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Post by faffer on Jan 17, 2017 19:23:41 GMT
Ok before we start, yes I am getting old so here goes to show it  I asked this on the other forum and a thread said Magnetman may have done it in a very clever way ? I see with modern gadgets this is not a new thing really as it has been around around for a good few years. This is in giving you the ability sending a message to your boat to do near everything you would do if you are there. Turn lights on, heating etc tec. What I am wanting to know is about a system either DIY or a kit to turn on the heating ( Mine being a Propex LPG blown air heater ) and may be a light. Is there a way to make a DIY system for this? Can you do this from my Smart phone with contract SIM card? All depending on cost I find it could be good to have this on the boat. Wayne |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 17, 2017 19:29:29 GMT
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Post by faffer on Jan 17, 2017 19:37:53 GMT
These are for mains power though...arnt they ? |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 17, 2017 19:45:16 GMT
Yes, but I was just pointing out it is possible and has been for many years. I don't see what difference the SIM card you have makes, a text is a text.
I'm not sure I'd have a liquid gas heater on when I wasn't there to supervise it.
It's a nice idea, you're setting off to your boat, it's three hours away, and you send a message/order for the heating to come on so it's all nice 'n' cosy when you arrive, and the lights are on.
It will certainly scare the thieves inside the boat!
ps - I've made a note to ask about this, maybe some electrical shop out this way knows about this kind of thing.
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Post by faffer on Jan 17, 2017 19:52:19 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Jan 17, 2017 20:59:55 GMT
I will rematch the episode but Allan herd on the narrowboat series installed a whole Canbus system that controlled all the electrics and alarm etc, that was contactable by phone. I will see how they did it.
There is someone on here who turns his heating on by phone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 21:13:31 GMT
I bought a Velleman MK160 circuit and a cheap phone which I put upside down on the light sensor on the circuit board. When I ring the phone twice it turns the heating on (Mikuni) and when I call it once it turns it off. Doesn't need to answer the call as it is activated simply by the mobile phone's backlight. Mobile phones do use some power. There are ways to run them without their normal batteries or chargers by using resistors. Forgotten exact details but all available online by asking the Google word domination query service |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 21:16:35 GMT
I have also succeeded in doing this (switching on heating) with just a phone and a £2 made in china light sensor board. But that means the thing is switched just by one call. The Velleman kit from maplin is good because you have to do two calls with a gap of a few seconds so it is less likely to be triggered by nuisance or random calls.
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Post by phil70 on Jan 17, 2017 22:48:35 GMT
Wayne, I had a Propex 2000 as part of the heating system in our previous boat and had a timer/stat on it which I was able to set 6 different time zones each zone having it's own temperature. The timer/stat was sourced from Screwfix and ran off 2AA batteries. I used the same bit of kit on our Mikuni blown air heater too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 11:01:53 GMT
The system I have used can also be set up as a fully timed on off system by installing call scheduler in an android phone which can be programmed to call the switching phone at any time for any duration and as many times as required.
Takes a bit of time to program in all the call requirements but it does work as a timer quite well assuming a signal on both phones.
I also have a mooring alarm phone. Take the keypad off, solder little wires about 300mm long to one of the copper pads of a number (old type push button phone) and put a normally closed reed switch at end of the wires.
Program the chosen number as a speed dial to call your phone.
When there is a magnet beside the reed switch nothing happens. Remove the magnet and it joins the contacts thereby activating the speed dial.
Reed switch could be a float, a temperature sensor or whatever. Even a PIR would probably set it off.
There was a website called pocketdiallers with some very cool devices but does not seem to be fully functioning any more.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 11:08:15 GMT
my iSocket needs a mains supply but it has an internal battery and will text me if the power goes off and then shuts down until power is restored, whereupon it texts me again to say so. So, if I let the meter run out, I then phone the marina and they top it up for me. The iSocket will alert me if the boat gets too hot or too cold and if water is detected in the engine hole.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 14:26:32 GMT
Sounds good. Another one is On tech. I picked up a second hand one on eBay for about £30.
Handy as there is an android free application which gives you onscreen control of the device from a smartphone.
I think it also has a low temperature alert (5 degrees ?) and an optional input for an alarm device.
Its a normal 3 pin mains socket thing.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 18, 2017 15:36:45 GMT
I would like to have a CCTV system that I can see on my phone. When I spot a burglar in the boat, with my phone I can fire a spear right through their chest. Or head if I miss their chest.  Oh no, now the Shopshire Arts & Farts Committee will be complaining about my Morris Prancer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 16:02:12 GMT
I say.......don't you chaps send your driver to do this stuff, I do.....why send texts when you can send your man?...... toodle pip  |
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