Recent content by jstandard

Just poked around through open zwave, any thoughts on it vs. OSA? OpenZ seems a bit less developed, but perhaps lets me control things a bit more granular (sort of like choosing between c# and c?) Btw, are those 2 the main open platforms for zwave or are there other worthwhile ones?

They're now being shipped! This is looking an awesome start, can't wait for passerby to question my sanity as they see the lights in my apt going on/off/on/off/on/off while I learn the ropes. Thanks a ton for the advice.

A resounding THANK YOU for pointing me in the direction of OSA. The platform have phone support and looks essentially exactly what I'm looking to do (which is learn and then potentially contribute to an open source platform to provide an alternative while the walled garden platform wars...

Hello, Bit of a newbie enthusiast here looking for some guidance about how to delve into retrofitted products. I'm currently renting an apt and can't rewire anything. I'm having trouble finding a cheap, programmable retrofit plug that I can use to learn some HA programming off of. I've...