Re: Zigbee

From: Ed Beroset (beroset_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 12/04/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 11:49:43 GMT

R Adsett wrote:
> In article <7DXrd.2001$714.499@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
> beroset@mindspring.com says...
>
>>"Why?" is a very good question. One simple reason to want to connect
>>appliances is that many of them contain clocks or clock/calendars. In
>>the US, for example, public TV broadcasting stations transmit a
>>Time-Of-Day data signal (see EIA-608-B if you're curious) that many
>>modern TVs decode and use. It would be convenient if my oven, microwave
>>oven, coffee maker, etc.
>
> Wrong question. The first question is not why network to co-ordinate
> time but why does it have a time of day clock to begin with? I long ago
> stopped setting the clock on my microwave for instance, I have absolutely
> no desire to use it for a clock I just want it to warm my food. My
> kitchen clock is a far better clock than my microwave ever will be.

Fair enough. However, the VCR, and the kinds of coffee makers that can
automatically make my coffee so that it's ready when I wake up in the
morning both have a genuine need for time of day.

Also, as an extension to your argument, you could say that if all
members of the household have reasonably accurate wristwatches, then all
clock displays are unnecessary.

Ed

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