Michael
Prominent Member
I'm just starting the research on getting some smarthome stuff installed, but I was wondering if there was a simple answer to this question.
After a few horror stories of devices that got made into paperweights by companies going bust, I'm curious before I begin spending money
Ideally, I'd want something where I have the option to control things without having to go via some company's cloud, and ideally in a way that I'm not dependent on an internet connected app. In a perfect world, I'd want to have some nice stable standalone software in the house, which I can then glue together with other bits of kit (sensors, triggers, etc) to automate things.
Temperature and energy use monitoring seems very doable with FOSS.
Boiler control seems to be reasonably straightfoward, as the physical controls are simple.
But radiator control seems to be limited to "install these devices, then use our controller", unless I'm missing a product?
Thoughts appreciated, and I'm happy to be wrong
After a few horror stories of devices that got made into paperweights by companies going bust, I'm curious before I begin spending money
Ideally, I'd want something where I have the option to control things without having to go via some company's cloud, and ideally in a way that I'm not dependent on an internet connected app. In a perfect world, I'd want to have some nice stable standalone software in the house, which I can then glue together with other bits of kit (sensors, triggers, etc) to automate things.
Temperature and energy use monitoring seems very doable with FOSS.
Boiler control seems to be reasonably straightfoward, as the physical controls are simple.
But radiator control seems to be limited to "install these devices, then use our controller", unless I'm missing a product?
Thoughts appreciated, and I'm happy to be wrong