Hey everyone! I am about to start dabbling into home automation and was wondering if you guys could help! Im torn between The VeraEdge and the Wink. There is not alot of support or devices to hook up to the wink just yet but from my digging it doesnt sound as buggy as the edge. I really want to get the Edge because of the options on devices and being able to use different plugins someday for scenes etc. Im just really nervous I am going to buy this and it wont even be able to do the three little things I want. For right now I am keeping it simple and only want to hook up a couple zwave light switches, a wifi thermostat, my q garage door opener, and maybe a door lock. You think I will have a miserable time with the edge?? Thought?
Jay
Welcome,
If you stick to Zwave for now the Edge will be fine. Not great but Fine.
The thermostat could be tricky because of the changed Thermostat behavior in UI7 that is mandatory on an Edge.
As soon as you bring external USB devices into the mix the Edge will not work as this is a confirmed bug that they (MCV) are working to fix.
I (pre ordered and) bought an Edge. Could not get anything to work as I needed USB.
I directly bought a Vera 3 on UI5 after that and now run smooth. When MVC has a stable and smooth running UI7 on Edge I might look on migrating but not yet.
PS all the things mentioned above are mentioned somewhere on the forum, I was also struggeling to find the answers but I suggest to use google and start all searches with: site:forum.micasaverde.com
cheers