Hi… I like to think I’m software literate - but I’m yet to dabble with IOT or home automation. I’ve got a project I’d like to do - but am not sure how best to dip my toes in. I’ve a house with several rooms - and use only a small proportion most of the time. I currently have a central heating sys…

Welcome! This is an international forum and choices vary. In which part of the world are you living?

Hi, I’m in the UK - England to be more specific. :slight_smile:

I am in the US where radiators are not too common. I know our Zigbee & Z-Wave developer is in the UK though. Perhaps @chris has some suggestions.

Unfortunately the “what hardware should I look at” is one of those personal choice questions, so my view is that ZWave is possibly a good choice, or ZigBee - both are reasonably similar, and many manufacturers do provide similar products for both systems. In the UK, ZWave is probably more available…

Hi Steve Welcome to our happy band. Are you looking for a wireless system or a wired one? There are lots of threads on these subjects, I’m happy to point you in the direction of some of these to give you something to read. Good luck Stuart (Also in the UK)

For reference I’ve got the Hive TRVs and I know they use zigbee. The standard Hive system requires an internet connection but it may be possible to roll your own solution if you don’t use their hub.

[image] MDAR: Are you looking for a wireless system or a wired one? Hi, Thanks for the question - it is a good one. I don’t really know. I’d expected to go wireless (because that seems to be what the proprietary systems are promoting) but I’m not opposed to a wired solution in principle. On…

Fibaro makes z-wave radiator valves - https://www.fibaro.com/en/products/the-heat-controller . I have no experience with these but I’m running bunch of fibaro rollershutter controllers and switches and they are really solid - great build quality and features. They are not cheap though.

The Fibaro “The Heat Controller” units look really nice, and come with an external temperature sensor (from memory). I just wish they would bring out an Australian frequency version :frowning: As linked above, there are a range of smart thermostatic valves around. More broadly, the z-wave binding a…

[image] stevedabbles: ‘wired’ units… Might they work on ‘ordinary’ radiators? Yes, screw-on actuator heads for push-pin valve bodies are pretty standardised. The pain is in running the wiring of course. I would where possible run individually back to a central control point, likely where yo…

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clinophobic (clinophobic) May 8, 2020, 7:17pm 18

Good thread here