLECTION RANGE)
> > FULLY ZONED UNDERFLOOR HEATING (X44 ZONES)
> > NB Over 100 items on network
> >
> > And lots more.
> >
> > We also have whole house audio, PTZ Security camera system and
would
> > like all of the security and automation system on a seperate
touch
> > screen based Tablet PC.
> >
> > In anticipation
> > Dave
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