Re: cbus Wiser appears to be in UK stockist

["ben_mccormack2000" <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

iPhone app

http://www.cbusforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3D5714&highlight=3Dwiser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaHsjTdTPVnU

My only concern is the usual issue. This interface does some of the home
co=
ntrol but not all of it

Ben=20

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Pauls Hotmail" <paul_gordon@...>
wrote:
>
> Well I *had* been giving some thought recently to upgrading from a PCI
to=
a
> CNI, because since I changed my HA PC to a VM, I can't use physical
seria=
l
> connections to it any more, so I've acquired an IP-Serial gateway with
8
> RS232 ports & a LAN port. This works OK, but has frozen once (only
once i=
n
> about 18 months, so that's not too bad), but I also have problems
using i=
t
> with devices that derive operating power from the RS232 port (like a
coup=
le
> of Quasar temp sensor units). My long term strategy is therefore to
move
> away from RS232 to IP communications wherever possible and have native
IP
> connections between the various devices & their management tools
that run=
on
> the HA server... As part of this I'm intending to upgrade a comfort
UCM t=
o
> an Ethernet version (which I think I can do with an add-on
daughterboard =
for
> one of my existing serial UCM's), and as previously mentioned,
changing t=
he
> PCI to a CNI...
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> Now that this appears to fit the requirement for providing a CNI which
wi=
ll
> work perfectly well with toolkit & PICED, *and* a whole host of
other
> features, *and* is cheaper than the old CNI alone - never mind the
combin=
ed
> cost of a CNI & a PAC, since the Wiser appears to also have the
logic eng=
ine
> as well (so would also render the PAC redundant too wouldn't it?) -
this
> seems like insanely good value! - an iPhone UI is just the icing on
the
> cake! (presumably iPod touch compatible as well?) - I'd found that
site y=
ou
> mentioned too, & am now trawling through the documentation there,
- must
> admit, I hadn't seen mention of an iPhone app yet...
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> I think I'll be getting one of these PDQ!!!    :-)
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> (Wonder how much I could make back for my PCI *and* PAC???)
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> Paul G.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> ben_mccormack2000
> Sent: 19 January 2010 15:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: cbus Wiser appears to be in UK stockist
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> Think you are right but it also includes a front end webserver that
can d=
o
> the following
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> 1. Be used with iphone Wiser app that can allow control of the house
via
> iphone
> 2. As above but webpage control
> 3. As above but generic touchscreen control
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> I found most of my info here
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> http://www.wiserhomeautomation.com/
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> One think I am unsure of. If I use the iphone control can I also at
the s=
ame
> time use cbus toolkit to make changes. I think I have read that Wiser
can
> support 6 different ip connections at a time
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> I wonder what my CNI is worth!
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> Ben
>=20
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Pauls Hotmail" <paul_gordon@>
wrote:
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this also serves the function of a
CNI doe=
s
> it
> > not? - allow full commissioning & config of CBUS networks
& units via a=
n
> > Ethernet connection? - with one of these, a CNI would become
redundant?
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> > Which is rather impressive considering it's actually cheaper than
a CNI=
,
> and
> > does a bucketload more....
> >=20
> > Or have I mis-read the specs?
> >=20
> > Paul G.
> >=20
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf =
Of
> > ben_mccormack2000
> > Sent: 19 January 2010 14:45
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] cbus Wiser appears to be in UK stockist
> >=20
> > Just seen this at cbus shop
> >=20
> >
> http://www.cbus-shop.com/product_info.php?products_id=3D933&osCsid=3D3079=
e0cc201
> > 45785e3f46e80502dd4c6
> >=20
> > =A3670
> >=20
> > Ben
> >=20
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> > ------------------------------------
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> >=20
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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