[asterisk-users] Is there any Asterisk controllable thermostat?

[Bob Chiodini]

Doug,

The Uniden CLX465 supports stutter dial tone (SDT) and provides a MWI.
Might be overkill since it is an answering machine as well.  There are a
few others.  Google for stutter dial tone or "phone company compatible
voice mail".  The SPA3K can produce SDT.  The Budgetone 102 also has an
MWI.

I never thought about painting the phone's case.  The handset might be
an issue.  Sounds like an interesting marketing opportunity, like
cell-phone covers.

Bob...

On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 10:14 -0500, Doug Crompton wrote:
> John,
> 
>  Two questions on your comments....
> 
>  I have no seen an Insteon computer controller similiar to the old bottle
> rocket. Is there such a device? I am thinking of getting an Insteon
> starter kit bit I have so many X10 devices it will be awhie before, if
> ever, that I get it all changed over. Many items, like spotlights, are not
> available in Insteon.
> 
> I would be interested in the Ethernet MWI. I am using many phones on an
> SPA3000 fxs and I can't seem to find an MWI on an analog phone that works
> with Asterisk and the SPA3000, although I have been told that there are
> some that do??? The quick answer would be to put a SIP phone with MWI
> where your wife wants to be able to see the light. I have a Budgtone 200
> and MWI works fine on it. Of course then you have styling and color issues
> that might not past the muster.
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, John Marvin wrote:
> 
> >
> > I would suggest that people who don't already have an investment in home
> > automation equipment should look at Insteon rather than X10. Insteon is
> > a next generation version of X10 that provides backwards compatibility
> > with X10. The devices are a little more expensive, but not as expensive
> > as some of the other alternatives. Insteon provides 2 way communication
> > and is a lot more reliable than X10.
> >
> > If you already have an investment in X10 devices you can slowly convert
> > to Insteon, since Insteon provides backwards compatibility, i.e. X10
> > controllers can control Insteon devices and Insteon controllers can
> > control X10 devices, however you won't get all the advantages of Insteon
> > until you have Insteon controllers controlling Insteon devices.
> >
> > For people with some soldering and basic circuit design skills, you may
> > want to consider using ethernet as a home automation bus for some
> > things. I love the Olimex PIC WEB and PIC Mini Web development boards
> > (they cost $49.95 and $39.95 respectively). They have an ethernet port
> > and an expansion connector for the available PIC I/O pins. Microchip
> > provides a free C compiler for Pic processors, and they also have an
> > open source networking stack that works on the Olimex boards. So with a
> > ribbon cable connector and a small breadboard with a few IC's and/or
> > driver transistors you can build a device that responds to commands via
> > the network (or via a built in web server) from your Asterisk server
> > that does about any task you can think of. Lots of fun ... I'm currently
> > building a voicemail indicator (my wife didn't like me taking her
> > answering machine away with the blinking lights when we switched to
> > Asterisk voicemail) using a PIC Web board. Next project will be a web
> > based sprinkler controller.
> >
> > John
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