Tom,
I am attempting to do the exact same thing, that is, depend entirely on a self-monitored Z-Wave system for my home security. As I do not travel, and am always around town, and always sleep at home, I do not need a 24x7 professional monitoring service and its attendant fees.
I should say that while not new to computers, I am new to both Homeseer software and to Z-Wave hardware. I am starting out with HS3Pro running on Linux in a dedicated Intel NUC. I am adding sensors to the system, wireless z-wave sensors for doors and windows, and z-wave motion sensors for all or most rooms in the house. I then will create HS3 events where, each time a sensor is breached, I get a customized notification, say "Front Door opened", etc. At first, I tried doing this via emails to my cellphone, and there was a 30 to 40 second lag in receiving the notification, which is unacceptable. Someone at the forum then suggested I use a free service called "Pushover", generating the notifications with a free HS3 plugin someone here at the forum wrote. The results are incredible. Just to test it, I created an event (turning a light-bulb on) and having HS3 send me a Pushover notification the moment the lamp went on. I can then from my cell phone issue an HSTouch command to turn the lamp on and see how long it takes for the notification to arrive. From anywhere I have tried, even one town over, the lag is less than 4 seconds, which I thing is more than acceptable.
I then plan to install a few IP cameras around to check what's going on before I call 911.
My only hangup is this. I do not want to receive notifications all the time, so would like to be able to issue from my cellphone HSTouch app a single command and either turn notifications on, or off, or, if I am home and going to bed, for example, turn off motion sensors but have an alarm go off if the perimeter is breached, pretty much the same three settings in all commercial systems.
Do you have any idea how to accomplish this in HS3?
Also, if you have any recommendations for decent z-wave door/window sensors and motion sensors, I can use that too.
Thanks
I am attempting to do the exact same thing, that is, depend entirely on a self-monitored Z-Wave system for my home security. As I do not travel, and am always around town, and always sleep at home, I do not need a 24x7 professional monitoring service and its attendant fees.
I should say that while not new to computers, I am new to both Homeseer software and to Z-Wave hardware. I am starting out with HS3Pro running on Linux in a dedicated Intel NUC. I am adding sensors to the system, wireless z-wave sensors for doors and windows, and z-wave motion sensors for all or most rooms in the house. I then will create HS3 events where, each time a sensor is breached, I get a customized notification, say "Front Door opened", etc. At first, I tried doing this via emails to my cellphone, and there was a 30 to 40 second lag in receiving the notification, which is unacceptable. Someone at the forum then suggested I use a free service called "Pushover", generating the notifications with a free HS3 plugin someone here at the forum wrote. The results are incredible. Just to test it, I created an event (turning a light-bulb on) and having HS3 send me a Pushover notification the moment the lamp went on. I can then from my cell phone issue an HSTouch command to turn the lamp on and see how long it takes for the notification to arrive. From anywhere I have tried, even one town over, the lag is less than 4 seconds, which I thing is more than acceptable.
I then plan to install a few IP cameras around to check what's going on before I call 911.
My only hangup is this. I do not want to receive notifications all the time, so would like to be able to issue from my cellphone HSTouch app a single command and either turn notifications on, or off, or, if I am home and going to bed, for example, turn off motion sensors but have an alarm go off if the perimeter is breached, pretty much the same three settings in all commercial systems.
Do you have any idea how to accomplish this in HS3?
Also, if you have any recommendations for decent z-wave door/window sensors and motion sensors, I can use that too.
Thanks
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