I've had a Stargate for almost 10 years and while it has performed moderately well it continues to develop new issues almost every month. I really not impressed with its stability and want to replace it with somehting else. I've looked at all the usual suspects like HAI, Elk, Homevision, Adicon and probably a few others.
My concern is the programability of some of these units. Stargate is fairly complete and has normal programming constructs like if/then/else plus and/or logic with lots of flags, variables and most everything needed to contruct complex sequences. I'm not sure which of the other units are comparable. Do any offer nested if/then/else statements?
I don't need touchscreens, security or keypads and will probably have to purchase an Ocelot to handle the large amount of IR I need. I do need analog/digital inputs, outputs and multi zone IR plus X10. It suddenly occured to me that the Ocelot along with some add ons might actually go a long way towards replacing most of the funtionality of Stargate with the exception of the phone interface which I don't use at present (too buggy and not reliable at all).
I know this forum is heavy on Elk users but I'm not sure what the Elk would buy me and what about the programming constructs? Anyone have good/bad experience with the Ocelot plus add on modules?
Dale
My concern is the programability of some of these units. Stargate is fairly complete and has normal programming constructs like if/then/else plus and/or logic with lots of flags, variables and most everything needed to contruct complex sequences. I'm not sure which of the other units are comparable. Do any offer nested if/then/else statements?
I don't need touchscreens, security or keypads and will probably have to purchase an Ocelot to handle the large amount of IR I need. I do need analog/digital inputs, outputs and multi zone IR plus X10. It suddenly occured to me that the Ocelot along with some add ons might actually go a long way towards replacing most of the funtionality of Stargate with the exception of the phone interface which I don't use at present (too buggy and not reliable at all).
I know this forum is heavy on Elk users but I'm not sure what the Elk would buy me and what about the programming constructs? Anyone have good/bad experience with the Ocelot plus add on modules?
Dale