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If scaling up to 200 devices, or even anything close, is a concern, I'm not sure why you would consider Caseta as it is natively limited to 50 devices, and offers no upward compatibility to Radio Ra2.

  This is why I brought up the article to begin with.  So presumably even in a system closed off from the internet completely, if it has zigbee devices there is a way to infect the system.  This doesn't keep me up at night, but it really surprised me.  I expect IP exploits.  A zigbee exploit was...

  That is the exact same already posted.

An article about researchers exploiting the zigbee protocol in Hue lights. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/technology/why-light-bulbs-may-be-the-next-hacker-target.html

we have a home of that size.  we are just over 50 devices, and have no automated shades.  use radio ra2.

A couple of months ago I placed an order online and didn't see any follow up on shipping info for a few days so I called customer support to find out what was going on and they were perfectly nice, gave me the status and it shipped out a day later as the rep had said it would.

Need to pick up some for a remodel.  Any recommendations?

All these things are nice to have, but most of it can also be accomplished through stand-alone systems.  And the smartphone/tablet provides a single platform for managing them.  Sure, you have separate apps, but that is a positive (more customized for the specific system, quicker and more...

Dean, I agree with you on many of the benefits of automating certain systems within a house, but I still struggle to see the benefits of integrating these separate systems together.  An irrigation system which alters its behavior based on prevailing weather conditions is great, as is a lighting...

What are these integrated home automation routines you speak of?  I'm setting up my new home, and have done a lot of research on this as I was weighing my layout and system options.  I had strongly considered going with an OmniPro system for its automation/security/lighting integration, but the...

The Amazon Echo/Sonos integration has been announced, but not yet implemented - it is slated for sometime early next year.  There are ways to accomplish this in the meantime through IFTTT.  As Pete said above, there is no direct Echo/Omni integration (and unlikely there ever will be), but you...

 I know the open/close part works with 5800 protocol just like a wireless window sensor.  But would it also be able to communicate locked/unlocked?  Would it do so by creating a separate zone, so each window with the verilock is 1 zone for open/close and another for locked/unlocked?

It's not crazy at all. The stakes for messing up a home automation install are low. For burglary/fire it quite literally could be the difference between life and death.

  I hear it is timed to release with the OmniPro III

A concern for me is that HAI is more like Nest - acquired by a big company but seemingly left to flounder.  It's been 4 years since HAI was was acquired by Leviton and as far as I can tell, other than occasional firmware updates they haven't changed or added a single thing, or more worrisome...

I looked at the ELK, but the problem is the expense of integrating with the Radio Ra2 system was very high.  Can't recall the part # offhand, but it made it more expensive than the Omni.  And the nice thing with the Omni/RR2 is that it is native and easy 2 way integration.  Also, as mentioned...

Yes, that is correct.  I have some Omni consoles sitting around from the home's original owner (they had an old LT board), and there are some other expenses with the Honeywell that I'd avoid with the Omni so while the Omni would cost more overall, it's just $3-400 in an overall...

First off, thanks to everyone for your informative posts - I've been an avid reader of the forums.  I completed all my prewiring for security, audio, lighting, thermostats (2 stage A/C and furnace), audio and video on our house.  Sheetrock is up and I need to make my final system decisions and...

Trying to plan my system options.  Are these http://www.interlogix.com/intrusion/product/micro-door-window-sensors, compatible with the Omni Interlogix Transmitter 42A00-2?  Thank you.

I've been looking into camera systems as well, and came across these: https://www.honeywellvideo.com/products/video-systems/Performance-s-ip/1074271.html   I wonder if anyone has had experience with them.  I believe (but can't confirm) that the cameras are re-branded Dahua, which get good...