I think I have come to an end with Smartthings, I have been struggling lately with it not now who is home or understanding the time of day which completely kills most of the automation that I am doing.
I started looking at new options and initially leaned towards the vera plus as they integrate with DSC alarm systems, imperihome etc. I need a high wife acceptance factor to make it in the door. Then I started looking at homeseer and it seems to make sense.
I am undecided as to running a troller unit or just running the software on a pc. I already have an old pc running as a plex server that could easily support the software. I haven't decided though if I am going to update my nas to something that can support plex natively. Are the benefits of running one over the other, ie dedicated homeseer troller or PC based?
Also what should i be aware of before I decided to switch? What is the good, the bad and the ugly of homeseer?
Here is some of what I currently do:
geofence using smartphones to know who is home and adjust system from home to away or vice versa as well as check time of day so it turns on the lights i like if it is dark - this is a must in any system for our home.
Scenes set up to automatically adjust lights based on events like going to bed
Sonos integration is a must as well - I saw the sonos plugin - how well does it work?
I also would like to tie in with a DSC alarm system - smartthings is an epic fail here - have to bridge with additional servers - again how is the integration?
I know I have a long way to go and I have been searching forums and posts like crazy but I thought it was time to really get some input.
Thanks
I started looking at new options and initially leaned towards the vera plus as they integrate with DSC alarm systems, imperihome etc. I need a high wife acceptance factor to make it in the door. Then I started looking at homeseer and it seems to make sense.
I am undecided as to running a troller unit or just running the software on a pc. I already have an old pc running as a plex server that could easily support the software. I haven't decided though if I am going to update my nas to something that can support plex natively. Are the benefits of running one over the other, ie dedicated homeseer troller or PC based?
Also what should i be aware of before I decided to switch? What is the good, the bad and the ugly of homeseer?
Here is some of what I currently do:
geofence using smartphones to know who is home and adjust system from home to away or vice versa as well as check time of day so it turns on the lights i like if it is dark - this is a must in any system for our home.
Scenes set up to automatically adjust lights based on events like going to bed
Sonos integration is a must as well - I saw the sonos plugin - how well does it work?
I also would like to tie in with a DSC alarm system - smartthings is an epic fail here - have to bridge with additional servers - again how is the integration?
I know I have a long way to go and I have been searching forums and posts like crazy but I thought it was time to really get some input.
Thanks
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