[OpenTRV-interest] getting hands on some valves

Stuart Poulton stuart at poulton.org.uk
Mon Nov 28 09:40:19 GMT 2016


Ok, so I missed the 'A Web shop will be appearing soon'

Damon, any chance of some indicative pricing ?

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Stuart Poulton <stuart at poulton.org.uk>
wrote:

> Great to see lots of responses. On the basis of the info in this thread
> here's what we know so far.
>
> - This thread came about following the cancellation of Crowdfunding the
> launch of RADBOT
> - Most people are looking for 8-10 valves
> - There are currently no details around the control of the boiler
> - No details regarding what interface will be to for example a RaspberryPi
> (I suspect serial<->RF unit.
> - No details on pricing
> - No details on how to formally request hardware
>
> Thanks to Damon and Mark for contributing from a 'commercial' perspective.
> Hopefully we'll all be able to move forward and get a working solution
> along with an active development community.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Dave Shaw <dave.shaw.kford at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Same situation here. Already got my motion sensors in each room and a
>> predictive algorithm sorted just need the TRVs to take it to the next step.
>> I would need 10 for a full house solution. Willing to contribute knowledge
>> and cash if necessary!
>>
>> On 28 Nov 2016 07:51, "Kairos" <kairosmedia at swissmail.org> wrote:
>>
>>> At 20:20 27/11/2016, you wrote:
>>> >Jason Pearce <jason at pearce.org.uk> wrote: > I would need 7 (unless you
>>> no longer need a central thermostat with this solution, in which I would
>>> need 8) You want 8 then. The basic idea is that a single thermostat is
>>> actually very poor at controlling the system.
>>>
>>> I have been following this project for some time and I would like to get
>>> hold of one unit for testing. In particular I want to find out:
>>>
>>> -- How resilient the TRV is to wifi congestion/outage?
>>> -- How reliable are the mechanical components.
>>> -- How easy to integrate into a custom control system (say one based on
>>> an RPi).
>>> -- What exactly "open" in "OpenTRV" means..
>>>
>>> I'll be happy to pay for one, and will naturally submit any findings to
>>> whomever for their development work..
>>>
>>> It isn't clear to me whether simply sending this email constitutes a
>>> resuest for a unit, or if there is a more formal request system...
>>>
>>> ??
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
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