Reggie, Search the archives for "Radio Thermostat". I have 1 of these at home and 2 of them at my retail store and they work great. There are a few others on the list as well who use them. You can also go to www.RadioThermostat.com. You can buy them there for $139, but I believe somebody said you can often pick them up at Home Depot for $99. You will need a professional installer to install it and you will need sighted help for the initial setup. At one point there is a 5-digit code displayed on the thermostat's screen which you will have to enter on your phone. Probably easiest if you set it up when the installer is still there. As part of the setup you also have to enter your WiFi password. Once the thermostat is successfully connected it goes to a screen where you can program a schedule. You can skip this and turn "Hold" on and this way you can just control it manually. I do that at home, at my store I do have a schedule setup since we are open from 9 AM to 6 PM so in the winter when we need to heat it is set to go to 15 Celsius (59 F) at 5:30 PM since of course it's still warm for the last half hour, then at 8:30 AM it is set to go to 20 Celsius (68 F) and maintain that until 5:30 PM. From 5:30 PM Saturday until 8:30 Monday it stays at the lower temperature as we are not open onSundays. The schedule is useful if you have indeed a regular schedule, if not it's easier to control it manually and even if you leave the house and remember half an hour later you can always just open the app and set it to whatever you want as long as you are connected to the internet via cell data or WiFi you can control the thermostat from anywhere in the world. In my opinion this is the way to go.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: thermostats, talking or run by iPhone, name and model and where? Can someone please tell me the names of thermastats that work with an app with iPhone? Would I be better off with a talker? Really need to get control of my heating and cooling. Even the heating and cooling specialist I had look at my thermostat said it was smarter than he was! LOL! Any help appreciated before I burn up or freeze at the wrong time! (smiles) Sorry Raul or Cara, kind of off topic but really need thoughts! reggie and Allegra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
