Hi all
I am designing my first ever HA system. After a lot of research its a showdown between Vera and Fibaro. I like the fibaro probramming interface and support better, but I could not find a good ipad app for it.
I'll have ipad minis in every room, as they are cheap and very flexible. But I have trouble finding an app that can be customized enough for all of my needs:
-always on in a single app - I dont want to change apps, more importantly I dont want to explain to guests and friends how to use it. It should be in the same app, same buttons for 90% of the time
-that means one page for each room. That should be easy
-the iPads should dim or shut themselves down! This is very important and the only app I have seen doing this it HomeWave which is vera only! As I'll have ipads in the center of every rtoom, they should go dark when I turn off the lightsa. That means one of the light switches should send a zwave command, and the app should go dark. I know the ipad has an internal sensor, but imagine one next to your bed. Not dim, dark
-sonos control, including track selection and volume
-I want to create a visually pleasing layout. Maybe a layout of the room, or at least photo background.
extras i'd love but dont need:
-movie theater interaction (Plex, Nettflix, appleTV)
-intercom between ipads
is there such an app? I tried imperihome, but the dashboard is not very nice looking. Same goes for fibaro app. i3 looks much more customizable, but its like a lot lot of work.
thanks
Balazs