I can't believe I kept my Insteon Hob Pro HomeKit enabled (2243-222) for a couple year in my drawer until my interface for the Indigo software died. That's when I pulled my Hub Pro and gave it an other try.
Quite surprisingly, it does work, and all I need to run my devices is to have it plugged in my wireless router (Apple Extreme).
Yes, adding or removing devices is done manually, and yes it's painful (mind you running up and down stairs burns calorie!).
But all is controlled in the Apple Home app, and so far it does work pretty well. It's not perfect, far from it, but at least device names and devices themselves stay in the Apple app without disappearing on their own like it used to be. So I don't know where the improvement came from, Apple or Insteon, but it works.
Having said that, I do wish Apple (and even Google on their side) would extend the automation level a notch so we could, for instance, add the ability to start a timer on a device state.
For instance, when I turn on a light, I wish I could trigger a timer on that device for it to self-turn off after a certain time period.
I also wish I could check on which firmware my Hub Pro is, and especially, that I could remove or add devices with their ID number via the Homekit app. That blows my mind it is impossible! Guys!!
If someone at Insteon could enlighten me on that, that would be great!
Don't give up on Apple please!
Cheers.
Quite surprisingly, it does work, and all I need to run my devices is to have it plugged in my wireless router (Apple Extreme).
Yes, adding or removing devices is done manually, and yes it's painful (mind you running up and down stairs burns calorie!).
But all is controlled in the Apple Home app, and so far it does work pretty well. It's not perfect, far from it, but at least device names and devices themselves stay in the Apple app without disappearing on their own like it used to be. So I don't know where the improvement came from, Apple or Insteon, but it works.
Having said that, I do wish Apple (and even Google on their side) would extend the automation level a notch so we could, for instance, add the ability to start a timer on a device state.
For instance, when I turn on a light, I wish I could trigger a timer on that device for it to self-turn off after a certain time period.
I also wish I could check on which firmware my Hub Pro is, and especially, that I could remove or add devices with their ID number via the Homekit app. That blows my mind it is impossible! Guys!!
If someone at Insteon could enlighten me on that, that would be great!
Don't give up on Apple please!
Cheers.
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