<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have two Honeywell. While they are wifi, they connect to a central server and then your phone connects to that server rather than directly to the thermostat. I have no idea how hackable they are to do what you describe.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Mark</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 3, 2014, at 11:36 PM, Drew Van Zandt <<a href="mailto:drew.vanzandt@gmail.com" class="">drew.vanzandt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Home Depot has a WiFi one for $100 (Honeywell), and in MA you can get a $100 rebate from your gas company until the end of the year. Since it's WiFi, I am certain it's easily hackable to be poked by home automation under Linux.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class=""><b class=""><b class=""><div class=""><span style="font-weight:normal" class=""><b class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight:normal" class=""><span style="font-size:x-small" class="">Drew Van Zandt</span></span></b></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-weight:normal" class=""><b class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight:normal" class=""><span style="font-size:x-small" class="">Artisan's Asylum Board of Directors</span></span></b></b></span></div></b></b></span><font size="1" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Tom Metro <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:tmetro+hhacking@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">tmetro+hhacking@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Any people on the list with experience with thermostats that interface<br class="">
with home automation gear?<br class="">
<br class="">
This market was moving along slowly until Nest showed up, and then it<br class="">
seemed to take off in a big way. I haven't looked at the choices closely<br class="">
in a few years.<br class="">
<br class="">
Personally I'm less interested in a solution like Nest that aims to be a<br class="">
stand-alone device, with an emphasis on style. I'd rather something that<br class="">
has less built-in functionality and good connectivity with home<br class="">
automation gear, using either WiFi, Z-Wave, or ZigBee.<br class="">
<br class="">
-Tom<br class="">
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