Hello! I have been lurking these boards for a few weeks now but am at a stage where I need some questions answering before investing in an idratek system:
I am currently involved in a new build villa out in Corfu, Greece and am investigating using idratek to automate several functions in the villa, due to budget constraints for the moment I want to limit it to a few core functions for the minute and then expand as rental income comes in later:
1) Pool control- measuring the temp of the pool, thermostatically controlling its solar heating (diverting water to the solar heater when the temperature drops below a pre-set constraint). Pumps, lights and infinity edge pump can be easily activated by guests.
2) Remote control of main door locks- new tenants can be let into the property after remote identification by camera to collect keys on arrival and can leave keys inside the villa to be locked in at the end of their stay.
3) Security camera monitoring remotely
4) Presence based control lighting and humidity based fan activation in bathrooms and machine rooms
Now I have done some reserch and believe that items 2,3 and 4 are possible but what about 1? Would it be fairly easy to implement?
One other point I am interested in is how able you are to customise the UI of Cortex/ web interface? Ideally the pool controls and door locks could be controlled via a touch screen monitor or Ipad/ tablet pc but for this to work for an inexperienced holiday rental tenent I will need to use a simple and user friendly GUI. I have been playing with the 30 day trial of cortex but have so far not managed to find any way to do this, is it possible?
Thanks,
James
I am currently involved in a new build villa out in Corfu, Greece and am investigating using idratek to automate several functions in the villa, due to budget constraints for the moment I want to limit it to a few core functions for the minute and then expand as rental income comes in later:
1) Pool control- measuring the temp of the pool, thermostatically controlling its solar heating (diverting water to the solar heater when the temperature drops below a pre-set constraint). Pumps, lights and infinity edge pump can be easily activated by guests.
2) Remote control of main door locks- new tenants can be let into the property after remote identification by camera to collect keys on arrival and can leave keys inside the villa to be locked in at the end of their stay.
3) Security camera monitoring remotely
4) Presence based control lighting and humidity based fan activation in bathrooms and machine rooms
Now I have done some reserch and believe that items 2,3 and 4 are possible but what about 1? Would it be fairly easy to implement?
One other point I am interested in is how able you are to customise the UI of Cortex/ web interface? Ideally the pool controls and door locks could be controlled via a touch screen monitor or Ipad/ tablet pc but for this to work for an inexperienced holiday rental tenent I will need to use a simple and user friendly GUI. I have been playing with the 30 day trial of cortex but have so far not managed to find any way to do this, is it possible?
Thanks,
James
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