SDDP - Control4's Simple Device Discovery Protocol
I was listening the the smarthomeshow where they interview the CEO of control4, he mentioned they licence "liberally" their protocol SDDP, what made my ears prick-up is he mentioned one on the users of...
View ArticleEvoHome Hot Water Temperature
Hi, I've recently had Evohome fitted with the hot water kit. Just wondering what experiences people have had with the hot water temp reading. Mine currently only seems to go up to 40 despite the water...
View ArticleCortex using Windows 8.1 Tablet.
We have recently being trying Cortex on some low cost Windows 8.1 with Bing Tablets. These tend to use Intel's 1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z3735F Bay Trail processors and appear to provide a cost effective...
View ArticleWhat surface pattress box for BDR91 wireless relay?
Hi, What surface mount pattress box is recommended for the BDR91 relays? Last time I fitted them I had three different 1-gang boxes laying around and none fitted due to the rounded corners. Any advice?...
View ArticleIOS App - Bug?
I over-rode a zone last night by increasing the temperature and time. Everything worked as it should with the controller and app showing the corrections. With less than an hour to go, we decided to...
View ArticleHR92 reprograms itself and BRD91 binding corrupted
Here's a strange thing. After six weeks trouble-free use since the last re-installation I discovered one of the rad valves had redesignated itself and the Living Rm E zone did not work. The HR92 screen...
View ArticleWhat are you looking for in a automated home system? Your dream system
The smart home system is growing frequently and new developments in HA are improving and changing. I really want to know what people are looking for when they choose their automated system. Design?...
View ArticleHR92 and wireless thermostat sensors and actuators in a radiator controlled zone
New to this game so please bear with me if I ask obvious questions ! I am thinking about how radiator valve controlled zones work, especially ones with multiple HR92s and possible a wireless thermostat...
View ArticleWhat is the recommended way to configure Evohome for a sundial S plan plus
I've been struggling to configure my sundial S plan plus in Evohome for a few weeks and after much research and reading of many posts on this site I seem to have figured out the best way to do it. So...
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Take Part in our evohome Inventor Webchat and Win a Honeywell evohome System
Automated Home and Honeywell have teamed up for a live webchat with the inventors of the Honeywell evohome Smart Thermostat in our Chat Room from 8:00pm to 9:30pm BST on the 15th April 2015. The...
View ArticleFitting hot water kit thermostat to OSO Super Coil cylinder
I'm about to start a major upgrade to our home heating, including fitting a new unvented tank and Evohome for heating, and ideally water. While I can see how to connect in the Evohome water kit via the...
View ArticlePricing concession on backup PC Cortex licences
Following on from the Windows tablet thread.. If you are considering one of these perhaps as a low cost Cortex back up PC (remember also that Cortex supports auto handover between two PCs connected to...
View ArticleCompatibility Evohome/Opentherm with different boilers
I know that Opentherm is not really implanted in UK but this forum regroups user from all europe (probably thanks to the very good professionals «animating» this forum). I have read some good and bad...
View ArticleAfter 12 months of happy ownership........
Well after 12 months of happy ownership i picked the controller up off it's cradle and it displayed a white screen which had a honeywell logo and some text which said pin entered. The screen flashed...
View ArticleBDR91 Comms Fault / Crash
My Evohome install has been fine since I installed it in mid Feb however over the past week or so the BDR91 has been showing a solid red led and this can only be cleared by removing the front panel and...
View ArticleFuture-Proofing the current Evohome System
Few would argue that Evohome is at the luxury end of the heating controls market. By way of comparison, it is worth noting what BMW's stance is on future-proofing its latest I3 electric vehicle (EV)....
View ArticlePower to RFG 100
Anybody managed to power an RFG 100 from the USB port on a BT Home Hub 5 ? Many thanks .....Mick
View ArticleSold my HA enabled house :(
So a bitter sweet time - have recently sold my fully HA enabled house (Comfort, CBus, Cat5e everywhere, audio/video distribution, CCTV etc). I'll miss so much of it but had to move on. Unfortunately...
View ArticleSimple, Reliable, Outdoor IP Camera
Nothing too difficult here, I have a 1920s semi-detached, front garden, driveway and then my expensive camper van parked on the road. It's about 15-20m away from the house, but the street is well lit....
View ArticleHVAC Cooling, connecting to something not a Zone valve?
Hi All, I'd like to provide cooling, but not a zone valve object. To be precise, it's to a Relay object, configured as a simple Pulsed, On/Off load. This On/Off controls a simple push button on either...
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