Just read the news about the new polisy here -https://www.universal-devices.com/introducing-polisy/

 

I'm wondering since it has bluetooth, will it be able to communicate with remote indoor fans?

 

Sorry I put this here, but there was not a forum for the Polisy yet.

Edited June 12, 20196 yr by toddhutch
Added disclaimer

23 minutes ago, toddhutch said:

I'm wondering since it has bluetooth, will it be able to communicate with remote indoor fans?

 

The vast majority of fans are IR or traditional RF.  What fan do you have that's Bluetooth?  There are some (Hampton Bay) that are Zigbee.  

I'm curious as to the intended or foreseen use cases of the BT with Polisy as well.  Perhaps a native BT sensor for the presence nodeserver?  Perhaps other control use cases implemented by a nodeserver... hmm... possibilities

 

Agree, what is BT for?  BT only works for short distances so it isn't like you would use it to control a fan that is probably not going to be near it.  Maybe you can use BT to configure it?  Ideally the next gen of ISY will have the polisy hardware built-in and use a single GUI to control all of it.  Of course the GUI could be done regardless of the physical nature of the device.

It said the Polisy was the future of isy, so maybe it is the next isy?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

11 minutes ago, giomania said:

It said the Polisy was the future of isy, so maybe it is the next isy?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Your ISY’s sidekick now and its destiny in the future.

I’m in anyway. UDI is awesome!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I am in and just pre-ordered mine. UDI is the best. My only question, what do I do with my RPi ? Can I transfer the Nodeservers to Polisy or do I reprogram the Polisy ?

Will this play well with the CAO Tags?

so is the only difference between the Pro vs Reg is the wifi and Bluetooth :-) or is there some upgradeble stuff thats not in the Regular

and as always U rock......

2 hours ago, apostolakisl said:

Agree, what is BT for?  BT only works for short distances so it isn't like you would use it to control a fan that is probably not going to be near it.  Maybe you can use BT to configure it?  Ideally the next gen of ISY will have the polisy hardware built-in and use a single GUI to control all of it.  Of course the GUI could be done regardless of the physical nature of the device.

http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/public/en/lighting/connected_systems/halo_home.html

2 hours ago, dbuss said:

http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/public/en/lighting/connected_systems/halo_home.html

OK then, I guess they are doing a BT mesh that hops around the house like zwave or Insteon.  I have to wonder what the range is.  I was always under the impression that BT was a 20 foot kind of thing.  After googling, I see that there are 3 classes and the high power one is 100m, though I don't believe I've ever seen a device that uses class 3.  I'm assuming that is clear line of sight only.  I can't find anywhere that lists the class for the Eaton lights or the Polisy BT.  I'm assuming that since this is 2 way, both devices must be at high power for it to work at distance.  I wonder when Eaton came out with this stuff, this is the first I've heard of it.

16 hours ago, simplextech said:

Your ISY’s sidekick now and its destiny in the future.

Yep, it sounds to me like Polisy is the next gen ISY. Here is a direct quote from Michel Kohanim from the Introducing Polisy comment section, "Polisy is designed to be fully integrated with ISY (you’ll use the same interface to talk with both). Furthermore, over time, functions in ISY will be moved over to Polisy such that Polisy will become the next gen ISY."

 

You can use the BT in the Polisy for Presence Poly.... and can re-purpose existing rpi as additional presence poly stations to further sub-divide your castles 

I wonder my phone can connect to Polisy Bluetooth then pass that info to the ISY?

Now what I really want to know.... How is the name supposed to be pronounced????

is it like "Policy" or is it "Police" or "Police-y" come one we now need an enunciation guide!!!

Edited June 14, 20196 yr by simplextech
grammatical corrections

Perhaps it is pronounced "Pole" "Icy" ???

 

I use the Bluetooth Class 2 for a couple of things, it's more expensive (I think since there are less products produced causes the expense) and harder to find, but the distance is great.  

@toddhutch

I'm looking for greater range in my bluetooth, saw your post and did some searching. Didn't you mean to say that you are using Class 1 to get the extended range?

According to Wikipedia (search Bluetooth):

"Officially Class 3 radios have a range of up to 1 metre (3 ft), Class 2, most commonly found in mobile devices, 10 metres (33 ft), and Class 1, primarily for industrial use cases,100 metres (300 ft)."

Also, there is mention of Bluetooth 5.x  with a range of "40–400 m (100–1,000 ft) " but trades data rate to achieve this greater range.

Edited June 27, 20196 yr by gviliunas

On 6/13/2019 at 10:27 PM, simplextech said:

Now what I really want to know.... How is the name supposed to be pronounced????

is it like "Policy" or is it "Police" or "Police-y" come one we now need an enunciation guide!!!

As non-Americans we have a very different Z-wave ('Zed Wave') too.  

LOL.....It's a "51st State" thing. 

Fortunately we use the same Zed-Wave radios as the "Americans"

Edited June 27, 20196 yr by gviliunas

2 hours ago, larryllix said:

As non-Americans we have a very different Z-wave ('Zed Wave') too.  

We are suspicious of these north-of-the-border smart aces (spelling intended).....

4 minutes ago, asbril said:

We are suspicious of these north-of-the-border smart aces (spelling intended).....

Just remember...  'south' means downhill from us.

but I hear you have 'gone north'.

Edited June 27, 20196 yr by larryllix

2 minutes ago, larryllix said:

'gone north'

East..... in Paris with 100F heatwave

East..... in Paris with 100F heatwave

Wow! You're about 600 km north of me then.

Sent using Tapatalk