Re: New to all this

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi & welcome -

'have a look at Comfort & Idratek & C-Bus ... there are others, but
they
would be a good start !


Chris




Andy Beveridge wrote:

> We were driving back home from the beach after walking the dog and my
> wife
> said 'wouldn't it be good if we could phone the house and get the cat
> to put
> the heating on for us?'
>
> Regardless of how good the HA is, the cat is unlikely to answer the
> phone ~
> so, we got to thinking about how else we could manage the heating
> system so
> we could phone the house and tell the heating to come on; did some
> searching
> on the internet and here we are!
>
> I'm not sure how, but I believe it should be possible to log in to the
> house
> from work and trigger events etc. for when I get home, but how can we
put
> the heating on whilst we are driving home? I feel sure the answers are
> out
> here somewhere; the big problem I think we face is that we do not know
> the
> correct questions to ask!
>
> Anyway, 48 year old couple living in a bungalow and wanting to make
> our life
> that little bit easier, so any guidance/advice/pointers would be
> gratefully
> received. We are about to decorate the lounge and I am installing
> cat5E, 2
> points in 2 opposite corners of the room, with the plan/hope of
> figuring how
> to distribute sat/dvd/music about the place as part of the
> renovation/redecoration. The room thermostsat (old honeywell) is also
in
> this room and needs to be replaced. . .
>
> Sorry if this is a bit long, but thats us!
> Regards
> Andy & Christine
>
>
> .
>
>




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