[OpenTRV-interest] getting hands on some valves

Stuart Poulton stuart at poulton.org.uk
Mon Nov 28 10:16:04 GMT 2016


1) - Whatever works for you guys.....

2) - Sure no problem

3) - Sounds interesting. But some details about what we'd actually be
getting would be good.




On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Damon Hart-Davis <damon at opentrv.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As soon as Mark and I have a moment to get stuff sorted properly (he is in
> Finland for the next few days) we’ll get stuff up and running.
>
> Note that this initial shop stock will be *devs only* so will be supplied
> without code, and with links to how to build and load code, eg with
> particular tags.
>
> We’ll work out how to get the Radbot consumer version back on the road
> later, still aiming for the original availability date.
>
> A couple of questions for everyone to help us get this stuff sorted:
>
>  1) How would people like to pay?  Bank transfer /  Credit/debit card /
> cheques?  (Each have pros and cons in terms of speed of setting stuff up.)
>
>  2) Are people happy to pre-order for delivery the other side of Christmas?
>
>  3) Are people happy to (say) get kit at a discount where one feature is
> not functioning, eg radio TX, or boost button, etc?  We have a great
> variety of battle-tested stuff and not everyone needs every bit working,
> and frankly otherwise I may feel compelled to hoard!  %^P
>
> Rgds
>
> Damon
>
>
> > On 28 Nov 2016, at 09:40, Stuart Poulton <stuart at poulton.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > 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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