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Saving a Fail-Safe Motorized Valve
Even “fail-safe” components have an expiration date. After eight years of flawless service, a critical motorized valve in my setup failed to close. This post dives into the internal “magic” of supercapacitors and gearboxes, why a secondary safety layer (and Loxone) saved my wallet, and a step-by-step guide to upgrading your valves with a €3 replacement part.
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Loxone AC Control AIR
Hey, something that I was trying to sort out by myself probably gets sorted even better by Loxone. One of the things that do have quite extensive impact on the overall energy consumption but was very difficult to control externally is the Air Conditioning. Loxone recently launched a product that should be the remedy for Read more
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Softub installation
I have always enjoyed relaxing in a hot tub / jacuzzi / whirlpool, especially during winter holiday if there was one. What if it were possible to have such an enchanting relaxing experience on a more frequent basis, feeling at home like somewhere on a relaxing vacation. Of course, everyone might have different opinions and Read more
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Wattsonic and Loxone config examples
In the previous post I shared the Modbus registers that we can use to communicate with Wattsonic Hybrid Inverters. Now let’s show a few Loxone config examples to illustrate how the data can be visualized within the Loxone app. Again, please bear in mind that what is/isn’t available and works or does not work today, Read more
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Wattsonic Hybrid Inverter Gen3 Modbus RTU Protocol
In this post I will try to share the details about how to communicate with Wattsonic inverters using modbus protocol. Understanding the connection details and list of registers is very useful if you want to get live data from the inverter directly, not relying only on the cloud app. This is essential thing if you Read more
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Upgrade to 2nd generation of Loxone Miniserver
Initially I was planning this post just as an expansion of original Loxone video which I found a bit too brief. In the end the story was not as successful as I would think it could be, so in case you are considering or even planning a Loxone Miniserver swap for the second generation, be Read more
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Set your bin collection reminder in Loxone
Remembering the day of your rubbish bin collection is not that difficult. Especially if this is just the very same day every week. But what if this is happening fortnightly like in my case? Would you still keep track? Nah, but there are easy reminders to be set in the Google calendar for example. But Read more