Re: Re: Flow switch recommendations - and integration to HA server

["Tracey Gardner" <tracey.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Surely we'd be better applying the KISS principle here?
A simple relay operated by the flow switch could provide power to the
mirror
and switch another relay which removed an attenuator on the input of the
amplifier, thus providing the increase in volume?

Tracey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Flow switch recommendations - and integration to
HA server


> Noel - all depends what HA hardware/software you already have. Mirror
heat
> pad is pretty easy if you already have Homevision/Comfort/CBus etc???
>
> For the audio - a simple method is to generate IR codes from something
> like Homevision or another HA Hardware controller that has IR
> functionality - simply send a few volume up commands.
>
> Getting a little more adventurous would be something like an amp that
> accepts RS232 control etc - like a Russound multi-room amp or Xantech
etc
> etc. RS232 can be issued by Homevision.
>
> Paul.
>> Hi all,
>> Reviving this one as I'm finally looking to buy one, due to speak
with
>> the company this morning re the flow restrictions, one further
question
>> though.
>>
>> I'd like to use the flow switch to do two things:
>>
>> 1 - Turn on my mirror heat pad
>>
>> 2 - trigger an increase in volume through my HA server (music
needs to
>> be louder when showers on), to do this I'll need to get something
that
>> can bring inputs into the server unless I can do something clever
>> wirelessly with x10 or similar?
>>
>> How would I go about doing both of these from the same flow
switch, and
>> any thoughts on how I could achieve the second one?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Noel
>>



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