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Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:21 am
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rlesperance
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I want to thank Colorado4Wheeler (C4W) so much for this great piece of software. Allowing to speak, from Apple's Home app, a X10 command with the Siri integration, is a miracle. As of now, it's quick, accurate and simple. I will see later if adding more devices and actions keeps the Siri commands as simple as it actually is. The HKB UI could be rounded and polished a bit, but, nevertheless, once mirrored in the Home app, to me, it's incredible.
It would have been better, for all of us long time users of the X10 legacy protocol, if that integration have been made by the Indigo team. That would have assured a longer life to that integration, but I understand that it is not actually possible.
I probably ear in advance that X10 is a dead protocol. I suspect that X10 is probably the most used one as of now, and that, while many new ones are adding up, they also have their limits and time as not yet proven their long lasting life. While X10 isn't new and shiny, it has required from all it's users big investment in order to integrate it into their home. In fact, that's my case with a system with more than 100 devices using as much different addresses.
So, for me, having a well establish protocol like X10 that works flawlessly, I prefer to stick with it than having to change everything while not being sure that the new system will support as many devices, it will work as well and, mostly, it will still be supported for many years to come.
That being said, I applaud and thank so much C4W for bringing X10 to the Home app and into the light of the new era of home automation.