![]() Some installations have problems but that is no different than any other product on the market. It's great and works perfectly in most situations. I've had it for about a year and knowing what I know now I would recommend it without hesitation. So in that respect, would you have enough faith in Fibaro to support them now to enable them to finish the product, or should I just run for the hills? Though if they don't have the userbase now then I doubt they will survive a couple of years. You mentioned in a couple of years Fibaro will be hard to beat. Please login or register to see this image. Maybe Fibaro should fire some of these graphic designers and hire more coders Im quite tech savvy so I don't mind not having the pretty gui if it means getting a system that actually works and doesn't cause continuous problems. ![]() emoticons/default_laugh.png" alt=":lol:" agree the gui does look impressive, but if the system doesn't function as intended then I may aswell just stick a pretty picture over my tablet. If that's the case I will be single very quick with a huge mortgage to deal with Its hard enough convincing the g/f to have home automation in the first place, let alone if its keeps causing problems once installed. Looks like I may have to have a look at Indigo6.Īre most the problems here due to users prematurely upgrading to the Beta's, or are the 'stable' versions also very unreliable? In a couple of years I think Fibaro will be hard to beat, assuming that in the meantime they do what they should be doing, and listening VERY carefully to their current I did see your threads below which prompted me to post here. However, if those lovely graphics are sitting on a system which is still very much in development, then only you can decide how many times you want to delete, add, delete, add before you've had enough and sacrifice beauty for reliable functionality. There are various smaller "home style" systems available, but they may be too limiting depending on your configuration.įibaro is very glossy, extremely well designed from a GUI perspective (they clearly have some excellent graphic designers working with them) and from a graphical operational point of view is probably the simplest and best out there. which are worth looking at depending on needs. There is also a few other systems such as Micasaverde etc. Homeseer do have the option of trollers, which are an alternative to a separate machine, but running Indigo 6 on a Mac mini seems to be a pretty good option. I used to use HS2 Pro, and have HS3 Pro from Homeseer to use again, and it is excellent, very easy to use and ultra reliable but as with Indigo 6 will need a computer to run on as it is the software you are buying. ![]() Produno the Fibaro system as it stands currently really isn't the finished article, and whilst some of the other products available introduce new software to provide additional functions and minor bug fixes, from my experience Fibaro are not yet at that stage, and each new realise is just a total bare bones development issued for us to find out where it doesn't work.Īs Shapa has pointed out, hardware failure could be extremely expensive, and that goes down even as far as the back-up stick which will result in you having to send the whole HC2 to Poland for a fix at your expense.Īs with everything computer orientated it depends on your needs and expertise levels as to which system suits your needs best. emoticons/default_smile.png" alt=":)" srcset=" 2x" width="20" height="20" />)ġ) Relatively small network (may be a few dozen devices) - MicasaVerde Vera3Ģ) Powerful home automation based on z-wave, virtually limitless (due to excellent Python and AppleScript support) - Indigo6.īe careful about other Fibaro stuff (hardware) - it is good (sometimes), but still not all products. RMA time is about 3-4 weeks (!!!), you'll be forced to send back to Poland (!!!) and to cover all expenses (!!!). They used extremely cheap and unreliable flash to store configurations / backups, a lot of failures happens already (I've got two failures in 4 months (!) ) Your configuration, scripts, devices pairings, etc. Hardware is unreliable and you will loose _everything_ in case of hardware issues. Promised features (2 years ago) still not working, system is highly unstable. Quality of the software is outstandingly low. ![]() Maximum record - 2 weeks without serious issues (still dead nodes, slownesses, ignored scenes, etc). Spent 2 years trying to make this stuff working.
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