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<blockquote data-quote="SupressYourself" data-source="post: 59913" data-attributes="member: 340">I actually ended up going the Vera route and I like it a lot.<a href="http://getvera.com/" target="_blank">http://getvera.com/</a>There are hundreds of different z-wave compatible sensors that will work with it.It’ll do security and home automation stuff.&nbsp; The limit is pretty much your budget and your imagination.&nbsp; For example: you switch it to “home” mode from your smartphone app and all of your door and window sensors disarm, a few select lights automatically come on, your thermostat is automatically set to &lt;whatever&gt;, your coffee pot turns on, your motorized window blinds go up, and so on…There’s no monthly fee for anything, it can be set to text and email you when your alarms go off or your motion sensors are tripped or whatever.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was a big selling point for me as I didn’t want to pay some monitoring company every month when all they really do is call the cops when the alarm is tripped.&nbsp; -- I can do that myself.I found it all really straight-forward to put together and get working.&nbsp; Most time I spent was just figuring out what devices I wanted to start with.&nbsp; To be fair, I’m a software engineer, so pretty good with tech stuff.&nbsp; Your mileage may vary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SupressYourself, post: 59913, member: 340"] I actually ended up going the Vera route and I like it a lot. [URL]http://getvera.com/[/URL] There are hundreds of different z-wave compatible sensors that will work with it. It’ll do security and home automation stuff. The limit is pretty much your budget and your imagination. For example: you switch it to “home” mode from your smartphone app and all of your door and window sensors disarm, a few select lights automatically come on, your thermostat is automatically set to <whatever>, your coffee pot turns on, your motorized window blinds go up, and so on… There’s no monthly fee for anything, it can be set to text and email you when your alarms go off or your motion sensors are tripped or whatever. This was a big selling point for me as I didn’t want to pay some monitoring company every month when all they really do is call the cops when the alarm is tripped. -- I can do that myself. I found it all really straight-forward to put together and get working. Most time I spent was just figuring out what devices I wanted to start with. To be fair, I’m a software engineer, so pretty good with tech stuff. Your mileage may vary. [/QUOTE]

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