11-13-2007, 06:58 PM
An outline on interfacing Hometronic to Comfort. More to follow......
Comfort can control Hometronic Lifestyles via a Hometronic HX10.
This gives 5 Lifestyles (via \'5 sensors\' on the Hometronic Menu).
This can be an X10 (A1 - A5) Mode (not tried) or 5 O/C Outputs (not tried) or Relays Mode (tried)
I think there can be up to 3 x HX10 i.e. 15 Lifestyles.
From Dean at Sensible Heat:
For the purposes of simplicity and explanation we'll assume the normal (non-active) state of the input[s] is open circuit, active is when contact closes.
All inputs 1-5 transmit status to the Manager unit upon change of state.
At the Manager, Lifestyles can be invoked at either or both the 'up' edge of a contact closure (open to closed) or 'down' edge of a contact closure (closed to open).
The Lifestyles take place temporarily, in such a way that rooms set to fixed temperatures during activation of a Lifestyle stay at that setting until their Time/Temperature Schedule (used for normal operation) goes through a scheduled switching point, even if the input which brought about the Lifestyle is still active.
Once all rooms have been through a switching point the Lifestyle is cleared, hence generally Lifestyles only last up to 24 hours or so.
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[size=2]Only Input 1 differs...
Input 1 (if DIP1 set) will retransmit every 2 mins after contact close as long as the contact remains closed.[/size]
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Hence to gain permanent activation of a Lifestyle using HX10 inputs without being cleared by Time Schedules, either use input 1 with the relevant DIP setting, or program Comfort to re-activate the input (whichever) periodically every hour or half-hour say.
Lifestyles are mutually exclusive, only the last called is active and supersedes other previously activated Lifestyles. They can also be called or scheduled through the Manager Unit.
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So if Relay on Comfort Output 8 is linked to HX10 Input 1
Response: Hometronic_1
Output Output08 On
Output Output07 Off
Output Output06 Off
Output Output05 Off
Output Output04 Off
Then use the Hourly Misc Event to repeat and override Time Schedules.
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Note also that there is probably a fair bit of duplication / overlap of functionality / modules between Hometronic and Comfort e.g. dial-in.
I will try and get a link to the HX10 manual.
Nigel
Comfort can control Hometronic Lifestyles via a Hometronic HX10.
This gives 5 Lifestyles (via \'5 sensors\' on the Hometronic Menu).
This can be an X10 (A1 - A5) Mode (not tried) or 5 O/C Outputs (not tried) or Relays Mode (tried)
I think there can be up to 3 x HX10 i.e. 15 Lifestyles.
From Dean at Sensible Heat:
For the purposes of simplicity and explanation we'll assume the normal (non-active) state of the input[s] is open circuit, active is when contact closes.
All inputs 1-5 transmit status to the Manager unit upon change of state.
At the Manager, Lifestyles can be invoked at either or both the 'up' edge of a contact closure (open to closed) or 'down' edge of a contact closure (closed to open).
The Lifestyles take place temporarily, in such a way that rooms set to fixed temperatures during activation of a Lifestyle stay at that setting until their Time/Temperature Schedule (used for normal operation) goes through a scheduled switching point, even if the input which brought about the Lifestyle is still active.
Once all rooms have been through a switching point the Lifestyle is cleared, hence generally Lifestyles only last up to 24 hours or so.
[size=2]
[size=2]Only Input 1 differs...
Input 1 (if DIP1 set) will retransmit every 2 mins after contact close as long as the contact remains closed.[/size]
[/size]
Hence to gain permanent activation of a Lifestyle using HX10 inputs without being cleared by Time Schedules, either use input 1 with the relevant DIP setting, or program Comfort to re-activate the input (whichever) periodically every hour or half-hour say.
Lifestyles are mutually exclusive, only the last called is active and supersedes other previously activated Lifestyles. They can also be called or scheduled through the Manager Unit.
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So if Relay on Comfort Output 8 is linked to HX10 Input 1
Response: Hometronic_1
Output Output08 On
Output Output07 Off
Output Output06 Off
Output Output05 Off
Output Output04 Off
Then use the Hourly Misc Event to repeat and override Time Schedules.
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Note also that there is probably a fair bit of duplication / overlap of functionality / modules between Hometronic and Comfort e.g. dial-in.
I will try and get a link to the HX10 manual.
Nigel
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