Recent content by jarcher

If I were to get the RCS Z-Wave remote, I can always whip up a little software to change the temp I guess. Would I be able to control it using a Leviton Z-Wave remote?

Was there a thermostat that I could make display the weather forecast? I seem to remember reading about that somewhere but now I can't find it...

Hi Guys and thanks very much. I am leaning toward the Prohiplix one. The RCS Z-Wave one seems to do very little. Realistically, I may not add a HA PC for some time, and I would like to be able to program the thermostat. From reading the description of the Z-Wave one, it seems to lack that...

After all this time, I still have wires poking out of the wall upstairs and downstairs! So now I really need to choose a thermostat or the wife is going to have a huge fit. Can't blame her, it's getting cold up here in the Northeast. Does anyone have an opinion of this one...

Has anyone tried this thermostat? I need to order a tstat soon and am bewildered at the options...

Ha, swell. And if you look at Leviton's docs for the IR codes, they just list IR codes for 8 "scenes" along wit on, off, dim and bright. That's a big help, thanks!

This is the issue I had as well. Thanks for explaining your setup. In my case, I have all scene controllers and at the moment they are all in the same room, two at one entrance and one at the other. This way, the lights can be adjusted as if they were on 3 way switches (which they sort of...

I didn't know zone controllers had rockers as opposed to toggles. Trying to figure out which Vizia RF devices do what can be a little confusing.

This is similar to my experience. I have 3 4 button zone controllers along with a bunch of dimmers and switches. Overall, things work very well. I agree it would be nice of the LEDs in the 4 button controllers would work more quickly. I have not played with the lamp modules I have much...

That's a cool video, but how does he then shut the music off, or do anything else once it's playing?

I'm not against it and I'm sure I'll get to it. Maybe you're right and most other people will as well. As for the young being the ones to adopt it, didn't you just explain that the babysitter can't figure out your DVD player? I once had a baby sitter who phoned my at my uncil's funeral...

From many years in the software industry, I have learned that most people like things simple. If a person is paying someone else to do it, then they probably just want it to work and are not going to spend lots of time playing with it. Also, how much need is there really to do things remotely...

It turns out I did find a path to the attic fromt he basement! I ran two long lengths of some older cat5 I had sitting around. I also ran both 7 conductor thermostat wire and cat 5 to two different thermostat locations, on on each floor. With that I should be able to install whatever...

Hi All... I have been looking at the TZ40 remote thermostat and have read all the docs. It says it handles up to three remote temp sensors, but the dpocs only show how to wire one of them, making no mention of how to wire more than one. Apparently the one sensor is wired to screw terminals...

Hi All... I was looking at the 8051Aprilaire Flush Mount Remote Temperature Sensor. Does anyone know if this can be used with thermostats other than those from Aprilaire? This seems to be the only one I can find that would be nearly completely hidden. The ones that go with the TZ40, for...