Semi-Automated Room Control
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I'm looking to turn selectable room ceiling air vents open or closed by a remote controller.
Basically, I'm trying to:
1. Turn on the air conditioning. I do that manually.
2. Turn on the vent in my Home Theater bedroom that heats up because of the projector.
3. Turn off most, if not all, of the rest of the vents in the house while watching a movie.
When all of them are on, as they are today, there isn't enough cold air coming into the theater room to keep it cool. Using this Flair technology should put a lot more cold air into the room as it would have no where else to go.
How would my idea work with Flair? I don't want to use temperature sensing or setting to do this. I just want to open or close selected vents via my iphone or Alexa. I have one iPhone and two Amazon Echos w/Alexa.
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Hi John,
Instead of using our automation, you can use our Manual Mode, which will allow you to open and close your Smart Vent via the App. You can also use our Amazon Skill to control your Smart Vents.
If you don't want any temperature-based automation at all, you'll need at least one Puck (preferably in your Home Theater room), and Smart Vents throughout the house. If you have a rather large house, you may want another Puck to ensure the best connectivity to the Flair cloud.
With this set up, you will be able to open and close your Smart Vents manually. However, we should note that you will most likely not be able to close all of the Smart Vents (except for the Home Theater) at once.
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