Joel Telling Microsoft Hohm and Blue Line Device Setup

Meet Joel Telling, he's one of our community members on http://www.microsoft-hohm.com . We gave him a Blue Line Dive that connects to microsoft hohm one week prior to our announcement. Let Joel and us know if you have any questions about his experience.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• blue line
• energy monitoring
• saving energy and money
• microsoft hohm
• power cost monitor
• realtime data
• joel telling

[enliteneer]

Do you have to have a PC running all the time in order to upload the power data to the MS Hohm, or does the wifi connect directly to the router?

Can the Hohm software notify you by email when there is a power spike, or some other condition you want to monitor? For example, as a security measure, you're on vacation and wan't to be notified if the lights come on, or the garage door opens, etc.

[MicrosoftHohm]

@enliteneer the wifi connects to the router - right now there is no email system but I'll pass the request over to the team - Elliott

[blahtoausername]

It would be really useful to debunk or prove the "Standby" theories. Does it cost any different to keep a device such as a desktop pc on 24/7, rather than turning it off and on, based on the argument that electronics take more power to turn on etc..

Also, get rid of IE man, that browser was full of toolbars