Built-in Home Automation Hardware Support

Both Indigo Pro and Indigo Lite support three different home automation technologies: Z-Wave, INSTEON (North America only), and X10. This enables Indigo to communicate with hundreds of different hardware devices. You can also use any of those technologies simultaneously if you wish. In order for Indigo to communicate with devices of a particular technology, you need an interface that connects your Mac to the devices. Supported devices are broken into three categories:

• Interfaces - the device that enables Indigo to communicate with other devices for a given protocol.
• Z-Wave Modules - Z-Wave devices that we or one of our users have tested with Indigo.
• INSTEON Modules - INSTEON devices for which we've added support.
• X10 Modules - Legacy X10 devices.

Interfaces

Below is a list of the interface devices that Indigo can use. Note: most of the INSTEON interfaces will also allow you to use legacy X10 devices (the only exception is the RF-only 2448A7). In fact, using one of those interfaces is the only way to use INSTEON and X10 at the same time. Discontinued interfaces are shown in lighter text.

Z-Wave Modules

Below you'll find a list of Z-Wave modules that have been reported to work to some degree with Indigo. Z-Wave, being a licensed protocol, has many different vendors supplying multiple device types. The Z-Wave devices in the list below have been tested either by Perceptive Automation or by one of our users. You can click on the device to see any details that have been reported by users of these devices. Other devices may well work because of the way Z-Wave defines device functionality (we often don't have to specifically add support for basic functionality).

If you already have a device that isn't on the list, try to add it and report your findings to us via the "Submit Device Information" button on the "Edit Device Settings..." dialog or if you couldn't get it to sync in Indigo, post the information on on our forums.

Note: Some vendors are OEMs - that is, they'll manufacture devices that other vendors will sell under their own brand. In that case, we've attempted to also show the other vendor's model ID in the list below. If you don't see a Z-Wave device in the list below, post a question about it on our forums. Discontinued modules are shown in lighter text

INSTEON Modules

Below you'll find a list of supported INSTEON modules that are currently shipping in North America (though a few discontinued items may also be in the list). We support a great deal of now discontinued INSTEON devices as well as multiple versions of the same device so if there isn't an exact match to the information below it's still likely that we support the device. You can click on the device to see any details that we've entered about the devices. If you don't see an INSTEON device in the list below, post a question about it on our forums. Smarthome may have added a device without letting us know. Discontinued modules are shown in lighter text

Note: Because Smarthome/SmartLabs has yet to ship an international version of a USB PowerLinc interface, Indigo doesn't currently support INSTEON devices outside of North America. We're hoping that they will offer a PowerLinc at some point in the future for the markets where they're expanding. Until then, we recommend using Z-Wave with Indigo for those of you outside North America.

X10 Modules

Indigo also supports the legacy X10 protocol. We have a wiki page that lists examples of X10 devices that Indigo works with, though the vast majority of them will work given the relatively simple X10 protocol. We do not recommend X10 as it is fairly unreliable in many circumstances though there are customers who are successfully using it. There are also fewer and fewer vendors making X10 hardware as time goes by and other better protocols emerge.