Originally posted by mikey8156
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New Firmware (2.1) for evohome Wi-Fi coming soon
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Ok all - thanks for responses - I think we can sort something for automatedhome members - Standbygetconnected.honeywell.com | I work for Honeywell. Any posts I make are purely to help if I can. Any personal views expressed are my own
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Originally posted by Cchris View PostIs the new firmware being rolled out to those with more than one controller?getconnected.honeywell.com | I work for Honeywell. Any posts I make are purely to help if I can. Any personal views expressed are my own
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I could be interested, although slightly disappointed. My panel is less than a year old and on the thread announcing the Wi-Fi model it was stated very early that both would be kept up to date with any future improvements but this appears to not be the case.
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Well let's hope a decent deal is announced. Mine is about a year or so old to, maybe a little more but if we can buy into a newer model then I will be happy. If Honeywell keep improving the system and offer some decent incentives for current users then I think the system will continue to grow and grow.
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Originally posted by Scointer View PostI could be interested, although slightly disappointed. My panel is less than a year old and on the thread announcing the Wi-Fi model it was stated very early that both would be kept up to date with any future improvements but this appears to not be the case.
What was discussed was that there were updates released for the internet gateway to add some new functionality - such as being able to edit schedules via the Smartphone apps. This was achieved with a software update to the gateway not the main controller, and actually preceded the release of the Wifi model.
Obviously software updates to the internet gateway can only affect features that are provided by the gateway, thus the remote scheduling could be added but local HR92 override display cannot, because that is a code change on the main controller.
Obviously on the wifi model because one unit replaces both controller and internet gateway and has a direct IP connection to the internet of its own (which the original did not) then a software update can potentially do anything.
I agree that its pretty poor that the original colour model cannot be upgraded, and having narrowly missed out on getting one myself (dodged the bullet ?) I would have been a bit peeved too, but it is what it is I suppose.
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Originally posted by DBMandrake View PostActually if you check the thread carefully there is no mention of software updates for the original Colour Evotouch controller ever being promised.
What was discussed was that there were updates released for the internet gateway to add some new functionality - such as being able to edit schedules via the Smartphone apps. This was achieved with a software update to the gateway not the main controller, and actually preceded the release of the Wifi model.
Obviously software updates to the internet gateway can only affect features that are provided by the gateway, thus the remote scheduling could be added but local HR92 override display cannot, because that is a code change on the main controller.
Obviously on the wifi model because one unit replaces both controller and internet gateway and has a direct IP connection to the internet of its own (which the original did not) then a software update can potentially do anything.
I agree that its pretty poor that the original colour model cannot be upgraded, and having narrowly missed out on getting one myself (dodged the bullet ?) I would have been a bit peeved too, but it is what it is I suppose.
"Any existing user of evohome would not get any performance benefit from moving to this device. Hence the reason why this is not Gen 2/ v2 etc. Both receive benefits of future platform updates etc. "
read to me like all updates would be across both devices...but I also agree it doesn't specifically mention software updates on the individual devices keeping in sync only 'platform updates' and any firmware update on the main controller would have to be done as a local update. Still would have hoped this would have been possible though, surely when they build these they have to make allowance for some form of update ability.
disappointing :-( especially as I would need a new wall fixing too :-(Last edited by Scointer; 27 January 2016, 01:50 PM.
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