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

Hey Danny,

The UI looks really good. Congratulations.

Are you working on an iPhone interface for your HAI, like the ControlUI?

Gius