Mi Casa Verde VeraLite Home Controller

My main focus was on automating the lighting in my home and this unit does the job. I have installed several Intermatic dimmer switches (CA600), on/off relay switches (CA3000), on/off outlets (CA3500), and scene controllers (CA5100). Enter the Mi Casa Verde VeraLite Home Controller...I has a nice, clean polished GUI that makes life easy when adding or programming devices.

I am happy I selected this controller. It seems like a great foundation to a sophisticated home automation system

Adding devices has been very straight forward, walk the battery powered Vera Lite over to the device, click a button on the device you are adding and you are done - literally takes seconds. Controlling the devices via the Vera is very simple as well, click on devices, then what you want to do to the device, ie on/off, dim etc. To pair devices with the Vera you simply disconnect the power and network cables from the Vera then push the battery button to power the Vera up.

Once powered up, you press the + button once to put the unit in INCLUDE mode and go to each device and turn the device switch on or press the pair button. Once the devices are paired, you can plug the unit back in. Once you are booted back up you will find your devices added to the Devices tab. The devices will come with generic names like _Switch or _Scene Controller.

VeraLite Home Controller

• Easily manages up to 70 devices
• Plug and play with your Internet connection
• Works with over 750 smart products of all kinds
• Custom text and email alerts for any situation
• Z-Wave compatible
• Includes 1 Ethernet WAN port and 1 USB port
• Powered by AC adapter or 4 AA batteries (both included)

Further research on the forums shows that you are telling the Vera what to react to from the Scene Controller - so when you say Scene Activated and '255' as the scene, you are telling the vera to react when the scene controller sends "Scene On: 255" which on the Intermatic CA5100s is the 'on' button of the switch. (The off button on the CA5100s is "Scene On: 0").

Home automation is still a budding industry. A leader on the Z-Wave front is Micasaverde with its Vera line of controllers. The current MCV choices are Vera 3 and Vera Lite with the differences being the Vera 3 has more capacity and connects directly to the internet whereas the Vera Lite connects through your router or modem. The Mi Casa Verde VeraLite Home Controller system works flawlessly and is very easy to set up. Highly recommended to everyone looking for a smart home system.