Danny the UI is looking great. I’m going to buy a Nobu and get your software installed on it! Other commercial software products which don’t look half as good and come less features are charging $599. I think you should offer a discount to Mavromatic readers. Don’t under-sell yourself!

That’s a tough one. Those of us who have gone the HAI route probably went that way because we don’t have the bank account of a typical Creston-type user. I certainly think a trial is critical. If I can get it to do what I want (now, and future) and it’s sei-customizable, I’d love to buy after the test-drive. What about a pay-per-function scheme similar to CQC?

Shawn,

That’s the challenge… keeping the DIY’er happy and the custom installer happy as well. A typically HAI system can run in the tens of thousands when all said and done… so a few hundred dollars for a great UI with minimal configurations is worth the price.

I’m positioning my application as a premium product since there is no other application that looks and feels like what I’ve built. I took a lot of time to build this for usability and performance.

Other applications like CQC and Snaplink are great, but rely on the end user to create a rich UI. I took the iPhone/Apple approach, where I designed the application to function and look great… with enhancements/updates to come out in time. My other product will be a higher price point aimed at high-end custom installers where they want more control and options to customize.

I like that approach Danny - having a “DIYer” version and a “custom installer” version. And the “few hundred dollars” or less, was the range I was silently hoping for.

P.S. My touchscreen is a Fujitsu 3400 that I got off eBay for $100, so the Nobu, at ~$2800, is not in my ballpark. Too much month at the end of the money for me to play with those kind of toys… But, I DO understand you have to run a business.

Will your software run on a OmniLT ? its beautiful looking software, i hope you include us poor $ OmniLT users.

Trevor,

That has been a real interesting challenge. I can support it however it requires a serial connection to control and all the new capabilities aren’t supported with the LT.

V1, I opted to not support serial, only ethernet… I may include it if I see lots of people needed that support. Sorry :(

Danny

Danny,
Looks great! I love this interface. I’d like to know whether the cameras are analog or IP. I’d be willing to pay a good deal more for IP integration.

Aaron

Danny,

Are you planning on porting this to ELK? You did an awesome job, I would really love to see that on my wall!

Aaron,

Yes, IP camera support is supported, that is the only method supported in v1. I’ve got a method that loads camera images pretty nicely — I’m using Axis Camera Server and IP cameras in my system.

Krafty,

I would like to support ELK, but at the moment, due to resources I only plan on HAI controllers. If I have great success with the HAI version, ELK will follow.

Thanks,
Danny