Re: Re: Idratek Release Cortex V24

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thing that impresses me about Idratek's Cortex , and has made me a
covert is their very different approach to automation.

Instead of just monitoring state changes and allowing you to control
things with your smarts implemented in macros inbetween (the approach
most others take) they instead focus on functional tasks that an
automation system implements. Aspects like heating , security and
lighting are intelligently managed based on an intelligent house
structure that knows about houses, floors, rooms and the way they
interconnect as well as security modes , time settings , weather sensors
and occupancy etc.

It achieves some very sophisticated integration that would take weeks of
programming in other systems - and with each (so far free) update it
adds new algorithms and options for you to adopt. In a traditional
system you would be constantly modifying your scripts yourslef.   It
also offers the traditional trigger/action model that other systems use
as their basis and Idratek react very promptly to feature suggestions
etc with many interim releases (the application can even automatically
update itself whilst running).

This along with a very extensive and attractively priced range of
hardware and now a very open option for integration with other systems
and devices via xAP has made it a firm favourite for me.   I'm using
more and more Idranet devices - often behind my own faceplates.. and
loving it

Kevin


Paul Bendall wrote:
> Just read through the release notes and again it looks as though it is
> going from strnegth to strength. Some additional functionallity for
> lights which have always been very well though out. Temporary
over-ride
> is now reset to normal operation automatically after a period of time
> (i.e a light is normally off but is switched on for a spefic task,
then
> the user leaves but doesn't turn the light off, after a preset time
the
> light will turn off and future behaviour is reverted to normal
> operation)
>
> The inbuilt macro-language now supports conditional statements If,
> Else, End If. Further support for the xAP protocol to interface Cortex
> and Idratek to a wider collection of objects, modules, units and
> devices.
>
> More support for the newly released and very impressive digital
> display, sensor and controlling module
>
> Paul
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <lists@...>
wrote:
>
>> As well as the usual multitude of detailed enhancements this
latest
>>
> version
>
>> of Cortex has been influenced by increasingly large and complex
>> installations of the IDRATEK system. To this end this version
includes
>> features to better support installers as well as to improve the
user's
>> management and interface to these larger structures...
>>
>> http://bit.ly/LbNz
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
>
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