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Thermostats William Biggs Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:05:46 -0500

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Hello again,

I am adding a new room that will have it's own thermostat and heating
system. It will essentially be separate from the rest of the house.

I had bought a HAI RC-80 (similar to Wayne's RC-100) on a special, not
realizing that ECS had provisions for anything other than the X-10
controllable thermostats.

I looked at the StatNet. It seems to be a much more expensive solution, as
it isn't really an RS-232 device, but an RS-485 device. Thus the $230
thermostat requires a $130 converter to use.

The programming **is** much more straightforward, as the commands are easily
readable from a terminal program , while the HAI seems to require other
software.

Anybody out there using the StatNet ?

What do you think about it?

Did you use the subbase, the in-wall mounting for the Stat-Net portion, or
mount the StatNet away from the thermostat?

Where did you place the RS-232 to Rs-485 "Proverter"?

What is the difference between the 3050A and 3050RS ?

Why does the Enerzone web page not work ? Are they still in business ?

Any chance of supporting the Omnistats from HAI ?


Thanks,

Reddy


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