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To my mind when there are algorithms to work some thing out, it is "Smart" in other words some sort of computer control. It measures some thing, remembers the measurement, and latter uses that measurement, for example the Drayton Wiser TRV head measures how long it takes to heat a room so it knows when to switch off to avoid over shooting, where the cheaper Energenie TRV head just slows down heating as it approaches target.
However since Energenie can use IFTTT it can use some smart algorithms, but in its self is just a dumb terminal.
I still remember the old main frame computers, which used dumb terminals to assess them.
But memory is clearly not enough, it needs to do some thing with what it has leant, so an electric meter remembers how much power you have used, but it does not use that information to do anything.
Simple communication is not smart, does not matter if my TRV head needs me to look at the display, or uses bluetooth or wifi, it is not smart because it has coms. My phone however is a mini computer, not simply a coms device, so yes it is a "Smart" device, it translates information into a form I can use, so I can see on the display when my wife has left shops and started home without the need to phone her. Although not sure where all the "Smart" stuff is, it could be all in googles computer?
I really can't see what is "Smart" about a smart meter? I have not got one, I assume if there is unusual usage it sends a message to your phone to alert one? I know I can set my plug in energy monitor to alert me if power exceeds a set amount, but that is not really that smart in its self, so suppose it would connect to EV charging points to tell them when there is spare power that can be used, to simply tell me is not really smart, it is then using my brain to work out what to do, it needs to directly interface with the EV charging point.
As to could do, or does do, not sure that counts, if I don't use my phones built in computer it is still a smart phone, so what can the smart meter do? Not what it does do, but what can it do, can it look to see if the kettle is used once every 4 hours in day time and alert me if not? So I know if father has not made any coffee, which likely means something wrong.
If it needs to interface with something to do that, then really just a dumb terminal.
We had remote pumping stations with coms to say when pumping, but the smart bit was the computer software at base, which raised an alert if either always pumping or never pumping.
So what do you think smart means.
However since Energenie can use IFTTT it can use some smart algorithms, but in its self is just a dumb terminal.
I still remember the old main frame computers, which used dumb terminals to assess them.
But memory is clearly not enough, it needs to do some thing with what it has leant, so an electric meter remembers how much power you have used, but it does not use that information to do anything.
Simple communication is not smart, does not matter if my TRV head needs me to look at the display, or uses bluetooth or wifi, it is not smart because it has coms. My phone however is a mini computer, not simply a coms device, so yes it is a "Smart" device, it translates information into a form I can use, so I can see on the display when my wife has left shops and started home without the need to phone her. Although not sure where all the "Smart" stuff is, it could be all in googles computer?
I really can't see what is "Smart" about a smart meter? I have not got one, I assume if there is unusual usage it sends a message to your phone to alert one? I know I can set my plug in energy monitor to alert me if power exceeds a set amount, but that is not really that smart in its self, so suppose it would connect to EV charging points to tell them when there is spare power that can be used, to simply tell me is not really smart, it is then using my brain to work out what to do, it needs to directly interface with the EV charging point.
As to could do, or does do, not sure that counts, if I don't use my phones built in computer it is still a smart phone, so what can the smart meter do? Not what it does do, but what can it do, can it look to see if the kettle is used once every 4 hours in day time and alert me if not? So I know if father has not made any coffee, which likely means something wrong.
If it needs to interface with something to do that, then really just a dumb terminal.
We had remote pumping stations with coms to say when pumping, but the smart bit was the computer software at base, which raised an alert if either always pumping or never pumping.
So what do you think smart means.