RE: What bedside clock for a HA-er?

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Dean.






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> On Behalf Of Paul Gordon
> Sent: 07 November 2006 09:16
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] What bedside clock for a HA-er?
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> Now that I have more or less expunged X10 from my home, I no
> longer need the X10 mini-timer as my bedside clock, so I'm
> looking for a "suitable"
> replacement..
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> What's "suitable" ??
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> Well, clearly for a seasoned HAer it can't possibly be just a
> normal bedside clock from Argos can it?... - it must have
> some additional whiz-bang functions, such as weather
> monitoring, or Ethernet connectivity or the like. Also, it
> clearly has to look like it was just "nicked" out of a space
> shuttle....
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> So what is the groups' recommendation?
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> I've looked at a couple from Oregon Scientific which are
> weather stations, and I've also looked at some flash ones
> from Jacob Jensen, either of which tick some of the right
> boxes... - but everything I've found so far is a standalone
> closed product... - is there anything I can integrate with
> the rest of the HA system, a CBUS clock for example? -
> perhaps one of the Comfort companion touchscreens or maybe a
> CTOUCH Panel... - both of these touchsreen options are
> relatively expensive however, so it might be a bit of a big
> ask to get one of these past "expenditure control"... :-) -
> plus how well do these items actually work as a bedside alarm clock?
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> Here's a list of a few ideas that I think would be really great...
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> Addressable display, so I can display messages from other HA
> systems on it
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> Able to interface with either Comfort, CBUS or Homeseer (so a
> web interface would be OK)
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> Ethernet connectivity, built-in webserver
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> NOT a nano-ITX PC based solution - too noisy and/or unreliable
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> An off the shelf product would be preferable, although a
> small element of DIY would be OK
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> I don't care about it being a radio of any kind, either FM or
> DAB, nor do I require it to have any kind of inbuilt media
> playing ability, but if it was able to play audio
> announcements from a HA system, that would be pretty good
> (i.e. TTS from Homeseer: "Wake up Paul, you lazy
> ********")
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> Freestanding tabletop form factor is preferable, since I
> don't have a lot of nearby wall space left....
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> Ability to show CCTV feeds would be nice
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> Note that I already have a Comfort KP04, and a CBUS NEO
> switch by the bedside...
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> Cheers.
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> Paul G.
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