I have installed the Honeywell smart thermostats for two way radio repeater communication rooms on Franklin mountains . Emails client when temperature varies from his desired levels. Our summers get toasty so that is his main concern... Ice build up on antennas does happen but not much you can do about it safely.
On Jan 8, 2017 10:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > What he said... > > *From:* Tushar Patel > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 6:40 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > Do you have part list you used you can share? > You mentioned Zwave. What else? > > > Tushar > > > On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: > > My house used to run purely on Control4 system .. professionally installed > and quite expensive. I got sick of $125 service calls for rather simple > stuff to be done and decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The Control4 > system with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k in total. > > > > Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested plus my time … > at most. Zero monthly subscription, zero headaches …. And no service calls. > > > > The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I did) is > working with electrical in your house … I replaced outlets and switches for > example and the zwave stuff I used is much deeper than normal switches – I > wish now that I had just hired an electrician to mess around with that > stuff in particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing …. > > > > I know someone in my area that does home automation for a living … done it > for years. He is very busy … his main clients are folks who have cottages > and wish to remotely control/monitor their properties especially during > times they are not visiting it very much … > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Joe Novak < > jno...@lrcomm.com> > *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM > *To: *<af@afmug.com> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ > > > > Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the DIY stuff. I > am considering setting up a system at home. https://home-assistant.io/ is > the software I'd like to use to run it. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's and wonder how > many people have the knowledge to set it all up but I have zero knowledge > in the products. Maybe it's time to automate my thermostat. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I would think the only > money would be in the very high end stuff. Things you probably have to > focus as a sole business. > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley <iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is there any real money to be made in home automation? Any recurring > revenue? How about headaches and problems? > > > > > >
