There are professionals in every field - but should you behappy with your installer, you should be happy to call them when you want to add or change the system. So is the fact that should your plumbing go bad? Gotta call a plumber, your house collapses - probably gotta call an architect. Want to add some new product they advertise? Well, you got to get it from your installer. Problem with your HVAC? Got to call your HVAC person who then may blame your home automation control, which then means you have to call your installer again. Want to upgrade something or add a new product? Got to call the installer. The whole concept is that while some stuff is required, it will communicate with many various systems and components such as other lighting systems, hvac systems, and more. It is not as proprietary as you'd think. The biggest problem with these proprietary whole house automation systems is just that - they are proprietary. It simply communicates with the thermostat to give the control. Tying in the HVAC system is simple and doesn't affect or change the operation of the HVAC system when it is by itself. I sure as hell wouldn't tie my HVAC to the system. Dealers can access and reprogram the system from offsite if you allow them to. To this point, when your system changes, you will need to have things reprogrammed but as opposed to other options, URC is much faster and easier to make changes and the cost will not be substantial. Your cable box, tv, etc very well may utilize a remote that we manufactured.Īdditionally, integrating audio and video? What happens when you need to replace the TV or receiver? What kind of integration would you have then? I can almost guarantee anyone reading this has used a URC Remote Control at some point. To this point, URC is one of the largest manufacturer of Remote Controls on the planet. So after 5 years, there may be no more techs to support the thing.

Unfortunately, most of them never become popular, and the manufacturer either limps along or goes out of business. But I can tell you that there are and have been a lot of different automation systems out there. I'm a computer scientist, not an electrician. In full disclosure, I work for URC (The Manufacturer).įirst of all I want to comment on the following comment made by 'Doug_GB'

Urc programming software