French "fil pilote" control system

Bit of a long-shot here, but has anyone played with the French heating control system called "fil pilote"? It's a single control wire interface to [multiple] heaters to enable you to remote control them.

An appartment has fil pilote heaters, but currently doesn't have any of the control wires connected, so the heaters are all just self controlled. Fortunately, there's a spare cable in all the conduit to the heaters, so connecting up the fil pilote wire will be very easy (looks like it was meant to be done originally).

Just thinking about remote interface to the system via phone.

The fil pilot protocol looks to have started simple and got more complex bits added over time, but I only need the simple bits. It's something like: Pilot wire disconnected or connected to neutral - heaters on. Pilot wire connected to live - heaters in setback mode. Pilot wire connected to live via diode - heaters off. Pilot wire connected to live via diode other way - something else which I can't remember. Various duration timed pulses can be used to change heater thermostat settings.

I'm probably only interested in being able to select on, setback mode, and possibly off. Just wondering if anyone else has played with this interface?

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Andrew Gabriel
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I haven't, but Dimplex have a similar system. They might let you have technical information, or you might find their control units are compatible.

Owain

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Owain

Zillions of technical details and drawings here

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Emil Tiades

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particular one of those 10,300 links have "technical details and drawings" or are they just selling heaters and programmers?

Owain

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Owain

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>Any particular one of those 10,300 links have "technical details and

Many of the 2520 which are listed. I don't know where you got the extra 7780 links from.

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Emil Tiades

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