Home Automation Hubs – Home Assistant, openHAB, ioBroker, FHEM, Homee, Mediola – Compare for Homematic CCU + HmIP AP
Verfasst: 26.11.2018, 14:01
Thanks to the good documented CCU interfaces there are many Home Automation Hubs available which you can easily run on e.g. Raspberry Pi or a local server. Some are opensource and some you need to pay for the service, cloud etc.
They can be used to control different standards and Smart Home devices e.g. Philips Hue, Sonos, Xiaomi Mi, Fibaro, ... and also for Amazon Alexa or Google Home.
Here I want to give you a quick overview about the different Home Automation Hubs available today for
“HM + HmIP CCU / Raspberrymatic” - to control Homematic and Homematic IP devices
“HmIP Cloud Access Point” - can only control Homematic IP devices
Homematic IP Cloud AP - REST API can be found below
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Conrad Connect
Very similar to IFTT but can be connected also to the HmIP Access Point. Here everything is in the cloud and unfortunately costs money now.
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=45043&p=450989#p450989
Lets start with the Open Source solutions:
Home Assistant
Is today one of the biggest Home Automation Hub worldwide. Programmed in Phyton.
It has more than 1.200 plugins (called Components) also for Homematic (to connect a CCU or RaspberryMatic) and Homematic IP (Cloud Access Point).
Biggest plus – big English speaking community – many instructions, videos etc already available.
Probably the easiest open source Automation Hub to start with.
Cloud for Alexa and Google Home is available and costs 5$ per month - not really cheap !
Also has an own Homekit/Siri Plugin.
IoBroker
Right now my favorite because has a big Homematic CCU / RaspberryMatic fanbase.
Until today more than 300 plugins (called adapters) – Java based.
80% German speaking community but they also have a section for English and Russian.
Has also a Homematic IP Cloud Access Point Adapter
Homekit/Siri Adapter available.
Iot Cloud (Alexa and Google Home) 21€ per year, the Pro Version (IoT+VPN) costs 39,95€ per year.
openHab
Similar to Home Assistant a big English speaking community – more than 1.700 plugins (called bindings) and you can connect it with a Homematic CCU or RaspberryMatic.
Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet.
Cloud for Alexa and Google Home is free of charge.
Has an own Homekit/Siri Addon.
Cloud still for free.
FHEM
Still the biggest german speaking Home Automation Hub – but with it’s pearl program language is not really fancy or update date. You need to have programming skills because it’s really not easy to start with and to add plugins (called modules) – not plug and play. More than 1.000 plugins available.
Homematic (to connect a CCU or RaspberryMatic) and Homematic IP (Cloud Access Point) Plugins/Programs available.
Homekit/Siri in combination with Homebridge.
General documentation and Forum in English available.
Homebridge
If you want to use your smart home with Siri and Homekit a Hombridge server cannot be missing in your household. Just install it on a small RaspberryPi.
More than 1.300 plugins available and you can connect it with a Homematic CCU or RaspberryMatic. Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet but if you use e.g. Home Assistant there are normally extra Homekit plugins in the Home Automation Hubs available.
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There are also professional services available that cost money:
Mediola
Probably most of you who have a new CCU3 knows already about Mediola because their mini server is already included in the CCU3 to build your own dashboard in the AIO Remote NEO App. You can use the CCU3 as a mediola mini server and buy additional plugins that you can use for a year (SUS) e.g. Cloud, Automation, … If you want to control different wireless communications protocols (in 433MHz, 868MHz) you can also buy a Mediola Gateway V5+.
Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet.
The idea is good but the yearly SUS service to receive further service updates can quickly cost, if you want to use many plugins, a ton of money.
If you don't add new devices than no new SUS is needed.
Cloud costs 29,95€ per year
Homee - by Codeatelier
So big potential but – the idea is great you buy a “brain” cube and can add further cubes with different standards e.g. Z-Wave, Zigbee, Enocean to control smart devices - especially it has a Homekit Plug & Play integration!!!
Also since 2016 it can call the CCU and control Homematic devices. Unfortunately, Homee hoped for a boost after they did the CCU integration in 2016 – did not happen - so since 4 years this function got no update from them – also Homematic IP devices connected to the CCU can not be controlled today and they announced on Facebook that no more updates will come.
Cloud is for free.
Unfortunately also no HmIP Cloud Access Point integration.
There policy I don't understand as a German company to not integrate the biggest german Smart Home brands Homematic /Homematic IP.
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Homematic IP Cloud Access Point REST-API can be found here:
https://github.com/coreGreenberet/homematicip-rest-api
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They can be used to control different standards and Smart Home devices e.g. Philips Hue, Sonos, Xiaomi Mi, Fibaro, ... and also for Amazon Alexa or Google Home.
Here I want to give you a quick overview about the different Home Automation Hubs available today for
“HM + HmIP CCU / Raspberrymatic” - to control Homematic and Homematic IP devices
“HmIP Cloud Access Point” - can only control Homematic IP devices
Homematic IP Cloud AP - REST API can be found below
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conrad Connect
Very similar to IFTT but can be connected also to the HmIP Access Point. Here everything is in the cloud and unfortunately costs money now.
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=45043&p=450989#p450989
Lets start with the Open Source solutions:
Home Assistant
Is today one of the biggest Home Automation Hub worldwide. Programmed in Phyton.
It has more than 1.200 plugins (called Components) also for Homematic (to connect a CCU or RaspberryMatic) and Homematic IP (Cloud Access Point).
Biggest plus – big English speaking community – many instructions, videos etc already available.
Probably the easiest open source Automation Hub to start with.
Cloud for Alexa and Google Home is available and costs 5$ per month - not really cheap !
Also has an own Homekit/Siri Plugin.
IoBroker
Right now my favorite because has a big Homematic CCU / RaspberryMatic fanbase.
Until today more than 300 plugins (called adapters) – Java based.
80% German speaking community but they also have a section for English and Russian.
Has also a Homematic IP Cloud Access Point Adapter
Homekit/Siri Adapter available.
Iot Cloud (Alexa and Google Home) 21€ per year, the Pro Version (IoT+VPN) costs 39,95€ per year.
openHab
Similar to Home Assistant a big English speaking community – more than 1.700 plugins (called bindings) and you can connect it with a Homematic CCU or RaspberryMatic.
Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet.
Cloud for Alexa and Google Home is free of charge.
Has an own Homekit/Siri Addon.
Cloud still for free.
FHEM
Still the biggest german speaking Home Automation Hub – but with it’s pearl program language is not really fancy or update date. You need to have programming skills because it’s really not easy to start with and to add plugins (called modules) – not plug and play. More than 1.000 plugins available.
Homematic (to connect a CCU or RaspberryMatic) and Homematic IP (Cloud Access Point) Plugins/Programs available.
Homekit/Siri in combination with Homebridge.
General documentation and Forum in English available.
Homebridge
If you want to use your smart home with Siri and Homekit a Hombridge server cannot be missing in your household. Just install it on a small RaspberryPi.
More than 1.300 plugins available and you can connect it with a Homematic CCU or RaspberryMatic. Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet but if you use e.g. Home Assistant there are normally extra Homekit plugins in the Home Automation Hubs available.
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There are also professional services available that cost money:
Mediola
Probably most of you who have a new CCU3 knows already about Mediola because their mini server is already included in the CCU3 to build your own dashboard in the AIO Remote NEO App. You can use the CCU3 as a mediola mini server and buy additional plugins that you can use for a year (SUS) e.g. Cloud, Automation, … If you want to control different wireless communications protocols (in 433MHz, 868MHz) you can also buy a Mediola Gateway V5+.
Unfortunately no HmIP Cloud Access Point plugin available yet.
The idea is good but the yearly SUS service to receive further service updates can quickly cost, if you want to use many plugins, a ton of money.
If you don't add new devices than no new SUS is needed.
Cloud costs 29,95€ per year
Homee - by Codeatelier
So big potential but – the idea is great you buy a “brain” cube and can add further cubes with different standards e.g. Z-Wave, Zigbee, Enocean to control smart devices - especially it has a Homekit Plug & Play integration!!!
Also since 2016 it can call the CCU and control Homematic devices. Unfortunately, Homee hoped for a boost after they did the CCU integration in 2016 – did not happen - so since 4 years this function got no update from them – also Homematic IP devices connected to the CCU can not be controlled today and they announced on Facebook that no more updates will come.
Cloud is for free.
Unfortunately also no HmIP Cloud Access Point integration.
There policy I don't understand as a German company to not integrate the biggest german Smart Home brands Homematic /Homematic IP.
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Homematic IP Cloud Access Point REST-API can be found here:
https://github.com/coreGreenberet/homematicip-rest-api
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