Indigo 7 somfy5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Indigo will check to see if any doors or windows are open and talk to him via speakers plugged into the Mac mini. The alarm system can be set from his iPhone/iPad or via the Keyfob. If the alarm is triggered it will turn on the Philips Hue lights that he has in and outside the house to a red colour and flash them on and off. He originally had his security system set to turn inside and outside lights to a blue hue, flash them on & off, sound the Z-Wave Siren and send him an email if a door/window/motion sensor went off.Ĭolin purchased 2 Aeotec Multisensors for outdoors and 9 EZ Motion Triple Sensors for inside of the home so he could monitor the temperature, light levels & motion.Īll of these levels get reported back to Indigo to make adjustments accordingly for his lighting and heating and it also sends an email/text when this has been triggered.Ĭolin also added Aeotec Door/Window Sensors to all doors in his home. At the press of a button, the blinds are lowered, lights are dimmed, the 8 ft electric screen comes down and the projector and AV equipment are turned on for a movie with the family. He also uses it along with iTach Flex IP and iTach TCP/IP to IR modules to operate his home cinema. He also added the RFX Transceiver and together with a plugin he can raise and lower his Somfy blinds for better use of natural light and also help with his heating. They are also set to come on late at night in the hall or landing to light the way and if a motion sensor is triggered, it will dim the light and change the hue to blue so as not to wake anyone up. ![]() ![]() He can now turn them on/off and change the colour from his iPhone or iPad or via a Z-Wave handheld remote. LightingĬolin loved the idea of the Philips Hue bulbs so when he discovered an Indigo plugin, he started to replace the existing lights. Now he is able to regulate the temperature in his home and log cabin from anywhere in the world via his iPad & iPhone. The Radiator Thermostats can be turned up or down depending on the temperature readings from his EZ Motion Triple Sensors.Ĭolin also recently built a log cabin in his garden and controls the heating with combination of a Z-Wave Temperature and Humidity Sensor and On/Off Sockets to control the electric heaters. He went to work installing and integrating with his Indigo, testing set points on his radiator valves. He purchased 9 Z-Wave Radiator Thermostats, a Secure Timer Controlled Wall Thermostat and a Secure Boiler Receiver, with help from from Vesternet. He originally wanted to do this with X10 but it seemed too daunting a task. Colin’s System DetailsĬolin decided to jump straight in to work on Smart Home Heating for his home. When Indigo added the Z-Wave protocol to their fantastic software, he wasted no time in getting on the phone with Vesternet and changing out his old X10 devices with brand new Z-Wave ones.Ī few of the reasons that Colin chose Vesternet was they had videos and detailed information on installation along with support before and after the sale that is hard to find anywhere. "I had always been interested in automating my home but it always seemed too complicated and expensive"Ĭolin really liked his Indigo software because of the reliability, support and development but he was having issues with his X10 devices not communicating and were unreliable. He had a number of X10 devices in his home for Lighting, motion detection, door and window sensors and he even integrated his swimming pool pump and lights. For Colin, Indigo was easy to setup, use and had a variety of plug-ins at his disposal. ![]() Colin Galloway is no stranger to home automation as he has been running Indigo on his Mac Mini for several years. ![]()
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