Monthly Archives: May 2014

Orbit 12-Station Indoor/Outdoor Irrigation Timer available for purchase now.

31 Saturday May 2014

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Thanks to all who’s been updating me about the availability of the 12 station irrigation trimmer and especially Chris who sent me the image above. It seems some stores received it a few days in advanced and I know Scott has already purchased and installed his.

Today it’s up for sale for anyone to purchase online so go to http://www.lowes.com/pd_587056-74985-27396_0_ if your interested in one.

Let me know if anybody like to write a review for this by contact me at hpliao77@livingwithiris.com. Thanks!

Whirlpool Energy Smart line of electric water heater listed as Iris compatible

29 Thursday May 2014

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Since CES 2013 we knew Whirlpool water heaters was to connect with with Iris one day by showing how they would connect the water heater to what I’ve heard would be an Wi-Fi enabled device.
EnergySmart Connector

While trying unsuccessfully to find this unnamed device I decided to look for the water heater which may look similar to the image and found a list off them where they all are set for “Yes” to “Iris Technology” under the specification section.

Whilpool 345709

Whirlpool 40 Gallons 9-Year Regular Electric Water Heater

Whirlpool 50 Gallons 9-Year Regular Electric Water Heater

Whirlpool 40 Gallons 12-Year Regular Electric Water Heater

Whirlpool 50 Gallons 12-Year Regular Electric Water Heater

Unlike the other new devices we found for Iris which normally show not available for sale, these water heaters has been available since 2011 by checking the dates from the reviews people have written about these water heaters.

Do you have one already?

App updates to version 1.9.0

29 Thursday May 2014

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Just letting everyone know that the App version 1.9.0 is available  today on the iPhone while Android was released just two days ago on May 27.

Just wondering has anybody notice any changes or difference to the app?

Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostats in the future for Iris

22 Thursday May 2014

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New Lowe's Iris Honey well at CES 2014

In the same video from the last post, you might have notice a quick shot of the above image for the Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostats.

Honeywell for Lowe's Iris at CES 2014

I had to double check the video to make sure those thermostats were from the same booth and not from a different location which I’ve highlighted above.

Both of these product is listed at lowe’s.com but the specification doesn’t list them as Iris compatible yet.

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Honeywell 7-day Touch Screen with wifi

Honeywell 171309

Honeywell 171309

AEOTEC Meter Reader

22 Thursday May 2014

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AEOTEC Meter Reader

 

I recently find this video from CES 2014 but it seems to be in a different setting then all the other videos I’ve seen for the event. At this section of the video Kevin Meagher was introducing the section for Iris regarding energy monitoring and also explained a little bit about the smart energy meter connecting to a USB stick where we had found on lowes.com but was recently taken down.

AEOTECH productsKevin however didn’t mention about the product right next the smart energy meter where it’s also a meter reader but from AEOTEC.COM.

AEOTEC creates other Z-Wave products, like the Z-Wave enabled LED light bulbs, recessed door sensor, and power strips. I’ve tried to find a better image of AEOTEC meter reader but it seems the best one I’ve found was on a video for AEON Labs (prior to their name change to AEOTEC) where they have gave a little description and close up of the meter reader.

Orbit 12-Station Indoor/Outdoor Irrigation Timer on Lowes.com

16 Friday May 2014

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Thanks to Danny who send me a note that he spotted the Orbit 12 Station Irrigation on Orbit’s website and later searched the model number “27396″ at Lowes.com which brought him to the following link.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_587056-74985-27396_0_

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It’s not available for sale just yet but it seems we should be able to purchase this next month from their latest update.

Orbit update from PDF

 

***Update 5/29/2014***

See below on scunnyngham comment it’s available and had it installed.

Thanks to Chris who also provided me with an image of one at his local Lowe’s store. Thanks Chris!

Orbit 12 station Iris

Thank you all for contributing to this first contest.

02 Friday May 2014

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If you didn’t know already the above are the three winners for this contest.

So congrats to Joel, Joey, and John. I hope you enjoy the prizes!

Besides just announcing who the winners are I really like to say THANK YOU for everyone who had submitted and for voting in this contest! It was great to see so many people participating.

We have collected over 250+ ideas and each and every one of them is valuable. I want to make sure you know I’m not keep this to myself but had already shared them with the Iris support team, so this contest isn’t just benefiting the three winners that won prizes but hopefully it will help improve the Iris platform for everyone in the future.

As for the future contest the idea that came from Harry is something I’m willing to consider. So look out for this later in the future!

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