Re: New Installations Trade

["adamandeveit1999" <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure if you want to design your own system or looking to bolt=20
bits together. If there was a bolting solution then it would be=20
happening - but as we all know and the main reason for this group is=20
that there ain't.
However I agree that there is definately a market for < 10K total=20
solution and with that in mind the market gets want it wants in the=20
end.
If we could see clearly how to do it most of us would give up our=20
day jobs!!
Your asking the questions that we all probably ask when were at our=20
desks in the middle of January when its raining!!

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@d...> wrote:
>
>  >common protocol ...
>=20
> 'already exists - EIB, Konnex - not uncommon in Germany,=20
comparable in
> cost to C-Bus, Siemens do various ovens & fridges etc for it,
and=20
there
> are loads & loads & loads of devices for it ... for
controlling=20
lights &=20
> heat & blinds & for linking to computers, switches, meters,
and so-
on.=20
>   As well as Siemens, Philps & ABB & Merten and about a
dozen=20
other big=20
> names are involved ...
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> Chris
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Neil Fuller wrote:
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>  > Paul
>  >
>  > The reason that there's no one prepared to do what you/we
want=20
for=20
> say =A35k is that sticking all the disparate "cheap" bits of
kit=20
together=20
> takes a considerable amount of skill, knowledge and  development=20
time.
>  >
>  > Why on earth would those capabable of such feats want to earn=20
=A3200 a=20
> day (say) when they can earn =A31,000 a day!?
>  >
>  > The day that HA comes to the masses will be when=20
> Micro$haft,Panasonic, Whirlpool, Bosch etal colaborate on a common=20
> protocol that, allows everything from the freezer to the 100"=20
plasma to=20
> talk intelligently to each other, without requiring a masters in=20
> abstract programming to get the whole bloomin lot working !
>  >
>  > Me, frustrated about the lack of interconnectivity and the=20
hassle and=20
> time it takes just to something simple to work - No, never!!
>  >
>  > Just my 2p's worth!
>  >
>  > Cheers
>  >
>  > Neil
>