[NCLUG] OT(ish) - HVAC Control

[Jesse Griffin]

Hi Quentin,

This may be more work than you are interested in, but someone has recently
posted instructions on turning a Raspberry Pi into a thermostat:
http://fudgetech.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/pi-central-heating.html

Thank you,
Jesse Griffin
tummy.com, ltd.

On 09/24/2013 08:54 AM, Quentin Hartman wrote:
> I need to get a new thermostat in my house, and I'd like something that is
> wifi and/or zigbee enabled so I can do some home automation-ish
> experimentation with it. One problem I've noticed though is that all the
> wifi ones I've looked at require you to sign up with a thirdparty that the
> thermostat talks to over the Internet to allow all the gee-whiz features.
> I'm not thrilled with that from a security standpoint, and while the
> service is often currently free, all the TOS I've read specifically mention
> that they may charge for it in the future, rendering the extra features I
> paid for useless if I don't pony up some service fee.
> 
> SO
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for thermostats that are either a) wifi
> enabled and play nicely on a local network w/o needing an external service
> or b) are zigbee (or similar standard ad-hoc wireless network) enabled and
> play nicely with a Linux-based controller?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> QH
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