After months or maybe years of the Simply Automated website being unresponsive, it finally went dark last week. It simply didn't bring anything up and today I noticed that there is a parking page displayed. The Smart Home-Products website is still up, but they too have been unresponsive for a long time, and last week their security certificate expired. I'm guessing that it will disappear soon as it should. It gives a false sense of what's available on the market.
I notice there are several Simply Automated devices available on Ebay as new, but none seem to have face plates. I have a few of these an would like to get some white 3 button versions of the faceplate if anyone has them available.
I'm personally at the end of what will be a 50 to 60 device installation spread across two 2300 SF buildings. They are on separate meters, but I still get 99% plus reliability. I will add a second phase coupler this week when I get time to open the panel. Most of my devices are HAI 35A00-1 with just a few SA and PCS switches. I do have appliance modules and some IO controllers too. I only use one of those at the moment to control the garage doors. The only additions I see from here on are perhaps some more IO triggers, and I will be installing landscape lighting at some point.
I use a RUC-02 for the nexus. If I could find a PCS gateway at a reasonable price I might experiment with it. Adding a repeater might get me that last .5% or so of reliability I'm after, but I'm cheap and they rarely come up used.
I have used the PCS KPLD7's and like them but I have some problem with noise that seems to come from them that makes it difficult to program them. They seem to be fine once programmed. Unfortunately I'm still doing some tweaking and the problems with programming them are really bothersome.
I'm not certain that I see what the PCS business model is. They must still have some professional installers and or commercial users, because the DIY home automation market for them seems quite limited. I hope they are able to keep the system alive, because I find it to be a good system that likely still has room for improvements I o buy some new devices from time to time.
In the mean time I'll make certain that I'm stocked with Ebay treasures.
I notice there are several Simply Automated devices available on Ebay as new, but none seem to have face plates. I have a few of these an would like to get some white 3 button versions of the faceplate if anyone has them available.
I'm personally at the end of what will be a 50 to 60 device installation spread across two 2300 SF buildings. They are on separate meters, but I still get 99% plus reliability. I will add a second phase coupler this week when I get time to open the panel. Most of my devices are HAI 35A00-1 with just a few SA and PCS switches. I do have appliance modules and some IO controllers too. I only use one of those at the moment to control the garage doors. The only additions I see from here on are perhaps some more IO triggers, and I will be installing landscape lighting at some point.
I use a RUC-02 for the nexus. If I could find a PCS gateway at a reasonable price I might experiment with it. Adding a repeater might get me that last .5% or so of reliability I'm after, but I'm cheap and they rarely come up used.
I have used the PCS KPLD7's and like them but I have some problem with noise that seems to come from them that makes it difficult to program them. They seem to be fine once programmed. Unfortunately I'm still doing some tweaking and the problems with programming them are really bothersome.
I'm not certain that I see what the PCS business model is. They must still have some professional installers and or commercial users, because the DIY home automation market for them seems quite limited. I hope they are able to keep the system alive, because I find it to be a good system that likely still has room for improvements I o buy some new devices from time to time.
In the mean time I'll make certain that I'm stocked with Ebay treasures.