How to Control Your Home’s Temperature By Phone

By Chief Gizmateer, Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

With all the stress you deal with during the work week, there’s nothing like spending weekends and vacations at that relaxing vacation home by the beach or the cozy family-owned cabin near the lake. The only problem is, depending on the time of year, usually the place is freezing or roasting when you first arrive. Sure, you can crank up the heat or air conditioner, but even that will take a couple of hours to really take effect.

The Solution

Fortunately, there’s an easy solution. With an X10-controlled thermostat and an X10 telephone responder, you can adjust your vacation home’s temperature with a phone call, ensuring that the temperature is set to your liking even before you walk in the door. This solution will allow you to do things like:
* Use any phone to set the temperature anywhere between 60° and 90°F — hours before you arrive
* Use any phone to set a low temperature setting of 40°F in case you forgot to do it before you left
* Use any phone to switch between heat mode, cool mode or auto mode

Of course, even though you can control the thermostat over the phone, you’ll still have direct, on-command control of the thermostat.

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