Hi all,
I have been looking for a forum on which to pose some Z-Wave questions and I'm hoping this is it!.
I'm trying to work out a solution for a remote house, one that I visit from time to time and never know when I will be able to get there next. There is a telephone line only, and I want to control lights, thermostat and boiler hot-water - so it's warm when I arrive and there is hot-water!. At some point I would like to add a link to the security system.
I'm planning on using an old laptop for the network controller, using the built in dial-up modem to contact a server running at my house. The laptop would be the SUC in the Z-wave system (I guess), but would the server then be the SIS?. I should also add that the laptop has been chosen because the screen doesn't work! - so I'm planning to have the GUI on the server and not at the house.
I have requested the Z-Wave SDK with USB - which I will be using to write the neccessary software, but it's the controller, SUC, SIS bit I'm not sure about.
Currently I can make the laptop poll my server via the modem, and can transfer HTTP to the laptop over the internet - so I can transfer commands. If I can understand the network set-up side, and the operation of the SUC I'm sure I can get remote control using this set-up.
Any thoughts help?
Thanks
Mike
I have been looking for a forum on which to pose some Z-Wave questions and I'm hoping this is it!.
I'm trying to work out a solution for a remote house, one that I visit from time to time and never know when I will be able to get there next. There is a telephone line only, and I want to control lights, thermostat and boiler hot-water - so it's warm when I arrive and there is hot-water!. At some point I would like to add a link to the security system.
I'm planning on using an old laptop for the network controller, using the built in dial-up modem to contact a server running at my house. The laptop would be the SUC in the Z-wave system (I guess), but would the server then be the SIS?. I should also add that the laptop has been chosen because the screen doesn't work! - so I'm planning to have the GUI on the server and not at the house.
I have requested the Z-Wave SDK with USB - which I will be using to write the neccessary software, but it's the controller, SUC, SIS bit I'm not sure about.
Currently I can make the laptop poll my server via the modem, and can transfer HTTP to the laptop over the internet - so I can transfer commands. If I can understand the network set-up side, and the operation of the SUC I'm sure I can get remote control using this set-up.
Any thoughts help?
Thanks
Mike