Vera Lite.... Future of Home Automation?

At the forefront of home automation (HA) is the very effective Vera Lite (VL) manufactured by Mi Casa Verde. This note worthy piece of gear at its irregular price point and endless possibilities makes it the home automation controller of choice.   There are many home automation controllers out there (2gig, rti, Iris) but they are all dead end devices at higher price points. The Vera Lite is one of the few devices that doesn't require a monthly subscription. Look at the iPhone success; not only is the device very capable but the iTunes app store allowed a way for people around the world contribute to how the iPhone works. The Vera Lite is very similar in the fact that is does have an app store with people adding new apps every day.  One example of this benefit is an app that controls your sprinkler system. With the Vera and the Z-Wave sprinkler system this app pulls information from Google to see if it’s raining or not. Then it will determine weather to water your lawn or not. Pretty Cool… right?

Historically HA systems required a trained installer who would be your only point of contact and the only person to buy from because the manufacture and dealer making this monopoly. So upgrades and support would have to go through the custom installer. Well not anymore with the VL. The system is one of the easiest to install with only 2 wires and some software downloading any DIYer (do it yourselfer) can do.   The VL integrates with all Z-Wave devices so you don’t really have to worry about which ones will work like most HA systems. Some of the big boys on the block include

• Intermatic receptacles and dimmers
• GE receptacles, simple dimmers, three-way dimmers, simple switch, three-way switch, and outdoor switch
• GE scene controllers
• Kwikset door locks
• Aeon Labs open/close sensor
• Everspring open/close sensor
• Mi Casa Verde Cameras

Not only does it work great with zwave devices but it works really well with some alarm panels. 

• DSC (Power Series)
• ELK (M1 Series)
• GE (NetworX)
• Honeywell (Vista)
• Visonic (PowerMax)

Take a look at my Youtube video for a more in depth review and proper basic setup of the Vera Lite by Mi Casa Verde and stay tuned for more tutorials for the system.

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