Technical Requirements
S. 15
4.2
heatapp! and Internet
An Internet connection is required to be able to operate the heatapp! system from anywhere. A wired connection to the Internet
is available in most homes (ADSL, cable, optical fibre).
Fig.: 3 DSL or UMTS
heatapp! can be operated via mobile Internet (SIM card). Page loading speed depends on the transmission speed (bandwidth).
Connection type
Download-rate
heatapp! usefulnes
GSM GPRS
53,6 kbits/s
no
GSM EDGE
256 kbits/s
conditional, very slow page layout,
frequent timeouts
UMTS
384 kbits/s
yes
UMTS HSPA
7,2 Mbits/s
yes
UMTS HSPA+
42 Mbits/s
yes
LTE
300 Mbits/s
yes
LTE-Advanced
1 Gbits/s
yes
For average use, heatapp! requires 40-50 MB of data per week
Note
Check with your ISP whether your Internet connection is permanently online. Internet connections, which are not permanently
online, may temporarily go into standby/sleep mode. The heatapp! system data transfer is small, so it may be that it is
inadequate to deactivate an Internet access sleep mode.