The people at Indigo Domotics have been working hard for more than a year on their latest release and earlier this week they introduced v7.
Indigo 7 has dropped the ‘Lite’ option as it goes all ‘Pro’. The designers have clearly determined that the strength of the system is in its ability to integrate a range of evolving smart home systems for its tech savy users.
Amongst the huge list of updates and enhancements is the addition of the Z-Wave Network-Wide Inclusion (NWI) feature. This indicates you no longer have to remove the Z-Stick (or other controller) from your Mac to include or exclude devices. This performance was needed for Indigo to work with encrypted modules – another new feature – as the encryption key exchange has to occur within a few seconds of the network include. here is a screen catch of the new device inclusion process in Indigo…
We asked Indigo about the other new features and improvements and they told us…
Communicating with Z-Wave modules is now more efficient, and we’ve made lots of enhancements to the plugin architecture. several of our plugin designers are reporting a reduction of 30% to 50% for a few of their processor intensive plugins. These performance enhancements help not only reduce processor utilization for the plugins, but also for the Indigo Server and the Indigo client (GUI). On the usability side we greatly improved how we display Z-Wave device settings. here are 2 example dialogs for an Aeotec Dimmer and a Duwi Remote Switch…
In addition Indigo now supports RGBW Z-Wave devices. here is an example showing the colour swatch (which brings up a system colour mixer when clicked) and a White level slider for an RGB LED bulb…
ID have also made good inroads into the on-going problems supporting all the current Z-Wave hardware with over 60 new gadgets now supported – inspect out the list at the bottom of this page.
With v7 ID have transferred to an all new Indigo updated membership service with their macOS software….
The MSRP for Indigo 7 is $249.95 USD. together with that, we’re introducing a new membership model to deliver more frequent updates rather than the old monolithic upgrade delivery. This will allow us to roll out new features as soon as they’re ready rather than having to roll them up into a major release.
Unlike some other software, Indigo does not require an active license to keep working, only to receive updates. The membership also includes an ‘Indigo Reflector’ for easily accessing your system while away from your home without needing any network / firewall / static IP configuration (Reflector on its own was $29.95 / year previously). You can read how the membership service works here.
Developers debugging an Indigo python plugin with PyCharm
If you are already a Indigo license holder then you can take advantage of this massive upgrade from $89.95. Upgrades are available going back as far as Indigo 4 Lite and you can checkout all the details here.
Indigo 7 needs Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) or better and is available to download now.
indigodomo.com : Indigo – home Automation on the Mac part 1
Main new Features
Significant Z-Wave enhancements & improvements
Gen5 support
Network-Wide Inclusion (NWI)
Z-Wave lock support (full encryption supported for all security devices)
Added support for over 60 Z-Wave devices
Insteon enhancements and improvements
New batch syncing for i2CS devices
Added support for several new devices
New device types (Virtual Sprinkler, Airfoil devices, Locks)
Native support for colour LED gadgets including native controls for setting colour
Significant performance and usability enhancements across the board
Several new and updated 3rd party Plugins created specifically for Indigo 7
Many new features for plugin designers including native debugging
Z-Wave Hardware supported by Indigo 7
Aeotec Door/Window Sensor (ZW120 Gen 5)
Aeotec dry contact Sensor (ZW097 Gen 5)
Aeotec Door/Window Sensor 6 (ZW112)
Aeotec Doorbell (ZW056)
Aeotec home energy monitor (ZW095)
Aeotec RGBW LED Bulb (ZW098)
Aeotec RGBW LED strip (ZW121)
Aeotec heavy duty switch (ZW078)
Aeotec siren (ZW080)
Aeotec smart Dimmer 6 (ZW099)
Aeotec smart switch 6 (ZW096)
Aeotec Multi Sensor 6 (ZW100)
Aeotec WallMote Quad (ZW130)
D-Link Door/Window Sensor (DCH-Z110)
D-Link Multi Sensor (DCH-Z120)
Danfoss Thermostat room Sensor (Link RS)
Devolo Radiator Thermostat (09356)
Domitech smart LED Light (ZE27)
Domitech smart LED Light Bulb (ZB22)
Enerwave Appliance Module (ZWN333)
Enerwave Dimmer switch (ZW500D)
Enerwave smart Dimmer switch (ZW500DM)
Enerwave smart wall outlet (ZW15RM/ZW20RM)
Enerwave motion Sensor (ZWN-BPC)
Fibaro button (FGPB101)
Fibaro Door/Window Sensor (FGK10x)
Fibaro single switch 2 (FGS213)
Fibaro double switch 2 (FGS223)
Fibaro Smoke Sensor (FGSD002)
FortrezZ I/O Module (MIMO2+)
Heatit Thermostat (TF021)
HomeSeer Dimmer switch (HS-WD100+)
HomeSeer Relay switch (HS-WS100+)
Horstmann Radiator Thermostat (SRT323)
Kwikset SmartCode locks
Nodon Micro smart plug (MSP-31X1)
Nodon Octan Remote (CRC310X)
Nodon smart plug (ASP-31X0)
Nodon Soft Remote (CRC-360X)
Nodon wall switch (CWS-310X)
NorthQ Gas Meter (NQ-9121)
Philio PST02 Multi Sensors (PST02-A/B/C)
POPP Radiator Thermostat (TRV)
POPP Smoke Detector and siren (004001)
POPP Solar outside siren (005107)
POPP Z-Weather Station
Qubino Flush Micro Dimmer (ZMNHDA and ZMNHDD)
Qubino Flush 1 Micro Relay (ZMNHAA and ZMNHAD)
Qubino Flush 1D Micro Relay (ZMNHND)
Qubino Flush 2 Micro Relay (ZMNHBA and ZMNHBD)
Qubino Flush Shutter (ZMNHCA and ZMNHCD), Flush Shutter DC (ZMNHOD)
Qubino weather condition station (ZMNHZD)
Remotec Scene Master (ZRC-90)
Sensative Door/Window Sensor (Strips)
Schlage locks (BE369/469 and FE599)
Vision Door/Window Sensor (ZD2102+) (newer version)
Vision Keypad Deadbolt locks (ZM1701/1702)
Vision Recessed Door/Window Sensor (ZD2105)
Vision Shock and Vibration Sensor (ZS5101)
Vision Siren/Strobe (ZM1602)
Vision Zooz Multi Sensor (ZSE40)
Water cop (WV01)
Yale locks: Keypad Lever (YRL210), Keypad Deadbolt (YRD210/220/240) and Touchscreen Deadbolt
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