Fw: CBus control?

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They do (and I have) a relay board that can shove out 12v. You then
plug
this into a standard 12v <> 240v relay (couple of quid), which in
turn
does the mains switching for you.

G.

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sorry Gareth, changed topic a little, general question to the group.

To control central heating from comfort does it have logic outputs or
on-board relays that can connect in parallel with a thermostat.



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Not following chap - what do you think I have interfacing ?

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Does comfort have voltage free relays for bypassing a thermostat or do you
have to have some interfacing electronics?



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All my logic is done via Comfort. Comfort can control all of cbus, but not
the other way around.

Homeseer just logs everything.

G.

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Ok - not sure I want to get into Pascal programming (although I did do it
for A Level many years ago!).

I've been using the pjcComfort plugin for quite a while now (got quite a
few bugs out) - been working very well :) Easy status and control now from
MainLobby :)

You have CBus don't you? What control method do you use (if any?)

Paul.



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> You could go with a CBUS PAC - then all the programming is solid
state,
> within CBUS.
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> And then still use a HomeVision link for linking, other HA, tracking,
> logging, etc...
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> Or HomeSeer. Im testing out the new pjComfort plugin with HomeSeer 2 -
and
> the Sonos plugin (which seems to work better with HS2)
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> So far, all up and running well.
>
> G.
>
>  Gareth Cook
>  IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales
>  IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
>  Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
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> Just thinking about CBus and the best way to link it into my existing
HA
> system and need some thoughts/ideas?
>
> I will be putting CBus lighting and control into my loft conversion
and
> maybe replacing the whole house lighting system (currently 40 LD11?s
and
a
> few AD10?s). As a rough idea, I?m thinking of 5x 8 channel dimmers, 1x
8
> channel relay, a handful of bus couplers, 6-8 DLT?s and a PC
Interface.
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> Amongst other bits, my current HA system comprises of:
>
> Comfort directly linked to
> HomeVision Pro
> HA Server running:
> HomeSeer 2
> Loads of xAP apps
> MainLobby server
> Etc?
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> The options I?m aware of for the CBus control are the Comfort CBus UCM
or
> possibly Kevin?s upcoming (are you still working on this Kevin?)
> HomeVision CBus controller?
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> Any other methods I should be considering? What are the
ad/disadvantages
> of each of these methods?
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> I can?t see any problems so far with using a software/PC based method
as
> the control scenarios I can envisage are not time or mission-critical,
so
> the unreliability of a PC vs hardware maybe isn?t such an issue? My HA
> system is pretty stable now.
>
> Any other thoughts/ideas?
>
> Cheers,
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> Paul.
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