HomeSeer (HS) was founded in 1999, and has far longer track record than Home Assistant, Hubitat, OpenHab etc.
#My homeseer trial#
This is my HomeSeer review using 30 days, functionally unlimited trial version. The main contenders for me were Home Assistant, HomeSeer, openHAB and Hubitat. After my obsessive online research, I have decided to go with local dedicated home automation platform/hub for their performance, security and versatility. If you are connecting using HTTPS and your server is using a self-signed certificate, you will need to enable the Accept invalid certificates option from the Advanced section on the Settings tab.Home Automation platform is my current technology focus therefore, I’d like to investigate as many options as possible before committing to one. If you are connecting via a local network you may specify your server IP address in the host field.
#My homeseer password#
To setup a Direct Connection from the app, you need to provide the user name and password to your server as well as your server host, port, and whether to connect using HTTP or HTTPS. I’ve put together a quick guide to help orient you in case you decide to pursue this route: Direct Connection Setup Suffice to say, it is not a straightforward configuration, and definitely not recommended unless you know what you are doing.
#My homeseer windows#
This process will be specific to your Internet Service Provider, the brand and model of your router, whether your server runs on Windows or Linux, and other details. Direct ConnectionĬonnecting the HSBuddy app directly to your HomeSeer server requires that your server is accessible to the Internet. If you get authentication errors trying to access your server, you can try enabling the option Use alternate authentication from the Advanced section on the Settings tab.
The service is called MyHomeSeer and is available to all HomeSeer clients. HomeSeer provides an proxy service to make your server accessible on the Internet. The application supports two connection types: Direct and MyHomeSeer connections. The first time you start HSBuddy it will require that you configure your server settings.
#My homeseer install#
You will need to install the mono-devel package, for example: If you are on Windows 7, make sure that the. Please make sure your HomeSeer server meets the following requirements, based on its operating system.
However, some Features will not be available unless you have the plugin installed. Installing the plugin on your HomeSeer server is not required in order to use the app. The plugin can be found under the User Interfaces section: You can install the plugin using the Plugin Manager on your HS server website.
You can get this application using the following links, depending on the kind of device that you are using: