Ohh... I am disappointed with the Fibaro HC2 because it could be so much better if they just invested a bit more in their development team. However it does do some things really well and many things that Comfort just can't do especially with their LUA scripting and IP communication support. HC2 and Comfort have different functionality and HC2 is an integral part of many many aspects of my home automation system. As a controller it offers great programming 'smarts', Comfort is a peripheral in that regard rather than my central intelligence.
Although I didn't spend long on it the UCM virtual zones weren't working with my MCV Vera either which is a fully approved Z-Wave controller, although again badly supported. Z-wave is totally new to me as I tend to shy away from wireless technologies preferring a hardwired bus like C-Bus or Ethernet - or even WiFi. I appreciate the appeal of wireless (with associated battery implications) for easy PIR sensor installation but I guess my real disappointment now is with Z-Wave rather than the UCM.
I realise the Z-Wave module may perform exactly as described it but it doesn't do what I thought or hoped it should do, which is to allow realtime bidirectional integration with a Z-Wave master controller. Regardless of whether polling should be available as a feature from Fibaro it would still be a poor solution, damaging to the Z-Wave bandwidth and also I suspect prone to missing zone trip information from PIR's which defeats the purpose for me. I wanted instant 'push' status updates akin to how Z-Wave security sensors e.g. PIR's or magnetic reed relay sensors send them.
So it's just not the solution I was looking for .. BTW - tech support from Cytech is great.
KevinLast edited on Friday Jul 3rd, 2015 01:43 pm by xAPPO
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