ronk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:04 pm
Other than controlling the odd light remotely I don't think i will be changing to an internet based system. I have a digi controller with three cycles and a weekly / weekend choice to control heating and hot water .
If we are away it's all off and if away thro the winter it's on 27 / 7 set to to minimum.
I like my tech toys but can't see what benefits I could get from the system - I think I would be switching on or off just because I could .
Geofencing, switches the heating off when you leave & back on as you enter.
Linked to the weather (based on internet temps), so if it 'detects' a cold snap it alters the heating (or the opposite for a hot period, this is the UK so not relevant of course
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Frost protection, if you are away it can bring the heating on to a low level, even if manually off.
Open window detection, if the stat detects a sudden drop in temp it assumes that a window has been opened & shuts the heating off.
Graphical chart, showing solar (sun) energy & when the heating has been called for.
Linked in with IFTTT so can send alerts when heating or off (if you need that sort of thing) & gives a bit more control than the native app.
Linked in with Amazon Echo, so can turn the heating up/down/off using that.
We shut our heating off last year whilst away, but I gave the heating a 3 hour (configurable) boost before we left the airport on our way home, I could see from the graph when we were waiting in the passport queue that the house was going to be roasty-toasty for when we got in.
All of the above based upon the Tado central heating controller, an alternative choice to Hive/Nest etc.