Drayton Wiser Wise Heating Control -arviointi Osa 3 – Alexa Voice Management

Drayton Wiser -sovelluksen laajentaminen ja lisääminen laajennus

Osassa 1 asetimme 3 -kanavan ohjaimen ja avaruustermostaatit perinteisten versioidemme korvaamiseksi. Se täytti useita valintavaatimuksiamme viisaan talon lämmitysjärjestelmään, mutta meillä oli vielä joitain ongelmia, mukaan lukien yksityisten huoneiden kaavoitus. Silloin viisaammalla jäähdyttimen venttiilillä on olennainen rooli.

Kuva: Jokainen laatikko sisältää venttiiliä, 2 AA -paristoa ja 2 sovitinta

Vyöhyke

Wiser -peruselementtien kustannukset ovat kilpailukykyisiä verrattuna lukuisiin muihin tuotteisiin, mutta jäähdyttimen venttiilien kustannukset ovat kuitenkin merkittävin ero. Alla oleva taulukko kuvaa erilaisten viisaiden lämmitysbrändien perustavanlaatuista kustannusvertailua samanlaisten järjestelmien toteuttamisen perusteella kuin kodissamme. Tämä asettaa viisaamman palvelun arvon selkeään kontrastiin, koska se on välillä 500–700 puntaa alhaisempi kuin muut nykyiset markkinatarjonnat.

Peruspakkaus
Huonetilastot (2 pois)
Jäähdyttimen venttiilit (18 pois)
Kaikki yhteensä
Ero viisaampaan
Muistiinpanot

Drayton Wiser
£ 200
Mukana peruspakkaus
£ 630

£ 35A

£ 830

3 kanavan ohjain

Honeywell Evo Home
£ 250+£ 95
£ 56
1 116 puntaa

£ 62Ea

1 573 puntaa
£ 631
95 puntaa kuuman veden hallinnasta

Lämmön nero
£ 295
£ 70

£ 70ea

1 080 puntaa

£ 60ea

1 445 puntaa
£ 615

Danfoss
100 puntaa+£ 80
£ 136

£ 68A

1 080 puntaa

£ 60ea

1 396 puntaa
£ 566
100 puntaa Z-aaltokeskuksesta 80 puntaa kattilan kytkimelle

Kevy
£ 130+£ 80
£ 160

£ 80ea

£ 990

£ 55ea

1 380 puntaa
£ 550
80 puntaa kattilan kytkimelle

Fibaro
£ 255
Ei saatavilla
1 296 puntaa

£ 72EA

1 551 puntaa
£ 721
Kodin automaatiokeskus

Tado
£ 199
£ 109
1 062 puntaa

£ 59ea

1 370 puntaa
£ 540

Netamo
Ei vaadittu
£ 300

£ 150ea

1 260 puntaa

£ 70ea

1 560 puntaa
£ 730

Energenie Mihome
£ 70+£ 30
£ 180

£ 90ea

900 puntaa

£ 50A

1 180 puntaa
£ 350
Kodin automaatiokeskus

Huomautuksia: Säveltämishetkellä ja DIY -asennuksen yhteydessä löydetyt kustannukset. Tämä ei ole suora suorituskykyvertailu, pikemminkin ohjeellinen kustannusvertailu. Jotkut järjestelmät tarjoavat paljon enemmän suorituskykyä kuin toiset, ts. Venttiilien vyöhykkeen hallinta, geofencing, HomeKit -tuki, näytön jäähdyttimen venttiilit jne. Yksilö on määritettävä omat erityistarpeensa sekä tunnistaa arvo. Emme ole verranneet pesä- tai pesäkustannuksia, koska heidän omaa avaruus- / jäähdyttimen hallintaa ei ole tällä hetkellä käytettävissä.

Jäähdyttimen venttiili

Ostimme 2 viisaammasta TRV: stä Screwfix -hintaan 34,99 puntaa kokeiluna ennen sitoutumista täydelliseen käyttöönottoon.

On olemassa kaksi tilaa, joissa koemme laajat lämpötilan vaihtelut, keittiöalue / kotitaloustila ja oleskelutila. Kun öljyn lopetettu keittovalikoima on ollut jonkin aikaa keittiöalueella, tila lämmitetään nopeasti. Tavanomaisen TRV: n hitaan reaktion takia avaruus ylikuumenee usein ennen kuin nousee mukavaan lämpötilaan myöhemmin illalla. Astumme viisaampaan tilastoon tässä huoneessa olevaan pystysuoraan jäähdyttimeen.

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The lounge wall area has roughly 60% glass which faces south. On a sunny day it can be like a greenhouse if the blinds are not pulled, even on a bright day there is a degree of solar heating. Whilst the lounge has low-e double glazing as well as 300mm of loft insulation it still looses a great deal of warm in the evening. We have discovered conventional TRVs just don’t cut it. The lounge has three radiators, we would be fitting the greatest capability radiator with a Wiser stat.

First perception of the stat is that it looks similar to a routine TRV. There are no buttons or screens on the valve so they differ from 90% of wise valves on the market. Actuation of the valve is accomplished by a easy twisting action of the top of the valve, plus will boost the temperature as well as minus will decrease it. The system will either boost or decrease the temperature by 2 degrees for 1 hour.

Fitting the stats was straightforward. There’s no direction leaflet included however there are some points printed on the inner flap of the box so don’t thrown the packaging away just yet. The process for adding a radiator thermostat is:

01. eliminate the existing TRV. This Is secured by the knurled locking ring. Pushing down on the TRV body takes a few of the pressure off the locking ring. This will subject the valve pin as well as the threads to screw on the adapter, in our situation a M30 thread. This is the most typical type as well as an adapter is supplied in the box for it as well as the Danfoss type. get in touch with tech support if these do not in shape as much more adapters may be available.

02. in shape the suitable adapter ring, in our situation the M30 threaded adapter.

03. open the Wiser app as well as go to settings as well as then spaces as well as Devices. We were producing new spaces as well as adding new devices. certainly if you have already produced a space then the complying with sequence will change.

04. tap on add gadgets as well as update the number of radiator thermostats you want to add as well as then hit Next. This was a familiar process after adding two space stats.

05. At this point we produced the new space names as well as assigned them to the channel on the hub we desired them to control. We added the kitchen area as well as the Lounge. The channel assigning step may not be needed if you have a single channel controller. Tapping next in the app takes to to the next screen recommending to in shape the batteries to the TRV’s.

06. eliminate the battery cover on the thermostat body by pushing the tab on the base as well as pulling the cover away from the body.

07. Insert the two AA batteries. There are no apparent markings in the battery compartment for battery positioning however a better look as well as you will see a plus as well as a minus sign punched out of the battery tabs. Insert the batteries.

08. when the batteries are inserted you may hear the motor running, we believe this is to guarantee the actuator is completely retracted. then the three LED lights will flash. Red under the plus symbol, blue under the unfavorable sign as well as the centre will flash orange as well as green.

09. next rotate the top of the thermostat in the plus direction to initiate connection to the ZigBee network, the center LED will flash green. The LED will turn solid eco-friendly when the gadget has linked to the network. We had to do this a couple of times with one of the devices, we don’t understand why as there were no particular error messages.

10. The next step is to screw the valve onto the adapter. when screwed on the valve top ought to be twisted to the minus sign for 5 seconds. This will initiate the calibration process where the actuator learns the travel distance of the valve pin. We did discover the valve LED’s did not line up to the front of the valve when tight so we loosened the locking ring, repositioned as well as tightened the locking ring. We discovered the entire valve body twisted if the valve is not secured tightly. We cannot assist however believe there might be a tendency for the valve head to loosen over time after repeated twisting. If it does, there is a temptation to put some thread locking fluid between the valve as well as the adapter sound to protected it.

11. That’s it,the radiator thermostat appears in the space on the app. similar to the space thermostats in spaces & gadgets you can see the battery stamina as well as signal strength.

After adding the two thermostats we went about tailoring the routines for the two rooms. Our experience in the 10 days because we installed them is the temperature between the spaces is much much more consistent than with traditional TRV’s. When in action the TRV actuator does emit a mechanical buzzing noise as it drives the valve pin up as well as down. We discovered this noise differs somewhat in tone as well as volume depending upon which radiator it was fitted to. many of the time it’s operation went unnoticed however it might be different in a bedroom. I compared it to a Z-Wave wise TRV we had fitted as well as they were similar in volume.

Alexa Setup

This was something we were looking ahead to. We have had bit experience of Alexa so this would assist us comprehend a useful application. right here is the fundamental process we followed:

Installed the Amazon Echo app on an iPhone

Searched for the Wiser warm in the skills section as well as enabled it

Linked to our Drayton Wiser account

Searched for gadgets as well as that’s quite much it

Within minutes Alexa was speaking to us, it was that simple. ordinary spoken commands were rapidly complied with by remove responses:

Alexa what temperature is it in the Lounge? – “It is 18 degrees in the Lounge”

Alexa boost the temperature in the Lounge to 20 degrees – “I have enhanced the temperature”

This is quite awesome functionality. exactly how much we will utilize this function is still to be seen however it worked directly out of the box. We will try out Alexa to identify if we can instruct it new commands – “Alexa it’s chilly in here” – “OK, I have turned up the heating in the lounge to 22 degrees”.

The growing desire List

When searching for the app on the iOS app store we found that Wiser is a brand name utilized by Schneider electric across a number of platforms from house automation, energy administration as well as illumination control. ideally we will see the growth of the eco system right here in the UK. If introduced with similar market leading pricing as the Drayton Wiser then numerous competitors will have a battle on their hands.

In part 1 we compiled a desire listing of some features we would like to see as well as in part 2 Drayton kindly responded with great deals of useful info.

Now with some much more experience we have a few much more products to add. As we discussed in our previous short article these are not issues with the system however enhancements some clients may discover helpful plus we requirement to keep the advancement team busy!

When increasing a zone the increase button on the app turns green, would be great to have this turn into a countdown timer so you can see exactly how much time is left on the boost.

Add support for wearables ie Apple Watch. A quick flick of the wrist will tell you the temperature as well as provide you the choice to see when the heating will next come on as well as the choice to boost.

Change or amend the signal stamina icon to show a portion signal stamina – much more on this recommendation in the complying with section.

In the ‘Away Mode’ provide the choice to set an ‘I’m back’ date as well as time so you don’t have to keep in mind to turn the heating on when you return from your trip – geofencing may resolve this too.

Add a link in the setting menu page to a few of these useful resources. Whilst this is an intuitive product as well as configuration is well guided with the app, there are some subtleties you only discover from reading the comprehensive guides.

Ability to see exactly how long the heating has been running. A log data or much better still a graphical view.

An choice to expense the effect of going to ECO mode. get the system to compare eco mode boiler timings vs traditional timings. This would provide the individuals an indicator of the ‘savings’.

The capability to modify the transmission power of devices, so if a thermostat is in a bad spot, you can opt to provide it much more power, of program comprehending battery life will decrease as a consequence.

The capability to organize the spaces or zones in hierarchical tiers. At present it appears spaces appear on the house page in the purchase you add them. It would be helpful to have the choice of ordering these in a rational fashion. example organisation:

The home – all spaces all zones

The downstairs – living rooms

Keittiö

Lounge

Study

Ruokasali

The upstairs – bedrooms

Päämakuuhuone

Kids bedroom