[OpenTRV-dev] The Commercial offerings......

[Bruno Girin]

Immediate thoughts while slightly under the influence of very good beer:
- Their command console is ugly, surely they could have done better than
that?
- The article mentions under-floor heating but not central heating.

So OpenTRV has the following USP:
- It can work without the internet (and even when we have a hub or console
malarkey, we'll ensure the internet is just an option and even then it will
all be open source and so will be the security);
- It should be cheaper;
- It won't be a closed solution so you'll be able to build other devices
that work with it.

Cheers,

Bruno



On 27 February 2014 18:52, Stuart Poulton <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN> wrote:

> To be fair, I don't think the valve looks any more bulky than the other
> offerings out there.
>
> Stuart
>
> On 27 Feb 2014, at 18:46, Philip Canavan wrote:
>
> I'd be intrrested in how much of a step forward this really is, given the
> epic cost (£1000 for a full house, from the sounds of it). The valves look
> slightly better design-wise, but still look bulky, and internet-connected
> scares the heck out if me. The value is all in the algorithms, though, and
> if you can run it isolated with bidirectional comms and control to the
> zones via a public API, and it does non-binary boiler control, then I'd be
> very tempted (although maybe not for a thousand quid!).
>
> Stuart Poulton <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN> wrote:
>>
>> I'm guessing Damon will have seen this, but for everyone else, this is
>> what Honeywell are now offering
>>
>>
>> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/video/video-honeywell-evohome-now-available-to-order-arrives-at-automated-home.html
>>
>> Stuart
>>
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