Glad to see Piper finally got some coverage here in the CES article, I was beginning to think nobody else cared hehe.
Hopefully by the time the cellular version is released, they’ll have added some of the other features I feel are lacking with their offering right now (it’s new though, so I don’t blame them at all and so far the rate at which they’ve been releasing things is pretty impressive). I was hoping I could use it by itself controller wise, but perhaps using it in tandem with a Vera device might be more my thing, especially if MiCasaVerde is making their UI more friendly.
Right now here’s the things that bug me about it, though none are actually deal breakers. Not gonna put lack of cellular version on this list since that’s on its way:
- Mediocre image quality, no night vision
- No possibility for monitoring (yet – this is on their list of future possibilities I believe)
- Limited Z-wave component compatibility (so far – they’re working on this so we’ll see. could impact my Vera decision)
- No remote video storage
- No web portal/desktop version
- No sunrise/sunset triggers
- No two-way audio (not a big deal)
- I’m not sure about multiple users
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