RE: Lighting and HA

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hometronic does have a dimmer module but the dimmer module is not
din-rail
mount and although it can be controlled wirelessly from the Manager it
still
needs the switches to be hard-wired. There are also relay modules but the
system only works at channel level i.e. standard retractive switches, 1 or
more per circuit, so no scene-setting unless used in conjunction with a
separate HA interface (would allow channels to be sent directly to
respective dimming level). The dimmers also only handle 220W. Fine for
simple lighting control applications but expensive if done as lighting only
rather than as an addition to heating control.



Neil B.





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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chris Hunter
Sent: 17 October 2007 19:24
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Lighting and HA




does the Honeywell Hometronic do dimming ... if so, 'could make some
sense ?

Chris

On 17 Oct 2007, at 19:04, Neil Ball wrote:

> Well if you don't want to rewire then you should look at Rako, uses a
> proprietary wireless comms protocol to link dimmers to keypads.
> Should allow
> controls to be added to an existing lighting system without any
> rewiring,
> just re-terminating the cabling that is already in place.
>
>
>
> If you are able to rewire the lighting circuits and keypads then
> you can
> pick any of the systems around. If it is din-rail mounted kit then
> you can
> go for C-Bus, Dynalite and Helvar Digidim amongst others.
>
>
>
> Neil B.





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