And the winner is …
The easiest-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X just took a big step forward! Thinking Home 2 is a completely new application with a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use.
Thinking Home 2 supports some of the most popular new hardware, including both PowerLinc V2 models, ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A) and more than 100 other models of gadgets and scores of USB serial adapters. The newest exclusive feature: it stores a schedule into an ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A)!
While still the easiest to use, v2 is better equipped to run 24-7 and make use of Mac-only things like speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access.
Take a quick peek at the screenshots of the windows on the preview page.
You’re invited to try out Thinking Home 2.1 as a demo for free. And compare to other leading Mac home automation software.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Faster than ever!
- In many cases, it can store your schedule in a controller and let you turn off your Mac.
- Built-in speech recognition. You say "Turn on the living room lamp." and it does!
- Setup Assistant to help you get started
- Gadget Guide with more than 100 models of hardware
- INSTEON and X-10 standards
- Events and Responders can operate gadgets, open web pages, play audio, all kinds of actions
- Innovative Desktop Remote operates your gadgets directly from the Finder
- Sherlock plug-in for finding answers in home automation forums, wiki's and newsgroups
- Web access that fits seamlessly with Apple's built-in Personal Web Sharing
- Email and iChat/AOL Instant Messenger, even to cell phones
- Scripting with AppleScript and virtually any language you have installed (unix shell scripts, Python, Perl, etc.)
- Voice commands and spoken announcements
- Logging
As a bonus, we’ve just added support for the iPhone app, X10 Commander from Melloware! Now you can point your iPhone to your Mac and control your X-10 and INSTEON devices from your living room or Timbuktu!
Operating System Requirements:
- Mac OS 10.3.9 or later
Additional Requirements:
- Non-USB controller models require a USB-serial adapter.
- The Sherlock feature is available on Mac OS 10.4 and earlier.