Dagoned
2020-04-02 23:39:54
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Hello dear forum,
first post, so I hope that everything here complies with the rules.
In short, when we completely renovated our house 6 years ago, that’s when (at least for me) home automation started.
We have electric roller shutters equipped with Rademacher DuoFern. As a control center, we use the Homepilot from Rademacher.
So far, so good. Then recently we added an electric garage door opener (not smart) and a Velux exterior roller blind.
Last winter the Homepilot broke down, nothing can be done anymore.
It would be nice to have a solution that covers the existing devices, i.e. roller shutters, Velux, and ideally also the garage, and that can be retrofitted with a few bonus features.
For example, switchable sockets, possibly door contacts, maybe even a camera at some point.
I have definitely tried to educate myself online, but I hardly understand the wide range of manufacturers, wireless standards and other information.
Operation should be possible via an iOS app; I found the Homepilot interface quite good and the functions were exactly right, the only downside is that
a replacement of the new v2 generation costs over 200 euros and exclusively operates Rademacher devices. :-(
Therefore my question/request is if anyone here could help me find a suitable system. Please don’t misunderstand, I am not too lazy to read up on it, but I at least need a rough direction or recommendation where the journey roughly goes.
Thanks and have a nice evening everyone
Tom
first post, so I hope that everything here complies with the rules.
In short, when we completely renovated our house 6 years ago, that’s when (at least for me) home automation started.
We have electric roller shutters equipped with Rademacher DuoFern. As a control center, we use the Homepilot from Rademacher.
So far, so good. Then recently we added an electric garage door opener (not smart) and a Velux exterior roller blind.
Last winter the Homepilot broke down, nothing can be done anymore.
It would be nice to have a solution that covers the existing devices, i.e. roller shutters, Velux, and ideally also the garage, and that can be retrofitted with a few bonus features.
For example, switchable sockets, possibly door contacts, maybe even a camera at some point.
I have definitely tried to educate myself online, but I hardly understand the wide range of manufacturers, wireless standards and other information.
Operation should be possible via an iOS app; I found the Homepilot interface quite good and the functions were exactly right, the only downside is that
a replacement of the new v2 generation costs over 200 euros and exclusively operates Rademacher devices. :-(
Therefore my question/request is if anyone here could help me find a suitable system. Please don’t misunderstand, I am not too lazy to read up on it, but I at least need a rough direction or recommendation where the journey roughly goes.
Thanks and have a nice evening everyone
Tom