Nicholas Skinner shares how he developed his DIY Central Heating and Hot Water Control System with us.
“Features:
- Two channel (heating and hot water) support.
- Temporary Override (ignore schedule for 30 min – 1 day), both overriding on, but also off.
- Permanent Override (ignore schedule).
- Web based interface for changing schedule / override settings.
- Schedule support for any combination of weekdays.
- Schedule support for one off custom schedules on specific dates only.
- Setting date/time via NTP (with automatic support for time zones, and daylight savings – built into Linux server).
- Support for override control via Cisco 7960 phones (already located around house / managed by Asterisk).
- Wireless from control unit to programmer (linked to network).
- Self contained system – does not require separate PC server running 24/7.”