As a gift, I just received a new oven that came equipped with a remote control. This allows you to adjust the temp as well as monitor the current oven temp and internal temperature of what you are cooking. While having the remote is cool in and of itself, I thought it would be even more useful to be able to control the oven from anywhere (like the ability to turn it on while on your way home from work) I have been contemplating and researching ways of making this a reality but am very new to hobby electronics and have hit a road block (one of many i’ll assume).
After scouring sparkfun, instructables, google, and hackaday, this is a scheme I thought might be achievable:
Oven <-RF-> transceiver or hack current remote control<-*-> host computer (server or webpage)<-> internets ↔ iphone
Questions:
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Is this even possible for an amateur? (PS… I have help (fingers crossed) with the programming already, so I am more interested in the hardware options)
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Would wiring into current remote be easier verses using something like the RFM22 or Abacom Multi-Channel USB RF Transceiver. When I opened the remote, it had what looked like three pins labeled J2 coming off of the board…possibly for programming the remote. Could these be used to interface with the computer as well?
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The current remote operates in the 433/868/915MHz bands, but I currently do not know exactly which frequency it uses. The chip, I believe says:
nrf .c
905
0943AZ
3a. Do these letters and number tell me anything?
3b. Is there any way to ‘hack’ into the current remote’s frequency?
If you have any questions, suggestions, tips, or a simplified way of achieving this feat, I would greatly appreciated it! If I am being a total dummy about the process, please let me know as well. Thanks!