I phone control for heating

[La Poste]

Greetings.

Had a guy ask me today if there was anything on the market that would allow him to control his heating in his house in the UK
whilst on holiday in France, I thought of saying call your neighbour but bit my tongue.

I expect he wants to turn the heating up or down or off and on remotely.
Possibly even switch some lights on and off.

I'm not asking for a step by step guide, I can do the research myself
but just a link or two to get me started would be helpful.

Thanks.

 

[monkeyelectric]

Try lightwave rf

 

[UNG]

Usually find the customer wants until they find out the price, a lot of these interactive systems are not cheap

If all they want to do is turn heating off and on then there are GSM single and dual channel relay units that will operate from text messages I know a few people that use these for turning on vehicle heaters before they leave the warmth of the house or office

 

[jbrock]

You will have to go down the home automation route, Maybe be worth having a chat with the guys at crestron electronics.

 

[Stuuk1]

I'm currently keeping my eyes peeled for someone to release an easy detailed mod with a raspberry pi...

 

[dan86]

Hi la poste
try these guys http://www.heatmiser.com/web/
installed it a while back for one of my mates.he's hugely impressed with it

 

[ciderdaz]

Salus-tech.com
Internet based. Can be done from pc. iPhone or android

 

[oldtimer]

Try Nest | The Learning Thermostat | Home designed and built by the guy involved in I phone so whats the catch ? its only in the US

 

[chris murphy]

Greetings.

Had a guy ask me today if there was anything on the market that would allow him to control his heating in his house in the UK
whilst on holiday in France, I thought of saying call your neighbour but bit my tongue.

I expect he wants to turn the heating up or down or off and on remotely.
Possibly even switch some lights on and off.

I'm not asking for a step by step guide, I can do the research myself
but just a link or two to get me started would be helpful.

Thanks.

"Hello La Poste",

I wondered if this is what You want:

Hack Your Heating Using an iPhone Geo-fence | Automated Home

The `Beware` Note in the Text is probably because the Author is expecting NON Electricians to be wiring this equipment up.



There is also this system if your Friend / Client does not use an iphone:


http://www.quantekshop.co.uk/gsmremotecontrol.html -



OR THIS:

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-...campaign=Feed:+AutomatedHome+(Automated+Home) -



THIS MIGHT ALSO BE USEFUL:

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/SMS-Text-Message-Control-of-Your-Heating-and-Other-Devices.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutomatedHome+%28Automated+Home%29 -




I hope that one of these is suitable for You / your Friend / Client.


Regards,


Chris

 

[Mfctitch]

British gas will fit a unit for about £280..
customer of mine had it fitted and he loves it.

 

[Mark.W]

Passiv sytems

 

[La Poste]

I like these, I think this is a good place to start for a simple on/off remote function.

GSM control of any electirlal system by text message

 

[Octopus]

British gas will fit a unit for about £280..
customer of mine had it fitted and he loves it.

Does anyone know who makes the kit BG install??

 

[La Poste]

Does anyone know who makes the kit BG install??

Here's a link to the BG system, it's server based and in my case the Cottage in question has no internet so this system is no good for me:

http://www.britishgas.co.uk/smarter...mote-control-heating/technology-bloggers.html

The thing is if you were to set up your own system based on the BG components, how would you set up the web portal?

 

[UNG]

Or is the web portal just a DDNS that Britsih Gas are just putting some gloss on to fool people into thinking they are getting more than they really are

The controls look familiar so are they made exclusively for British Gas or are they available elsewhere

 

[La Poste]

I don't really know much about web based systems.

The BG system has an interface with all sorts colourful graphs that you can move up and down to adjust the temperature from your phone.

I doubt you could do all this unless you had a web portal to receive the commands from your phone then translate those commands to a language the heating control system can understand, then transmit these commands to your home hub.

But then I don't really know what I am talking about.

 

[gripsiden]

Maybe Home Easy Receivers Remote Control Heating Unit and homeeasy.eu/RemoteControlSMSBaseStation/HE101/189/Product/81/. I got the SMS unit with a remote control & 5 sockets for £45 on ebay.

Simple but effective.

I havent bought the heating control.. but need to ask the experts here a question before I do

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Hmm im a new poster so second URL got lost.. its an SMS unit to control everything via text message.

 

[bigbaddave]

I used the one from screwfix, £70 for the wi fi control unit and £50 the stat. I then purchased the lighting kit but the wife made me turn it off as I was allways turning the lights off when she was home alaone