The mobile application itself is very nice. True enough, I say to myself, this is a DIY Home Automation website isn’t it? But after using this unit it was clear that the sophistication of software provided for this system is a on completely different level than anything I’d have the time to write myself or any open source home automation solutions I’ve tried. Something that any nerd could easily build themselves. I was a little skeptical about products like this because at face value it looks like a raspberry pi with a bunch of add-ons. But this is one hardware/software combo that’s able to handle whatever your demands are. the camera, the RGB strip, the window blinds. Let’s not all be silly here, you obviously need to buy all the things to interface with it. You can take all sorts of inputs like time of day, weather, indoor temp, if you’re home and who you are, and in turn control all kinds of outputs. The software is quite robust, it has all of the built-ins you would hope for. It controls door locks, RGB light strips (with amazing granularity and responsiveness). The Loxone server is a window blinds controller, a garage door controller. The Loxone server is a lights controller, a thermostat, a security alarm, a remote door bell with camera and two way audio support. However I’ll try to sum up in a bit of text what the Loxone Mini Server is. I did one long, monolithic video that’s about 40 minutes, but I’ve also broken it up into smaller digests. The videos(below) pretty much speak for themselves. Same reason why other projects I’m posting in the near future have yet to go up and my site hasn’t had any new content this year. I also owe them a huge apology as due to other unexpected obligations in my life I wasn’t able to do this in a timely fashion. I just did it because I wanted to check it out and they were nice enough to ask. Right off that bat I’ll say they didn’t pay me, I got no swag, they didn’t give me any free stuff. I was recently asked by Loxone to do a review of their mini server.
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