slief, thanks for all the links about how to convert this thing to A/C power… I am definitely in for a few of these. If I have to crawl behind my couch and wedge my arm under it one more time to adjust the vent I am going to lose my mind! Never having to mess with the vent again is awesome!
I will do some measuring of the few obscure vents I have that need some automated control and post that back tonight… It will likely be 2 to 4 (how they always manage to put the vent where you are going to put furniture is beyond me)
[quote=“shallowearth, post:61, topic:187123”]slief, thanks for all the links about how to convert this thing to A/C power… I am definitely in for a few of these. If I have to crawl behind my couch and wedge my arm under it one more time to adjust the vent I am going to lose my mind! Never having to mess with the vent again is awesome!
I will do some measuring of the few obscure vents I have that need some automated control and post that back tonight… It will likely be 2 to 4 (how they always manage to put the vent where you are going to put furniture is beyond me)[/quote]
LOL… I pity you! I don’t have a single vent anywhere near the floor. As to the AC power… Glad to help. That part would actually be a fun project. Not sure about you but I like doing that kind of stuff.
Do you have any info about the decorative v2 version of these that are suppose to be available this month? They match my existing vents and look a little nicer, they don’t have a lot of details on them yet.
I mentioned it earlier in this thread. The decorative ones from what I understand are still upwards of a month out (possibly more) and will start in very limited sizes. I forgot what size will hit the market first but they will be released one size at a time and spaced a couple months apart between sizes. As with any new product release, things rarely go as planned as far as release dates which judging by the target release in March, appears to be the case here.
Sounds great. Lets plan on opening up the group purchase on Tuesday of next week. I will get ahold of Econet then and have them generate the code needed for the discount. I figure we will leave the code active for 5-7 days so that anybody that catches this late can still take advantage of this opportunity along with anybody else that happens to stumble across this thread.
Thanks again for your participation. I think this is going to work out great for all those interested and I am also hoping that between all of us, we can come up with some good code for our Vera’s so that we can use them in conjunction with our temp settings. I am new to Vera and still don’t understand PLEG and Lua code so I am going to be doing my best to learn from you guys much like many others here. In the short term, I will be happy just to have a scene that closes the ones down stairs or the ones upstairs but I know there is much more that can be done as far as Vera integration so I am up for the challenge!
This is interesting. I have been looking at these for some time and this would make an interesting how to create a multi-zone HVAC system video for our YouTube channel. . If someone uses these to create a multizone HVAC system I would be curious about to hear about the results.
Marc,
I am sure you will hear plenty. Once we kick this group buy off, I will likely start another dedicated thread where we can share our setups and configuration. I know there will be much to learn as far as creating more complex scenes so I think a dedicated thread will be helpful to many of us that are new to Vera or aren’t fluent in Pleg or lua code. I will start that thread sometime late next week in the temp/monitoring section. I am sure between all of us, we should be able to provide you with lots of feedback to help create a good how to video. Having said that, since you are man behind many of the Vera Video’s, perhaps you should join the group buy and pick up a few of these vents. I am sure we could all learn a thing or two from you as well!
Good morning everybody! I hope you all had a great weekend! I have let Econet know that we are ready to open up the group buy. They will set it up on their website and provide me the discount code which I will post here. I should have it posted later today if not first thing tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Marc,
I am sure you will hear plenty. Once we kick this group buy off, I will likely start another dedicated thread where we can share our setups and configuration. I know there will be much to learn as far as creating more complex scenes so I think a dedicated thread will be helpful to many of us that are new to Vera or aren’t fluent in Pleg or lua code. I will start that thread sometime late next week in the temp/monitoring section. I am sure between all of us, we should be able to provide you with lots of feedback to help create a good how to video. Having said that, since you are man behind many of the Vera Video’s, perhaps you should join the group buy and pick up a few of these vents. I am sure we could all learn a thing or two from you as well! ;)[/quote]
Keep me in the loop but I can’t commit to buying them now. I/we will get with Econet when the timing is right but include me in the group that you create, email me directly if necessary with the info. Most of the summer’s production schedule is full. What I am thinking in terms of doing is a creating a multi-zone HVAC system with out having to invest in a second HVAC system. I think based on whats already slotted in to the schedule and what I have going on with my home it would be a fall video. There are some logic things to consider and workout as well if I was to implement this the way that I would want to in my home.
I’m looking forward to hearing about everyone’s experiences and applications. That is one of the things that I love about what I do, no two deployments are the same and we all come up with solutions to our own problems that can then be shared with others and they may then get anepiphany from that idea. I hope to get a video done before I move about Z-Wave light bulbs and a unique application that I came up with out of need that Colin, our Sr. Director of Product Development, had never thought of and he heard that ding, ding, ding when I told about my application.
The challenge that see there is how to manage which device
The group buy is now open and will be until June 3rd. The 6x10 browns and the 6x12 whites are missing from the page below. Give it an hour and they will be available.
It processes a $20.00 discount to each vent which will reduce the price of $75.00 to $55.00.
Go to ?Edit Cart? before check out and apply the discount code.
For customers that want a white controller for the 6x10 brown vent, make a note in the field for the fax number as ?White Controller?
Thanks for participating in this group buy! We will setup a separate thread in this section of the forum so we can share our configurations, idea’s and any other relevant info pertaining to our setup.
The missing vents have now been added to the website. I just placed my order. If any of you have any issues getting your order in or have any special requirements, feel free to message me and I will get you in contact with Blake.
[quote=“mrv777, post:78, topic:187123”]Thanks! Just noticed this and ordered 2 to try out
Now I just need a good Motion and Temp combo sensor for the room and I’ll be all good :)[/quote]
Welcome to the group. As of Friday we generated well over 30 vent sales. Not bad at all! Especially considering the number is still growing. I think we should have a real good group of users here to share information and settings. Being a Vera Newbie (relatively speaking) myself, I’m looking forward to putting these things to good use and learning a bit more about programming from some of you with much more Vera knowledge. Summer here is So. Cal is nipping at the front door. I’m really looking forward to making my AC system more efficient, saving some money in doing so and using it more than I normally do as a result.
I want to thank everybody who has contributed to this group buy. I’m normally a really thrifty shopper and together we were all able to save a good chunk of money to make this really affordable. I also want to thank Econet for for supporting this group buy. Having been very proactive on other forums over the years and having participated in other group buys, I figured it was a shot in the dark when I approached them. They were very receptive idea and in the end, I think it’s benefited all parties. Blake, if you are reading this, thank you again for making this possible.
I will start a seperate thread next week so we have a place here to share information about how we are using them and so we have a thread to learn from eachother with regards to our implementation, programming etc.
If you have already placed your order, post here so we know who is in on the group buy!
As a side note, I will be installing a barometric damper in my system once I get the vents. For those that are interested, I will be documenting the install and will post that to the Econet thread that I’ll be starting next week. My only concern is the image size limitation on the forum when attaching pictures. Is there a better way to embed photos here on the forum? Normally I use photobucket IMG files to embed photos on other forums but that doesn’t seem to work on this forum. Any advice on that would be appreciated.
