There are things that I’m comfortable doing and have experience with, and some that experience shows I need to pay the professional. On cheaper hardware Linux just gets more out of the box than Windows does, especially with lower amounts of RAM.Īll that being said, how much work do you want to put into it? If you don’t mind buying a NUC, installing Linux, installing Mono, then installing HS3, it has a huge “bang for the buck.” If you are more comfortable buying a box and it has the software with it, and support from HomeSeer, there is nothing wrong with that.ĩ out of 10 times I’ll do my own electrical work on my house. I run it in Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) vs the Windows 10 the NUC came with.
I have 12 plugins, 348 “devices” and 192 events, and it runs like a champ. Our FREE community forum is open 24 hours a day and is a great resource for support and assistance from other HomeSeer system users. The new features may be configured locally using any computer or web enabled device and then accessed remotely using Android and Apple mobile devices. Legacy products are no longer supported and will require the use of the Message Board for support. HomeSeer announces automatic camera support and voice programming for all HomeSeer home automation systems, including the new ultra-affordable HomeTroller Zee. It has 32GB storage, and 2GB RAM, and a quad core Atom processor. HomeSeer offers unlimited support on all current HomeSeer products. Personally I have a NUC, it is a no name one I got from Amazon for around $100 a couple years ago. Modern Pi’s can run more than 5 plugins easily. Instead, shutdown HomeSeer cleanly via Tools - System - Shutdown HomeSeer, which will also.
For this reason, the docker stop command does not cleanly shutdown HomeSeer. As such, it does not correctly respond to Unix signals (e.g.
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The major difference is that the Pi version can only use 5 plugins, while the full version is unlimited. HomeSeer is fundamentally a Windows program that runs under the Mono framework on Linux. I think most would suggest getting the full HomeSeer (HS3) software, especially right now since it is 50% for the next week.
The Zee S2 is a Raspberry Pi in a custom case with a Z-Wave hat reinstalled, and the Raspberry Pi version of HomeSeer.