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I currently have a camera setup for remote viewing using a DDNS service, WIFI and port forwarding. My son set it up and has since moved I was planning to buy a remote thermostat and wondered if I c...
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joebedford wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:My alarm system has a low temperature alert: 4C.
Just how do you know that the furnace hasn't failed?
In fact, due to extreme cold a month ago, the exhaust port from the furnace got blocked with frozen condensation and the furnace shut down. The alarm company called my contact who (after a bunch of futzing around) knocked the ice off and all was well.
YOU have a "monitored" alarm system, not EVERYONE has one nor wants to PAY for this type of service (as you know 24/7/365 "monitoring" does not come cheap, requires considerable installation (and costs up front) along with a hefty monthly fee). It is the "easy" way out for someone who doesn't mind handing out a lot of money..
Hence the idea of Internet aware "appliances" such as a remote IP T-stat.
The days of those live monitoring systems like you have are numbered and will become less common due to advancements with Internet aware appliances such as newer IP T-stats, IP cameras and even whole house automation and alarm systems which are DIRECTLY able to alert you to problems by contacting your cell phone. IP Internet systems can do anything a live monitored system does but cuts out the expensive middleman...
