Hi, I'm Matt.... And I've been living with Vera since the Vera 3 was the best they had....
Frankly, my Vera 3 still runs quite well. It mostly behaves, runs quickly for most part and rarely misses anything. That's probably why I've stayed so long. I've been reading on homeseer for over a year now contemplating coming this way.... And I've finally done it. I bought HS3 and a couple plugins on the sale.
The main reasons for my finally jumping ship?
Central scenes is a big one. I want the ability to do a double tap on my dimmer and get a different function. Vera has yet to implement this.
The scene conditions available with easy trigger seems to be as versatile as PLEG but in an easier format. PLEG has been a nightmare to get to do what i want other than some simple stuff.
Speed in complex scenes. When I run stuff that touches a lot on the house, Vera started skipping things or bogging down and it was inconsistent as to what it would do at that point. It's not like i was doing commands to 60 devices at once or anything.... Vera just didn't have the horsepower to do it.
I won't have time to begin the shift for at least a month and a half. In that time i need to try to plan out my method of attack and the way I'll be duplicating a lot of functions. A major hurdle for me will be automatic home and away modes like I've been enjoying... And getting the beacon I've planted in my parents car to work as an arrival sensor consistently as i was working on with Vera.
Frankly, my Vera 3 still runs quite well. It mostly behaves, runs quickly for most part and rarely misses anything. That's probably why I've stayed so long. I've been reading on homeseer for over a year now contemplating coming this way.... And I've finally done it. I bought HS3 and a couple plugins on the sale.
The main reasons for my finally jumping ship?
Central scenes is a big one. I want the ability to do a double tap on my dimmer and get a different function. Vera has yet to implement this.
The scene conditions available with easy trigger seems to be as versatile as PLEG but in an easier format. PLEG has been a nightmare to get to do what i want other than some simple stuff.
Speed in complex scenes. When I run stuff that touches a lot on the house, Vera started skipping things or bogging down and it was inconsistent as to what it would do at that point. It's not like i was doing commands to 60 devices at once or anything.... Vera just didn't have the horsepower to do it.
I won't have time to begin the shift for at least a month and a half. In that time i need to try to plan out my method of attack and the way I'll be duplicating a lot of functions. A major hurdle for me will be automatic home and away modes like I've been enjoying... And getting the beacon I've planted in my parents car to work as an arrival sensor consistently as i was working on with Vera.
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