REMOTE (via iPHONE?) controls

[SPARTYKUS]

Is there a reasonably priced product anyone knows of where one can effectively switch the heating on with, in a house 80 miles away, that is equipped with some kind of SIM-powered, relay / contactor filled gadgetry?

We need to be able to provide a solution whereby the electric heating can be remotely controlled.

And no, don't say "ring the neighbours"!

?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Have a look at LUTRON.
It can do what you are looking for, icluding the blinds, the lighting and more.

Oh and there's an iPhone app.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

loooooooking now ......:leaving:

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Taylortwocities

That looks some hot system. Do you install these? Have you any idea of prices? (100's or 1000's)

Looks good Thanks

 

[Mark_Burgess]

Go on the screwfix website as they seem to have a wireless system for sale.

 

[StuSpiers]

I have done a LUTRON system.

Good kit.

Everything gets wired on a radial so you can individually control from a central processor.

I would imagine it's pricey, I was only subbying so no idea of cost.

found this:

Text Your heating | Send a SMS text message from your mobile phone to switch your central heating on/off |

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Go on the screwfix website as they seem to have a wireless system for sale.

Mark that looks a poss., basically a auto dialler like on an alarm. I just need to switch a set of seven heaters (all with individual thermostats) on or off, they are all switched at the moment from one switch (through a couple of contactors as quite a large load approaching 40A).

 

[SPARTYKUS]

I have done a LUTRON system.

Good kit.

Everything gets wired on a radial so you can individually control from a central processor.

I would imagine it's pricey, I was only subbying so no idea of cost.

found this:

Text Your heating | Send a SMS text message from your mobile phone to switch your central heating on/off |

Oh YOU BEAUTY!

Ta StuSpiers.

Am absorbing and chewing over

 

[StuSpiers]

I would guess you would still need to employ a contactor as this only has a 12V supply.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

I would guess you would still need to employ a contactor as this only has a 12V supply.

I can cope with that bit it's the getting the signal there to switch a contactor I'm struggling with!

 

[StuSpiers]

cheaper:

GSM Remote Control Switch | Mobile Phone Remote Control

 

[Rockingit]

The electronics and IT required to do this are easy enough at a 'system block' level, it's just whether or not someone has manufactured it in a plug and play fashion!

The problem that I can foresee isn't in the electrics/electronics, it's going to be with their ISP. To my mind, it's only going to work if you have a system of fixed IP addresses, and the heating system is going to be, in internet terms anyway, a server which will have to be able to be found on the web. Many ISP's don't allow that kind of arrangement within a standard package.

 

[topquark]

If you have a domain name to use you can use dynamic dns to update the IP address (from the device) when it changes.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Boy do I feel like I asked the right question :leaving:

thanks for all the answers

 

[topquark]

You could get one of the cheap SoC computers to use ie Raspberry-PI, Ninja blocks, etc, most have programmable GPIO ports that you could rig to drive a relay.