CommandFusion Confirm iViewer Lite Plus Release Android App
The rumours were true, CommandFusion have just released iViewer Lite in the iTunes Store. The £34.99 app is aimed at the DIY Home Automation market…
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New Control4 Driver for the Philips Hue Lighting System
The guys over at C4Store [update – now called the drivers lab] have just sent us an announcement about their new Control4 driver for Philips Hue lights,…
Video: The New Plex App for Android
The Plex guys have just released a major update to the Android app. New features include powerful filters, recommendations between friends, sharing videos through Facebook…
My Automated Home: Open Source Automation
Ever since I was a kid and saw my first remote controlled light, I got it in my head that this was something that I…
Rumour: CommandFusion to Release iViewer Lite for DIY Home Automation?
We’re hearing on the grapevine that CommandFusion may be about to launch a ‘Lite’ version of their highly regarded iViewer Ethernet control software. Currently users…
Latest Open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) Update Brings Raft of New Features
Kai Kreuzer updates us on the progress of the open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) software project… Only 8 months after our 1.0 release we have reached…
RaspLogic Home Automation Software for the Raspberry Pi
Ah the Raspberry Pi and Home Automation, a match made in heaven. Now a new software project “RaspLogic” aims to provide a smart home controller…
HomeAutom8 and iAutom8 Home Automation System
HomeAutom8 and iAutom8 from Tristan Phillips are a cloud service and mobile app combo home automation system. The software works with RFXCom transmitters and smart home…
Native Drobo Plex Media Server App
Data Robotics have announced that a new Plex Media Server app is ‘coming soon’ for their Drobo 5N. So as well as hosting all your media…
Free Windows Home Automation Digital Home Server
The latest V2.1.0.0 update to Soitjes Soit’s free Windows “Digital Home Server” application brings Home Automation functionality with its support for xPL and RFXLAN… I just…
Domoticz is New Free Open Source Home Automation Software
When we added our Home Automation Technology Choices page a few weeks ago we got emails asking us to consider some other systems. Amongst them…
Plex Introduces New Improved Android App
Plex team leader Elan Feingold has blogged an introduction to their new improved Android app. The ground up rewrite targets devices running Android 3.2 or…
Android Apps for Cytech Comfort Security and Home Automation System
Cytech has launched 2 Android Apps for the Comfort integrated Security and Home Automation System. These are separate versions optimised for Android Phones and for…
Video: CommandFusion Tutorial Designs GUI’s for iOS and Android Home Automation
CommandFusion are well known for their iViewer mobile home automation app. They’ve recently posted some useful links in our forums for a couple of video tutorials…
Mac Home Automation Software Indigo Now Supports Z-Wave
Perceptive Automation have released beta v6 of Indigo, their Home Automation suite for Max OS X. Amongst a raft of new features there’s now support for…
Plex Now Available for 2012 Samsung Smart TVs
Plex have released another raft of update goodness in the last few weeks including a new web based media manager, offline media syncing to your…
Video: OpenRemote Demos Application Integration on iPhone and iPad
This new video from the guys at OpenRemote demonstrates an integrated home automation scenario controlled by their open source software. They’ve created and integrated four…
Ubiquiti mFi – Home Automation Monitoring and Control
The guys at LinITX have sent us some information on an interesting new range of home automation hardware from Ubiquiti. The range consists of ‘m’ class networked devices…
Fibaro Z-Wave Home Center 2 Mega Review
The fine folks at Fibaro and Vesternet were kind enough to lend us a sizeable home automation system based around Fibaro’s premium Home Center 2…
Crestron Release New Home Automation Design Templates For iPad
Crestron have just released a set of new VT Pro-e design templates for their iPad Home Automation interface. They say the new graphics are a complete redesign and…