Axel Berger wrote:
> As this is the most basic and most common regulation task in any flat

As long as I can't get rid of the squatter in my flat (my daughter, back
from several years studying abroad) and all my electronics is in
(expensive) storage, I can't do much except look round.

I just had a catalogue from the German electronics mail order shop
Reichelt in the post with a nice table summarizing the available home
automation systems. All can do the silly stuff, five out of ten can
control radiator thermostats and only three can do floor heating. All
three of those won't work without the Klaut (German for pinch/steal, an
approriate name choice imho).

So it is as I and all those of you who chimed in feared: I'll have to do
it all by myself from scratch. Ah well, that's how I used to prefer it
anyway, but starting something entirely new keeps getting harder with
age. And I haven't really done any serious electronics for over twenty
years now. What are you saying? "Stop whining and get on with it!" Right
you are.

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