wkearney99
Senior Member
Home automation software has always been a series of compromises. One system has a decent UI, another has a particular driver you need, other have better programming environments, etc. Lots of things have gotten us to where we are now.
These days there's quite a lot of coverage for devices. There's perhaps more flexibility now on just being able to integrate more, rather than having to use something because it was the only thing that supported your devices.
It's probably far to say that a great many home automation efforts are little more than fancy remote controls for lights. I know, in this audience there's a lot of exceptions to that generalization. But of the ones that have risen slightly above basic remote control, how many of us haven't taken it to greater levels because of their automation framework? How many are willing to entertain making changes if there's 'something better' available?
I pose this question because while I've had very reliable results using a particular solution, I'm always less than thrilled with the somewhat unique way it approaches programming. Every time I start digging in deeper I find myself asking "should I just look at something else instead?"
Note, I'm not specifically 'naming names' here. There's enough defects in almost all of the existing solutions to find blame. It's not my intention here to bash any one particular implementation. Rather to invite a conversation about what's on the market now and if anyone's made a change to one of them from a previous solution.
Anyone else made a big transition from one kind of automation system to something new?
These days there's quite a lot of coverage for devices. There's perhaps more flexibility now on just being able to integrate more, rather than having to use something because it was the only thing that supported your devices.
It's probably far to say that a great many home automation efforts are little more than fancy remote controls for lights. I know, in this audience there's a lot of exceptions to that generalization. But of the ones that have risen slightly above basic remote control, how many of us haven't taken it to greater levels because of their automation framework? How many are willing to entertain making changes if there's 'something better' available?
I pose this question because while I've had very reliable results using a particular solution, I'm always less than thrilled with the somewhat unique way it approaches programming. Every time I start digging in deeper I find myself asking "should I just look at something else instead?"
Note, I'm not specifically 'naming names' here. There's enough defects in almost all of the existing solutions to find blame. It's not my intention here to bash any one particular implementation. Rather to invite a conversation about what's on the market now and if anyone's made a change to one of them from a previous solution.
Anyone else made a big transition from one kind of automation system to something new?