Z-Wave Remote
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:10 pm
Hello everyone,
I will ask my question here in the dummie forum since i am one
Soon i would like to start auotmating some things. I got "big" plans but
i do want to start slowly, so first some lamps and after that maybe
motion sensors and built from there.
What mathers to me most is that it either goes completly automaticly (certain times,
certain activities) but what is also very important that i can do the rest of
the actions with 1 remote. So scheduled actions, events etc by PC and lighting, hifi, tv etc
with 1 remote.
At the moment i'm still orientating wich protocol i would like to use.
Zwave sounds very interesting and im reading up about this. But now for the
"dummie" question, i can't find a remote that does this all. So Zwave and hifi, TV etc...
I hoped the Harmony 895 or 900 would do just what i wanted, but after some reading i understand
that the Harmony 900 does not talk Zwave at all, and that the Harmony 895 does talk Zwave but can't
be used in combination with for example Homeseer, something to do with only master.
I've seen the Nevo remote, but 700 Euro for a remote....that goes a bit far for me, and offcourse the wife..
So i was wondering, how do other people do this? Multiple remotes?
Or are there other remotes that actually do the things i want but that i just haven't found yet?
(Btw, i did find the Remotec Z-URC 550 which is pretty affordable, only i get the feeling the remote is still
pretty expensive compared to for example a Harmony One.
Any advise / help would be most welcome.
Kind Regards,
Michiel
I will ask my question here in the dummie forum since i am one
Soon i would like to start auotmating some things. I got "big" plans but
i do want to start slowly, so first some lamps and after that maybe
motion sensors and built from there.
What mathers to me most is that it either goes completly automaticly (certain times,
certain activities) but what is also very important that i can do the rest of
the actions with 1 remote. So scheduled actions, events etc by PC and lighting, hifi, tv etc
with 1 remote.
At the moment i'm still orientating wich protocol i would like to use.
Zwave sounds very interesting and im reading up about this. But now for the
"dummie" question, i can't find a remote that does this all. So Zwave and hifi, TV etc...
I hoped the Harmony 895 or 900 would do just what i wanted, but after some reading i understand
that the Harmony 900 does not talk Zwave at all, and that the Harmony 895 does talk Zwave but can't
be used in combination with for example Homeseer, something to do with only master.
I've seen the Nevo remote, but 700 Euro for a remote....that goes a bit far for me, and offcourse the wife..
So i was wondering, how do other people do this? Multiple remotes?
Or are there other remotes that actually do the things i want but that i just haven't found yet?
(Btw, i did find the Remotec Z-URC 550 which is pretty affordable, only i get the feeling the remote is still
pretty expensive compared to for example a Harmony One.
Any advise / help would be most welcome.
Kind Regards,
Michiel