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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. Using Indigo's built-in Web server, you can access and control your home from anywhere using any modern Web browser (including the iPhone and iPod Touch!).
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, sprinkler system, and more! 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:
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, sprinkler system, and more! 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:
- PowerLinc 2414U, PowerLinc 1132U/CU, CM-11, and LynX-PLC interfaces
- MR 26a RF receiver interface
- W800RF32 RF receiver interface
- INSTEON modules: Thermostat Adapter, EZRain sprinkler controller, SwitchLinc V2, LampLinc V2, ApplianceLinc V2, KeypadLinc V2, ToggleLinc V2, ControLinc V2, RemoteLinc, IRLinc Converter, OutletLinc, SocketLinc, In-LineLinc, EZIO8SA, EZIO8t, EZIO2X4, EZIO6I, EZSwitch30, EZSnsRF, EZX10RF
- Smarthome X10 modules: SwitchLinc, LampLinc, ApplianceLinc
- Leviton (extended dim) modules
- Lightolier Compose switches (in "Compatible Mode" mode only)
- Generic appliance/lamp modules
- Built-in Web server for remote browser access
- Supports uploading of basic control logic and schedules to the PowerLinc 2414U and 1132CU, giving you basic home control even when your Mac is turned off
- Native support for thermostats and sprinkler controllers
- Define and execute INSTEON lighting scenes from your Mac
- Remotely manage INSTEON links and lighting scenes (includes 2-way syncing and persistent links)
- SQLite and PostgreSQL integration for saving device state changes, variable value changes, and event log messages
- Built-in Web server plug-in architecture
- Integrated support with Salling Clicker and Ovolab Phlink -- remotely control Devices and execute Action Groups from a bluetooth-enabled mobile phone or over any remote telephone
- Trigger actions by sending Indigo emails (built-in POP3 client)
- Send emails for remote notification of triggers, such as motion detection or power failure (built-in SMTP client)
- Remote control of iTunes using Web browser pages or X10 RF remotes
- Unlimited action groups to define lighting scenes with unlimited action steps
- Sunset and sunrise events for automated lighting
- Native variable list to easily keep track of automation states, such as "atHome"
- Extensive AppleScript dictionary, including object model and plug-in architecture
- Threaded architecture minimizes CPU usage and prevents UI from becoming blocked (no busy cursor!), even when sending slow dim or brighten commands
- ...and much, much more! See our website for all the details.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed firmware version fetch bug for EZSnsRF module (again).
- Changed order of Trigger and Time/Date Actions in Upload Settings dialog to correctly reflect the compile/upload order used.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
- INSTEON Interface (PowerLinc 2414U) or X10 Interface (either PowerLinc 1132U/CU (USB), Active Home CM15A (USB), PowerLinc 1132A (Serial), CM-11, or LynX-PLC)
- 3.0 upgrade is FREE for all 2.0 customers
Screenshots:
 Create web browser accessible control pages |
 Manage device, trigger actions, time/date actions, and control pages |
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Still Missing the Point on the Price - Version: 3.0.1, 5/18/2008 12:59PM PST
(1 of 3 users found this comment useful)
palm_beach_florida
Works Great, Wonderful Support 
- Version: 3.0, 5/7/2008 08:45AM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
agoltz
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.
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.
Vote with Your Feet - Version: 2.0.9, 12/4/2007 07:00AM PST
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Anndra Mac
If you are one of those who considers Indigo an overpriced inelegant behemouth, an option is Homerun; http://www.findleystudios.com/homerun/
It is 5 years old and no longer supported, but it still works, does the basics well, is more Mac-like and cheap.
It is 5 years old and no longer supported, but it still works, does the basics well, is more Mac-like and cheap.
End Users understand the Developer wants to push this software as "High End" or better than most.
What many people are trying to say is the price is too expensive for a download able piece of software.
As many people read the new software on Versiontracker they read about this product. They learn they also need to buy a USB Controller and other devices for lights etc.
So they need to spend at least 100.00 to get a basic startup kit and now this developer wants 200.00 for the software.
Well for 300.00 you are not going to get many new people interested in using the mac for Home Automation. Lowering the price would bring in a vertical market of new customers. It's better to have 8 customers at 50.00 each than two customers at 400.00. Once you have new customers the Developer can make upgrade(s) money by future improvement upgrades.
But for the younger folks who don't have tons of money, 50.00 for the software is something most would spend to have the software.
The Developer and Installers can still charge the "Rich" customers whatever you want because money does not matter to them in a million dollar home.
It would be better to see 20 new customers every day instead of one or two a week.
The word of mouth (Or Internet) is powerful, a great deal travels fast and will bring in new users.
An expensive product does little expansion and does nothing for the industry.
Everybody likes a great deal. What harm would it do to sell a downloadable small program for a price most people will be willing to pay?
I would rather make a sale than make nothing. Keep your price at 200.00 and get a few customers. Drop your price 75 % and get many customers. Think about the free press, the new sales you will generate. It could be the Big Buzz at Mac World, or a footnote lost at the bottom.