Fibaro HC2 Homeseer and plugwise

[TANE]

The HC2 is Fibaro's HCB.

This is a high end zwave controle box with very nice graphics an good zwave implementation.
Today I managed to control every Device and event in Homeseer via HC2
It' also possibile to controle Plugwise modules using the http get commands.

[xanhoera]

How does it connect to Homeseer?

[olof]

Hi Enver,

Can I ask two questions:

1. Why would I (or anyone) want to use Homeseer & Fibaro's HC2 in combination? Aren't they meant to do the same thing, to be the controller for all of my Home Automation (HA) needs?
It just seems excessive to have 2 HA controllers linked together. What am I not seeing?

2. If I was to use the HC2 as my HA controller, does that mean I can get rid of my Merten Connect software?
Since I use Merten Z-wave devices and Homeseer , my set-up has to be: Z-wave Device (Merten and all other brands) --> Merten Connect Software --> Homeseer

Cheers,
Olof

[Phaeton]

As an addition to olof, can i still use rfxcom?

I ask this because i find homeseer to 'bewerkelijk' and userfriendly. I've looked at the video of the hc2 device and it looks userfriendly. In the video i see a lot of applications for which fibaro doesnt produce equipment (alarm, sprinklers). This gives me hope i can use my rfxcom, plugwise server on this device. I'm very curious! Are you going to review it?

[elmstrom]

Please review it!

There is no good English review of it.

[TANE]

How does it connect to Homeseer?

I'm using the tenscript for controlling devices and events.
http://tenholder.net/tenWare2/tenHsServer/default.aspx

There is option of virtual devices that makes possible to send http commands
At the moment the virtual devices can only be controlled from the web interface.
In the future you can also control them via events.

[TANE]

Hi Enver,

Can I ask two questions:

1. Why would I (or anyone) want to use Homeseer & Fibaro's HC2 in combination? Aren't they meant to do the same thing, to be the controller for all of my Home Automation (HA) needs?
It just seems excessive to have 2 HA controllers linked together. What am I not seeing?
This can be interesting if you like to migrate form Homeseer to HC2.
Or just like to use them both since the zwave support of Homeseer is very weak
In scripting and plugin's is Homeseer number one.


2. If I was to use the HC2 as my HA controller, does that mean I can get rid of my Merten Connect software?
Since I use Merten Z-wave devices and Homeseer , my set-up has to be: Z-wave Device (Merten and all other brands) --> Merten Connect Software --> Homeseer
Not at the moment..maybe soon since Fibaro is working on this topic. The biggest problem is the wallcontrol units.



Cheers,
Olof

[TANE]

As an addition to olof, can i still use rfxcom?

I ask this because i find homeseer to 'bewerkelijk' and userfriendly. I've looked at the video of the hc2 device and it looks userfriendly. In the video i see a lot of applications for which fibaro doesnt produce equipment (alarm, sprinklers). This gives me hope i can use my rfxcom, plugwise server on this device. I'm very curious! Are you going to review it?

It was just a basic test for me to see what can be done. And yes you can use Homeseer for control Rfxcom devices.
Possibilities are very basic..

Very soon there will be API available. Next step is building plugins..
Plugins will give you more flexibility.

[Phaeton]

do you mean you can use RFXcom on the HC2 instead of Homeseer in your poste above?

[Mitam]

I have been asking about this on their forum.
They don't reply much.

http://forum.fibaro.com/viewtopic.php?t=469

[TANE]

Sorry
At the moment there is no Rfxcom plugin for the HC2 available.

[elmstrom]

Tane, have you tried Living Connect and HC2 together?

[TANE]

Tane, have you tried Living Connect and HC2 together?

Do you mean the radiator thermostaat from Danfoss?

[elmstrom]

Yes that is what i mean

[TANE]

Danfoss works fine with Fibaro HC2

I hope the probleem will also soon be fixed for Homeseer and Vera.
Usage with vera is possibile of you use scripting..