tibbar Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 Hi. Does anybody know if ZipaTile can be used as a secondary controller, or would it work as primary and have ISY as secondary. Thanks.
larryllix Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 ISY can talk and control almost anything based on Ethernet to initiate it but I am not sure what ZipaTile can do as far as integrate with things, not native. When I see a clock face I think "another basic timer". ISY is so much more than that with it's advanced logic capabilities.
tibbar Posted May 8, 2017 Author Posted May 8, 2017 Well, from checking their site it can integrate with a lot of things and its logic is "a little" more then basic timer.
apostolakisl Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 It looks a lot like ISY on the backend. The front end seems to be a lot more polished, but functionally I'm not sure, probably not. Unlike ISY, it looks to have a native user interface, so no 3rd party app needed for routine daily use. Their programs do include nested if's and "if else" which I know a lot folks here would like. I don't know what sort of customer service they have. The cost of this can add up with all the modules. It appears their portal subscription is a necessary ingredient and I don't know what that costs. Although, it appears all of the info they gave is for the zipabox. It is not clear if the zipatile is all that backend stuff built-in to a nice pretty hang on your wall GUI. And how do you add additional functionality to that zipatile.
Scottmichaelj Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 I like the look and interface of this but I still think a ipad mini would be better suited and more useful/powerful. Then being mobile around the house just might be a better fit.
apostolakisl Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 I like the look and interface of this but I still think a ipad mini would be better suited and more useful/powerful. Then being mobile around the house just might be a better fit. I agree. I would rather have a really nice Android app or Ipad app for a user interface as opposed to some proprietary piece of hardware. Finally with Agave we seem to be on a path to that, for Android at least. Mobile linc is descent, I hear, but not so much for Android and I'm not switching to Apple.
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