Publisher's Description
From Perceptive Automation:
Indigo is a home control server that integrates INSTEON and X10 hardware devices. Save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Indigo was developed from the ground up to be a robust, Mac OS X native, home control server. With Indigo you can automate your lights, appliances, thermostat, and sprinkler system. You can even control Indigo via email from your cell phone or the office. In addition to having a built-in Web server, Indigo has customizable graphical Control Pages for creating Web browser UIs to control your home. Indigo's Control Page editor allows you to create and edit Control Pages without the need to understand HTML, CSS, or JavaScript programming. Indigo's intuitive user interface allows you to create complex home control logic without complex scripting languages. And for users comfortable with AppleScript, Indigo provides a thorough and powerful AppleScript object model and dozens of AppleScript verbs. Indigo has native support for the dozens of INSTEON / X10 compatible devices.
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"Best software on Mac for home automation."
Version: Indigo 5.0.1
Pros
Good user interface and the functionality is very customizable via AppleScript/Python. As one example, I use AppleScript to query my weather station for temperature and rainfall, then make adjustments to the amount I water the lawn.
Customer support from Perceptive Automation is also very good.Cons
The Pro version is a bit expensive.
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"Very Impressive"
Version: Indigo 4.1.2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I have used this since the beta days. It is very cool & rock solid. The Indigo iPhone app is also a must. -
"Works Great, Wonderful Support"
Version: Indigo 3.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Ive used this for two years with all my insteon switches at home. Version progress is slow and steady (as anything that is done by a small or one man team is)
The developer answers almost all posts on his forums (and there are a lot) and it very helpful.
I highly recommend this product. It is the cornerstone of my home automation system. -
"Work of a genius"
Version: Indigo 2.0.5
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I have to say this software is the best, it just darn works!
OK price is a little high BUT the support alone is worth that, Matt posts a reply to my questions within hours. I am a BIG fan of this software and would recommend it to anyone. Updates are regular with new futures added often. -
"Too much money"
Version: Indigo 2.0.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I have to agree with the other posts here about the cost. I was waiting for 2.0 to become available to pay the $90 (reluctantly). $200 is way out of the range I would be willing to pay for a product like this.
I guess this could be a positive if it encourages others to develope applications with similar functionality.
Has anyone had success with thier intel macs running the FREE windows software that comes with thier controllers with Parallels? -
"WaY OverPRICED for Most People"
Version: Indigo 2.0.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Most people just want to turn the lights on and off. If you make the program look jazzy that's fine. The most successful small software programmers/sellers keep the price affordable so when most hard working people see the price they say, "I can afford that", I will paypal or whatever. Graphic Converter is one of the best programs and success stories and he did it by selling volume. If you sold this program for 30.00 you would get 100s of new customers right away. You will never build up a customer base with the price at 89.95, and now you want to charge 200.00? I would pay 30.00 for the program and IM sure many other people feel the same way. Graphic Converter has made the big money because when people see the price they buy it right away. Not the case here... -
"Very Kewl!"
Version: Indigo 2.0.0b3
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Downloaded and installed in 5 min. Up and running.
Very Good!
G4 dual 1.2 - 2 monitors
Pismo
Now I can control 2 computers and 3 screens at once.
I love it!
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"Simply Spectacular ..."
Version: Indigo 2.0.0b2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
... huge upgrade in Version 2. The ability to easily create a control page (a web page that controls everything that you can access from any browser) is brilliant. One of the few Mac software products that I can't do without. I know that this is only a beta version, but I would like to see the final version make it a bit easier to integrate video in to the control page. Nonetheless, this is the by far the best Home Automation software that I have seen so far ... and I have used most of them. -
"The best of the best"
Version: Indigo 2.0.0b2
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
This product realy shines when you see all of its capabilites.. Not obivous all at once but when you start to use it is what every mac user has been waiting for if they want to do any home automation...Controls my home lighting and itunes as well as inside and exterior video cams...Just a great product -
"Wonderful piece of Software"
Version: Indigo 1.5.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I had been previously using Thinking Home and I decided to change over to Indigo. This software ROCKS! Very easy to use, nice interface and (in my opinion) much easier to use/understand than Xtension. I am still waiting for my PowerLinc Controller to come in since I cannot program my CM11A controller anymore, so I have to leave my compuer on in the meantime, but this is no big deal. Would be kinda nice (and fun!) to have speeh recognition capabilities...
The email feature of being able to control your devices by email is pretty sweet!
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