[OpenTRV-dev] New Member - Introduction

[Rob May]

Ah!  So it's option (3) that I wasn't aware of.  Do you have a timeframe
for that option?

Did people have success with the Frankenvalve, and is that worth pursuing?

On 19 May 2015 at 19:32, Damon Hart-Davis <dhd at exnet.com> wrote:

>
> > I beleive that there are fundamentally 2 systems:
>
> Three.  Amongst our weapons…  %-P
>
> >
> > (1) Rev2 board that is a wireless controller for the ELV FHT8V valve (
> http://www.elv.de/elv-fht8v-funk-stellantrieb-mit-adapterset.html) and
> also uses wireless to another Rev2 board used as the boiler controller.
> >
>
> Yes.
>
> > (2) Rev7 board that will sit inside an (modified) eQ-3 valve (as
> supplied by Conrad:
> http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/ce/en/product/1168832/Thermostat-head-5-up-to-295-C-eQ-3/?ref=detview1&rt=detview1&rb=1)
> - as referenced from here:
> http://opentrv.org.uk/blog/target-date-january-2015/   .  The wireless is
> only used to communicate back to the boiler controller.
>
> That’s the “Frankenvalve”!
>
> > From what I (mis?)understand I'm think I'm more interested in the Rev7
> system, even if that means waiting for a bit, and would be interested in
> helping out with how to get it mounted in the valve if that has not already
> been resolved.
>
> Then there is (3) which is the intended primary target of the REV7 board,
> which is to live in a purpose-designed OpenTRV valve body driving a motor
> and thus the valve pin directly.
>
> Rgds
>
> Damon
>
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