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Hometoys writes “Like everyone, I’ve been bombarded with ads from X10. I eventually decided to buy a camera, which led to buying ActiveHome. The ad sounded great indicating all things I would be able to do with this, but I was quickly discouraged. I really needed more power in the macros. For example, I wanted to turn my facade lights on from dusk to 11pm. No problem. But I also put up outside floodlights with motion detectors. If motion was detected, I wanted to do various things depending upon the time. If before dusk, turn off all outside lights (whether on or off). If after dusk, and before 11pm, then turn on all outside lights and turn off everything except the facade lights off after 90 second. If after 11pm, turn on all outside lights and turn them all off after 90 seconds. This is what I had anticipated being able to do with ActiveHome, but found out that this type of if/then logic was not possible.

This started my quest for something that gave me the ability to write complex macros for home automation. I found a lot of options, but was looking for something that fit my very limited budget. Lots of power (detailed control) at a low price. I decided upon PowerHome.

Although it took me a while to become comfortable with the application, it wasn’t long before I was wonderfully surprised with all I could do with the application and all the help I received from technical support. Within days, I not only converted all my home automation ideas I was dreaming about into reality, it opened the door to a plethora of new possibilities.”

posted by Editor at 10:00 am & filed under Home Automation Systems, Monitoring Systems, PC Home Control |