10-25-2011, 07:58 PM
graylocks wrote:
[quote=Chakravartin]
A thermostat that needs babysitting.
Just what I've always wanted.
so Mac-like.
right. i mean, instead of setting up the timing when i first install it i now have to get up at 5:15am the first day and tell it to turn on, then be home around at 8am when i want it to go down a few degrees and home again a 6pm when the heat should go up and then get up again at 12:15 am since i go to bed at midnight but i don't want the heat shutting off until i'm in bed, and since that's a weekday setting, saturday morning i have to get up at 5:15am to tell it not to kick in until 8am...
i'm not getting the convenience here...
I think the idea is that the algorithms are smart enough that if you, say, get up at 7 am and adjust it up to 72 degrees from 67 degrees, it learns that at 7 am you want it to be 72, so it starts warming things up an hour or two before that. I'd be surprised if they haven't also thought about different schedules on the weekend.
You adjust it when you are warm or cool, and it's supposed to then anticipate what you want from learning your schedule. My guess is that there will be a computer interface that also lets you tell it when your schedule changes. The Wired article discussed turning on the heat at a vacation home remotely before you arrive, for example.
Part I don't get is the motion sensor - what if the thermostat is in a spot where people don't walk regularly?
- W