![]() With X10, so long as I can live with its quarks, I have an integrated lighting and security system, that when working properly, works very well. There seems little difference in the monitoring cost for this, and any difference saved will take a very long time to amortize the cost of a separate purchase of the equipment. It just does not make economic sense to me to have to pay for both the security sensors and alarm system, along with a monthly fee for professional monitoring, when there are plenty of alarm companies that will provide the hardware for free if you sign up for a monitoring contract. All the other systems I have seen are wired, have expensive hardware, and/or must have a professional monitoring service. I further suspect that in a few years their will be another more advanced and hopefully easier to configure and understand system to replace it.Īdditionally as far as I know, Indigo, or anyone else other than X10 does not offer an affordable wireless self monitoring security system. I also suspect that Indigo is not the end to end all but rather a way-point on the path to home automation. But for those of us that have hundreds of dollars invested in X10 lighting and security systems, with wall outlets and light switched wired with it, It just does not make economic sense to replace it with the more expensive Indigo system. I agree with you that X10 does have reliability problems and for someone just starting out it would be best to avoid it if possible. Thank you for your candid feedback about the direction of your product. This is useful for plugins that dynamically create devices (but aren't using the DeviceFactory technique) that need to prevent the user from being able to manually create them. Added optional Devices.xml node attribute allowUserCreation (defaults to true) that can be set to false to prevent the device from showing in the new Device dialog UI model popup menu.Plugin API version number has been incremented to v3.1.Fixed Z-Wave device submission bug that prevented browser from opening.Fixed Z-Wave bug that would sometimes log errors when processing module awake commands.Fixed Z-Wave bug that caused configuration parameters to sometimes fail to set.Fixed support for Zooz Dimmer Switch (ZEN72).Fixed Trigger scene name mapping for Zooz Dimmer Switch (ZEN77).Modified Email+ plugin to be more compatible with some SMTP servers by removing redundant EHLO commands and stopping the inclusion of empty CC/BCC fields.Incredible flexibility for thousands of other uses - use your imagination!.Save money and energy by automating your thermostat usage - change set points based on occupation.Control your whole-house audio via iTunes or your home theater system - pause the movie if your doorbell rings.Create different lighting scenes, for example "Party," "Movie," "Sleeping," "Away," for perfect multi-room lighting at the touch of a button.Create complex conditions using an easy and intuitive rule builder - no need to water the yard if it's raining outside.Automatically turn on landscape or holiday lighting at sunset and off at sunrise or some other preset time or duration.Automatically send emails based on events, like leaving your garage door open or when motion is detected after dark.Incorporate motion detectors to turn on lights or other devices.Indigo provides you with the tools to create, manage, automate, and control your home: Indigo is the complete solution for your home automation needs with unparalleled ease of use. Also available is Indigo Touch, our iOS application, for native iPhone and iPad remote control. Indigo provides its own internal Web server (no cloud reliance here!) that gives you remote access to control your house from anywhere via Web browser. You can save money, conserve water, help secure your home and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Home automation is more than just another way to directly control your environment. Indigo is an intelligent home automation server for Mac OS X that integrates an assortment of hardware modules to provide complex automation and control of your home in one easy to use environment.
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