Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von tomi_cc16 » 07.02.2018, 15:45

Hi,

FYI - I think until now eq3 did not translated this into english.

But did you checked the Add-on?
https://github.com/hobbyquaker/XML-API.

What I found for the extrnal Smart Home Automation System - Home Assistant - here somebody translated/included some points:
https://home-assistant.io/components/homematic/

But we should discuss the details of XML-API in a "new/other" thread to not mix topics.

Regards

Thomas

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von Sergo » 11.02.2018, 11:50

What I'm missing is (and actually blocking from use), in order of priority:
HomeMatic WebUI Handbuch
HomeMatic Skript Teil 1 Sprachbeschreibung
HomeMatic XML-RPC-Schnittstelle
Complete absence of tutorials also does not appear inviting for newbies

And I cant find any of those documents in English :(

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von sekino » 11.02.2018, 19:29

Country: Slovakia

Ordering from amazon.de

Homematic-ip :

+ ease of setup and use.
+ fair price for components.
+ wireless (no space for additional cabling)
+ must support radiator valves
+ easily programmable

- no web UI
- small automation possibilities via mobile app

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von Neven » 22.02.2018, 23:16

Country : Austria

Device : Homematic CCU2

I'm actually from Croatia but moved to Austria 4 years ago. My german is already rather good for everyday use but writing (especially for technical purposes like here) is still preferred in english ;)

PROS:

- modularity , the fact you can find any device for almost any use or combination
- radio / cable operated - really not a fan of IP / network solutions and prefer stuff that works even if internet goes out
- open source - the amount of scripts and workaround solutions I've seen from other users is incredible
- very reliable - so far in 2 years not a single glitch in operation, even without regular updating

CONS:

- lack of documentation - must be hard even for native german users , for me it was crazy in the beginning

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von tomi_cc16 » 27.11.2018, 09:34

CCU / RaspberryMatic / WebUI /Script ... documentation there were some EN project updates that can be find here:
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=45485

Latest "Homematic IP Cloud Access Point" User Guide can always be found here:
https://www.eq-3.com/Downloads/eq3/down ... -Guide.pdf

For Automation of "Homematic IP Cloud Access Point" you can use "Conrad Connect" or external Home Automaton Hub "Home Assistant"

It would be good to hear if there are some new HM users - leave a short message here. ;-)

Also I added on the first page the Google Map User Overview Link
It would be MEGA Cool if you would Add your city / country (Street not necessary) in this thread to see on google maps outside german speaking region where useres located:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37061

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von papperone » 16.01.2019, 16:03

Country: Italy

I choose HmIP after many investigation as I wanted an affordable system, open to customization and reading in google (with help of Google translator as most of the info were in German) this seemed to be the right one; then I've found a very food price on Amazon.IT and I buy it to install and test it in a portion of my house (1 floor out of 3) with the safety net that I coudl have had returned to Amazon for full refound in case it was not fitting my needs. Long story short I liked it, it integrates quite flawlessly with my HASSIO server and i bought all the missing valves to complete my system; so far it's running quite ok, WAF is great and I'm waiting end of winter to make some comparison in gas consumption to asses the ROI of the system!

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von ANLoutfi » 31.01.2020, 11:11

Well, I still haven’t bought the system yet, but came here to see if it’ll work smoothly in a non-EU country. I’m from Egypt and the only two options we have here are Somfy (expensive, limited choice of sensors) and EzViz. I’m currently considering buying the HM base station + door/window sensors, smoke and motion detectors from Amazon.de and was looking for confirmation that I won’t run into any restrictions setting up the system outside Germany.

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von tomi_cc16 » 31.01.2020, 17:40

Hi ANLoutfi,

if 868hz as frequency products are allowed in your country for private use like Somfy - then I don’t see ans problems.

Have you read this before:
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=41325#p410395

Which base station you want to buy „Access Point“ or „CCU3“ ?

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von Storm » 09.08.2020, 21:48

Country: Croatia

I've found Homematic products on the Reichelt website where I bought most of the Homematic products.
First components I bought one year ago, weather sensor (basic) and shutter actuators for controlling the awnings. Since then the number of Homematic products in my home is increasing.
I am using Homematic IP because of its simplicity. It allows me to control various devices wirelessly with only one app. So far I didn't have any problems with setting up, maybe because the manual for Homematic IP app is pretty good. Sometimes I find it difficult to find the information that particular component I am interested in will work in my setup.
I think Homematic products are reasonably priced and does not require running additional cables.

In overall, Homematic products work nice and reliable.

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Re: Why did you choose Homematic (IP) in your country?

Beitrag von Jeroen » 25.09.2020, 10:10

Hello,
I am from the Netherlands (Garmerwolde).
I can read and speak German but I prefer English.

The reason I chose Homematic IP is because I was using home assistant and I was looking for a system that could connect to it. I wanted to have a system that did not neat to be connected to the internet. (I don't see the use of turning on your heating from work)
I wanted to control two rooms with one central heating system.
I bought my stuff from www.technikhaus.de
My current setup:
1x CCU3
1x Switch Actuator for heating systems – 2 channels
2x wall thermostat
3x Radiator Thermostat
4x window/door contact

I had some trouble to configure them because the lag off documentation to do it via the CCU3.
All the docs I could find where for the APP for the access point.
And then I found this forum.

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