looking for hardware advice

[beau76]

Hi All,
I am new here I like the idea of a low coast system like the pi but not the 5 plugin limit I am planning on doing z-wave with a SmartStick+ and have an echo an google home I am looking for ideas to keep hardware cost low but be a bit above the pi
thanks Beau

[ServiceXp]

How are you defining Low Cost?

[Kerat]

[beau76]

I am just starting out out
I known the software is going to cost a bit a i just went to start slow and build as i go if i had a old pc around i wold go that way but that out for now what i look for is a step up from a pi or some device i can load the software on

[Kerat]

Do you prefer windows or Linux?


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[beau76]

i am ok with both

[beau76]

Hi Kera,
so your say normal hs3 will run on the pi under Linux does that work with the demo?

[rmasonjr]

You can run HS3Pro on a Pi without the plugin limit. If you run the "for pi" version, it is cheaper, but you do have the 5-plugin limit.

[NickTheGreat]

I bought an Intel NUC for my Homeseer setup. I paid ~$240 for this one
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16883800009

a few years back, and it wasn't even a screaming hot deal. Another $40 to go to 8GB of RAM. I also added 2TB of hard drive space, just for grins, for probably another $75. So for about $350 I have a pretty nice little computer.

Of course Homeseer doubled the price of that, but you already knew that

[Kerat]

Hi Kera,
so your say normal hs3 will run on the pi under Linux does that work with the demo?

Yep, it should. When I was testing, I ran into trouble with the demo only running for a few days instead of the normal 1 month. I got pretty good at re-installing.


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[integlikewhoa]

i am ok with both

As you may have guess the HS3 pi version of software is software limited to 5 plugins. It cheaper but still the same software with the limit added to it. Pi runs linux and you can install the full HS3 version with no limit on a linux device like a Pi.

So are you good with linux? I found that while I ran the full version on the pi3 I hated it and had nothing but problems. I know people that do it and it works for them but not for everyone.

So my concern for a new user is to try to swim upstream out of the gate and load full HS3 on a pi3 get it to auto boot on startup and more might give you the wrong impression of HomeSeer. I know that if I didn't already have a windows version running and know how HS3 performs I would have probley kicked homeseer to the curb, called it unreliable, slow and a bunch of other things. More plugins on the pi3 caused me headaches.

So my point is if you go this route don't hold it against Homeseer if you have problems or if its not documented well. Proceed with caution.