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- wexfordman - 01-05-2009
Hi
I have comfort panel in my house now about 8 years (installed in 2001 myself), and its been working great. Recently installed a comfort panel in my sisterââ¬â¢s house, along with some scs switches and Ethernet port etc, so got a chance to see the improvements that have been made since my initial install, and am a bit jealous, so looking to upgrade.
Current system
Old comfort panel, 8 inputs, two kp01 keypads
UCM01 I believe, with rs232 port
Requirements
24 inputs
Ethernet connectivity with comfigurator/ or comfort webserver
SCS06 x 3
Could anyone advise if this means a complete new main board, or if I can simply upgrade my existing system. Is there any process for upgrading, or deals on upgrade pricing etc, its looking a little pricey :-( although I donââ¬â¢t mind foregoing the cwm for a while.
Also, anyone advise where to buy now, I used to get my HW form www.comfort.org.uk, but any other dealers in uk/irl ?
Regards,
Eamon
- admin - 01-06-2009
Glad to hear from a long time Comfort customer
The new Comfort II PCB is completely different from Comfort I so it cannot be upgraded. You can re-use the metal enclosure and transformer and just get the CM9000-ULT PCB. The ACC-PLATE01 is a metal plate that allows you to mount the pcb on the old enclosure
You should get the UCM05 or UCM/Ethernet as it allows you to upgrade Comfort firmware in future
You can re-use the LEM01 and SEP01 if you already have 24 zones
Comfort Home Controls is no longer a distributor and is not associated with Cytech is any way
The list of distributors in the UK and Ireland are listed here
http://www.comfortforums.com/view_topic.php?id=1292&forum_id=51
We dont have an upgrade program yet, but perhaps it is time to work one out
- wexfordman - 01-06-2009
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. Can I re-use my exising kp01`keypads also ? Dont have an sep01, so will have to go for an lem03 I think. Also, have ucm01, can I just add eth interface to this, and use with comfigurator or will I have to go and get ucm05/eth ?
So there is hope for an upgrade plan ? Should I wait, or can you tell me more, perhaps even have me as your first customer :-) It\'l be the 3rd comfort suystem I\'ll be putting in (1 for my sister, and this will be the second in my own house!!)
Regards,
Eamon
- admin - 01-06-2009
You can reuse the Kp01, except that the intercom with phones and door station will not work too good
LEM03-M2 will add 16 zones
The older UCM01 do not allow you to add the ETH01 module unless there is a 232/485 jumper. It also does not allow firmware upgrades, so a new generation UCM is recommended
Perhaps you can wait a bit for us to work out an upgrade plan with the distributors
- slayer91 - 01-09-2009
As another Comfort 1 user in Ireland, I would be interrested in your upgrade plan.
Regs
Liam
- tech07 - 02-03-2009
I am happy to say that the upgrade plan should be out soon, depending on the distributors putting these into their offerings