Re: What bedside clock for a HA-er?

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

You want a chumby - http://www.chumby.com/corporate
- shame they're not out
yet...

(Someone mentioned them a while ago)

Andy


On 07/11/06, Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Now that I have more or less expunged X10 from my home, I no longer
need
> the X10 mini-timer as my bedside clock, so I'm looking for a
"suitable"
> replacement..
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> What's "suitable" ??
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> Well, clearly for a seasoned HAer it can't possibly be just a normal
> bedside clock from Argos can it?... - it must have some additional
> whiz-bang functions, such as weather monitoring, or Ethernet
> connectivity or the like. Also, it clearly has to look like it was
just
> "nicked" out of a space shuttle....
>
>
>
> So what is the groups' recommendation?
>
>
>
> I've looked at a couple from Oregon Scientific which are weather
> stations, and I've also looked at some flash ones from Jacob Jensen,
> either of which tick some of the right boxes... - but everything I've
> found so far is a standalone closed product... - is there anything I
can
> integrate with the rest of the HA system, a CBUS clock for example? -
> perhaps one of the Comfort companion touchscreens or maybe a CTOUCH
> Panel... - both of these touchsreen options are relatively expensive
> however, so it might be a bit of a big ask to get one of these past
> "expenditure control"... :-) - plus how well do these items
actually
> work as a bedside alarm clock?
>
>
>
> Here's a list of a few ideas that I think would be really great...
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> Addressable display, so I can display messages from other HA systems
on
> it
>
> Able to interface with either Comfort, CBUS or Homeseer (so a web
> interface would be OK)
>
> Ethernet connectivity, built-in webserver
>
> NOT a nano-ITX PC based solution - too noisy and/or unreliable
>
> An off the shelf product would be preferable, although a small element
> of DIY would be OK
>
> I don't care about it being a radio of any kind, either FM or DAB, nor
> do I require it to have any kind of inbuilt media playing ability, but
> if it was able to play audio announcements from a HA system, that
would
> be pretty good (i.e. TTS from Homeseer: "Wake up Paul, you lazy
> ********")
>
> Freestanding tabletop form factor is preferable, since I don't have a
> lot of nearby wall space left....
>
> Ability to show CCTV feeds would be nice
>
>
>
> Note that I already have a Comfort KP04, and a CBUS NEO switch by the
> bedside...
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>
>
> Cheers.
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>
>
> Paul G.
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